@Brad_Olwin I compared the Race 2 against the Vertical 1 Race S for several weeks and opened a dedicated thread to discuss the topic.
As a summary: in all my activities and tests Vertical and Race S recorded practically same tracks (recorded GPS points), distances and paces, and, the most important, showed distance (in the watch ) was very close to the recorded distance when measuring the GPS recorded track.
In Race 2 the behavior is different: Race 2 records practically same tracks (recorded GPS points) but showed distance is shorted (or filtered) and differs from the distance when measuring the GPS recorded track, and this GPS measured distance is similar to the distance measured with both Vertical and Race S, so ir seems that all watches record/save similar GPS info/points but processing algorithm is different. This behavior happens in running and bike activities.
Which watch is more accurate? I really don’t know but for me it’s clear that altough they estimate same track (raw GPS points) they estimate different distances and paces so one must be more accurate than the other. Maybe V1 was measuring excesive distance, maybe Race 2 is measuring less distance. Maybe “perfection” is in the middle, who knows?
The behavior can also be observed in activities of runners using Suunto, so it appears to be “normal” operation of the Race 2. That’s the reason I opened the dedicated thread.
That said, I’m using the Race 2 as my 24/7 watch and the Vertical is in the drawer for “special” days or going out on the bike.