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It appears that Objective Marker distance is straight-line distance between you and the objective, not track length distance. On a run today I noticed a distance of 14 miles to the next objective and it stayed at 14 miles for 8 minutes since I was traveling transverse to the objective. It's just an observation at this point and I haven't decided if it rises to the level of a criticism. I suspect the speed and signal markers are also giving you straight-line distance and not actual track distance, although it is harder to tell with these markers since they only appear within 2 miles.

I'm pretty sure that I have had a destination marker showing 12 miles.

Tomcat wrote:It appears that Objective Marker distance is straight-line distance between you and the objective, not track length distance.

This is something that DTG have mentioned they know about and would like to change. However I suspect that will take some time due to other issues taking priority.

They do go down the closer you get to destination. The next signal and the next speed things do the same. I turned them off and only use the HUD displays of them. Too many things jumping around the screen with them all on. Then it says next speed limit in 2 miles, these are not accurate either. They start to display yards at 1,000 yards away.

Tomcat wrote:It appears that Objective Marker distance is straight-line distance between you and the objective, not track length distance. On a run today I noticed a distance of 14 miles to the next objective and it stayed at 14 miles for 8 minutes since I was traveling transverse to the objective. It's just an observation at this point and I haven't decided if it rises to the level of a criticism. I suspect the speed and signal markers are also giving you straight-line distance and not actual track distance, although it is harder to tell with these markers since they only appear within 2 miles.

Honestly, I only begin to worry about distance to the next objective when I'm within 50 yards or less of reaching it. Otherwise, I'm more concerned about being on the correct route to that objective with switches set correctly as needed.