@Liviu-Nastasa That aligns with what I’m seeing.
Looking at reviews of the watch when it was released, some criticized it precisely for not being as accurate in GPS tracking as previous models and for overestimating the actual distance. Perhaps the algorithm was corrected in the November update, and now it reports a shorter distance than the actual distance… I’ve had the watch for a week now, with the November software (and since today with the new update). I’ll test it again against the SV tomorrow.
An example from yesterday activity:
Suunto Vertical, distance showed in the watch: 12.48km. Distance showed in GPX file: 12.49km.
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Suunto Race 2, distance showed in the watch: 12.33km. Distance showed in GPX file: 12.49km.
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So Race 2 is “cutting” distance respect data showed in GPS data file. May be this behavior was introduced with november update.
Furthermore, you can see that the Vertical track seems cleaner in the various curves and loops. I went through the same route several times; it’s a park I do six or seven times, looping around it.