App for navigating a route/circuit of fun b-roads?

App for navigating a route/circuit of fun b-roads?

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457892345

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Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Since i started driving two years ago i had always seen it just as a method of travel. I had always wondered what the point was in being ''into'' driving in the uk, the road network and policing make it impossible to enjoy and track days are more geared toward specialized cars with rollcages etc than just going for a quick hoon in your daily for an hour. What with all the costs and hassle it puts most people off and it did me.

One day my friend showed me a well known local b-road and suddenly my perception changed. Finally there was some fun and meaning to driving, after searching on google earth i started to find more and more but the problem is following them irl and staying on route...

This led to me making custom route maps with way points to show me where to go but my preferred navigation app google maps doesn't like it at all and make it impossible due to it ending the route with a screen at every way point.

After spending a few hours in other nav apps i realized none of them really allow for this and Ive ended up using a cycling/road biking app called ''Komoot'' to plan circuits out on the pc and then follow them on my phone in the car, the biggest issue being the map it uses doesn't zoom in to the lane view as you are driving as google maps does so seeing the layout of the route isn't nearly as easy at a glance. (helpful in twistys).

tldr : Does anyone use an app to make custom b-road driving routes and if so what do you use + why?



Edited by 457892345 on Tuesday 13th February 04:09