Roads by Porsche +4

Missing Critical Feature

This app has potential for sure, but it’s missing a critical feature. As expected, the app sometimes routes you down some crazy roads and when you get there, you want to avoid them. Case and point, it somehow wanted to route me through a school parking lot with massive speed bumps. No problem, you just turn on another road and go on, but this is where the app misses the critical feature of simply rerouting you and going in. If you miss a turn or choose to not turn somewhere, the app does not reroute and insists you go back to where it wanted you to turn originally, even if by now you may be back in the route that was planned. Would love to see that included in the future to give more flexibility if missing a turn or choosing to not use a specified section of road.

Resposta do desenvolvedor ,

Hi DrCeeDub! Thank you for your review. Please update the app to the latest version "3.2.44" where we have refined the navigation which should provide a better user experience. // Update: we have just pushed an update with additional navigation improvements. Feel free to check it out.

User-generated routes gone on map tab

While the auto-generated routes are a cool feature, I’m really struggling to see why user-generated routes were removed from the map tab in the app. Yes, I know I can see “best routes in the region” on the home tab and my favorited routes are still accessible, but I can no longer see what other app users may have created near me which is incredibly frustrating. I’m not sure why user-generated AND auto-generated routes can’t BOTH be visible on the map tab; that would keep everyone happy. Limiting the way we can use the app just feels like bad design. Also, I noticed when I do choose a user-generated route, it no longer takes me directly there and instead tries to make a “fun route” on the way there. While this might work for some users, I would rather just get to the route I wanna check out ASAP and do that route. Once again, options would be nice here. Please consider this feedback; I’ve really enjoyed using this app for about a year and these recent updates are admittedly disappointing.

Close, but not quite there…

I would like to continue using the app, as it did set up a decent route, but I wish it would allow deviations from the designed route. We were having a great drive, and found a fun looking road so decided to take a turn the app had not created. Once we deviated, the app wanted us to turn back and continue from the last point where we had deviated the app has created. That created a frustrating moment, and environment, so we ended up turning off the app. Earlier on that same drive, we stopped for gas, and exited the parking lot at a different exit that we entered, so the app would not continue with the route until we turned back and exited from the entrance we entered the gas station. Not a fun moment. I removed the app from my phone, as every time I considered using it, I realized I wanted to be able to stop to see the sights along the way, and the app would ultimately just be a distraction from the fun because of the issues. Sorry

Resposta do desenvolvedor ,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback. Indeed, ROADS requires the route to be driven exactly as designed. Which means that you need to pass the waypoints that the route consists of. If you leave it or miss the waypoint, we try to bring you back to the last known point in the shortest way can cause loops that have not been part of the initial routing. However, we are aware that the routing needs more flexibility in this regard and our team is already working on a solution which will be available soon.