Building comparison
head to head
JalopyvsRaft
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Jalopy
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Melancholy road-trip sim about coaxing a crumbling Laika across the Eastern Bloc.
Raft
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Growing a floating base by solving resource chains and research order against scripted ocean threats.
Jalopy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Raft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
JalopyRaft
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Jalopy
Gentle manual driving and repairs
Raft
Shark hook-attacks require minimal timing
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Jalopy
No opposition on the road
Raft
Shark and seagull AI are scripted with no player modelling
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Jalopy
Breakdowns, weather, and market prices fluctuate
Raft
Island loot tables and resource drift introduce randomness
Optimization6 vs 7
Raft leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Jalopy
Trade-good economy and maintenance budgeting
Raft
Raft expansion, food chains, and research order are solvable systems
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.