head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
An open-world LEGO arcade racer with transforming vehicles and item-based races.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
LEGO 2K Drive leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
LEGO 2K Drive leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
LEGO 2K Drive
Drifting, boosting and transform timing reward skilled hands
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
LEGO 2K Drive leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
LEGO 2K Drive
Online races add light human positioning play
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
LEGO 2K Drive leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
LEGO 2K Drive
Item pickups inject kart-racer randomness
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
LEGO 2K Drive leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
LEGO 2K Drive
Vehicle builds and racing lines are learnable
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
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.