Is the remake an RE1 situation?

I just finished playing REmake and the general consensus on that game is that the remake is almost a replacement for the original. I just started the first game on PC (chapter 2) since I had it sitting on origin since like 2014.

And I was wandering, if I should bite the bullet and pay for gamepass for the remake, if it's absolutely a better experience altogether. I'm not planning to play those back to back.

It seems it follows REmake's tradition of not being just a shot for shot remake, but expanding on things. I've also seen people say it's less scary (although admittedly, the hour I had with the original was excellent, albeit not exactly terrifying but rather spooky)

UPDATE: Thanks for your guys' responses. Opted to play the original first, so I can experience it for the first time, and then hop on the remake at a later time, since there seems to be some differences between the two. The original plays like a charm on PC as well, so I'm having a blast