head to head
Road Fighter asks more than Half-Life 2, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Landmark FPS built on physics puzzles and tight gunplay.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A pure reflex test of weaving traffic at speed without crashing.
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Road Fighter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Road Fighter leans clearly harder on execution.
Half-Life 2
Gravity gun and shooting demand precision.
Road Fighter
Pixel-perfect dodging at top speed is the entire test
Half-Life 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Half-Life 2
Combine AI scripted, non-adaptive.
Road Fighter
Traffic follows simple fixed patterns
Road Fighter leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Half-Life 2
Almost no randomness.
Road Fighter
Car spawns vary slightly but are quickly internalised
Road Fighter leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Half-Life 2
Linear progression with no builds.
Road Fighter
Fuel-car timing and lane strategy are 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.