head to head
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. My Racing Career demands more reads; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim demands more execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Long-horizon planning of driver development and race strategy through menus.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-world RPG mostly about discovering and stacking exploitable progression systems.
My Racing Career leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans clearly harder on execution.
My Racing Career
Text-based management - zero physical input
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Combat is forgiving; aim and timing rarely punish you.
My Racing Career leans clearly harder on reads.
My Racing Career
Rival managers compete but through systems, not direct prediction
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Enemy AI is scripted and exploitable; not adaptive.
My Racing Career leans clearly harder on variance.
My Racing Career
Race incidents and development rolls add noise to plans
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Loot tables and leveled lists inject mild randomness.
My Racing Career leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
My Racing Career
Driver development, setup and strategy math is the game
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skill stacking, enchant loops, and exploits are deeply solvable.
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.