head to head
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Midtown Madness 3 demands more execution; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt demands more optimization.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-city checkpoint racing testing arcade car control and route knowledge.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A narrative action RPG where build planning matters more than reflex execution.
Midtown Madness 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Midtown Madness 3 leans clearly harder on execution.
Midtown Madness 3
Arcade car control through traffic is the core demand
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Combat timing matters but generous dodges forgive sloppy play.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Midtown Madness 3
AI racers follow scripted lines
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Enemies use fixed AI behaviours; no adaptation.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Midtown Madness 3
Live traffic adds mild run-to-run noise
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Loot rolls and minor combat variance only.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans clearly harder on optimization.
Midtown Madness 3
City shortcut knowledge wins checkpoint races
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Builds, alchemy, and quest routing reward planning.
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.