Ever since the first 'Redemption Run' there's been this one constant that Phil's actually doing even worse than the first time in many ways, it's amazing. He truly does sink his own ship faster than anybody. If he never replayed the games, there wouldn't be such clear comparisons to how much he just keeps sinking. It's harder to compare his attitude between two different games but when it's the exact same game it's hard not to notice how much worse he keeps getting.
For clarification's sake, Phil was often at least somewhat entertaining because he's such a clown, an antithesis of an average 90's gamer, but now he's a clown who thinks he's the king. A nuanced difference between "phew, at least I'm not this bad" and "oh my sweet evil jesus it's really hard to not a-log someone this pompous."
EDIT: Also, holy fuck didn't anyone ever tell Phil that if your car flips in GTA, you gotta press in the direction of the roof to make the balance tip back towards the wheels? CHILDREN who play GTA got the memo simply by playing and fiddling with the controls when they flipped over. Is it just me? Help me.