head to head
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer asks more than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A retro-style soccer simulation game with team management elements.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer leans clearly harder on execution.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer
Player control and shot timing on the pitch
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer leans clearly harder on reads.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer
Opponent AI has limited adaptive behavior
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer
Ball physics and match randomness matter
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer
Formation and tactic setup is learnable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.