Race 2 accuracy

jjpaz

@shamilt1 I’ll try to check it this afternoon…

EzioAuditore

Small update after easy run (where I think the Race struggles the most - slower paces).
I ran with 3 watches:

SV2 (left hand outside of fingers),
SR2 (left wrist) and
AWU3 (right wrist)

Final distance:

SV2: 9.2 km
SR2: 9 km
AWU3: 9.14 km

So in my experience it has not been addressed and also today was the worst undercut since I own the Race 2: 200m in less than 10km.
On other news though the GPS track of the Race 2 is the best and smoothest for some reason

shamilt1

@EzioAuditore That’s disappointing to hear.

My run was a 6km zone 2 run, so also an easy run and the watch nailed it- I’m hoping it wasn’t a fluke, although looking at your stats it’s looking like it may have been.
I’ll be out again tomorrow for 6-8k so I’ll see how it does then and at the weekend I’ll be doing 13-14k so that should be far enough to get a better idea.
It would be useful to hear from one of the people in the know, if this issue was addressed in the update.

Finnjf

@shamilt1 I’m seeing the same shortening of distances with the updated software, possibly even slightly more (definitely not less shortening).

EzioAuditore

I apologize in advance if I am creating you more load, but @egika @isazi do you know something more?

Egika

@EzioAuditore I am not aware, that anything has been changed in the distance measurement with the recent update.
And I have also seen the Race 2 measuring less than Vertical 2. Just I have not made a bug from this, as I am not sure, it is one. A slightly less distance does not affect me in a negative way. Plus it is not clear, if less is actually wrong…

EzioAuditore

@Egika I agree. However there are times that the distance is on the ‘bigger’ side. This throws away the pace and the vo2max for example. Another point that shows it is if you use snap to route or navigation, the distance shortening is less but still present. I.e.: route created via strava or SA shows 10.6 km. Running it with SV2 I get 10.55, Running it with SR2 I get 10.4

shamilt1

@Egika There seems to be an agreement on here that it under measures compared to other devices. I would have thought that would at least warrant some testing from Suunto to see if they agree.

Egika

@shamilt1 reported it

shamilt1

@Egika Thank you ️

jjpaz

@Egika said in Race 2 accuracy:

@EzioAuditore I am not aware, that anything has been changed in the distance measurement with the recent update.
And I have also seen the Race 2 measuring less than Vertical 2. Just I have not made a bug from this, as I am not sure, it is one. A slightly less distance does not affect me in a negative way. Plus it is not clear, if less is actually wrong…

Hi @egika

Time ago, when I started using Race 2, I opened a thread with my tests and results comparing against Vertical and Race S.
Here is an example, if you want (and have time): https://forum.suunto.com/topic/14375/race-2-gps-cadence-and-distance-accuracy-vs-previous-suunto-models/63

The behavior is always the same (and it’s replicable and easy to verify) so there’s something different in Race 2 in comparison to other Suunto watches. I don’t know if it’s better or worse but different for sure.

Egika

@jjpaz thank you! I added your information