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Fatique is playing parts after a couple hours of driving, I oversteered allmost flipping me over (drove 4 seconds on 2 wheels) Stopped to change my pants... Next route, should I go red or or go the safe orange route ???

Pole2Pole, day 4 It's going better than I thought.

Yeah, it surprised #metoo Maybe I'll drive around the world next, I do have a game somewere were I have a bridge that is crucial for this . . . Maybe, someday . . .

Upcoming route: Well, looking at it this way it looks like 1/3 TBC

Still a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way to go...

Sure it is, the hardest part is actually doing it... P2P I will make this a challenge as soon™ as I finish. I would hate it if somebody would do the challenge now and finish before me (which is pretty easy). I would have no reason to finish this topic, and I do want to go all the way. Meanwhile: Day 4 is going fine, I did some nice boring km's and planted checkpoint 5. Batteries are still full, so the drive continues. TBC

Yes, just don't come in too fast, about 50 m/s would be good.

Mostly I keep it as light and simple as possible because I need to fly the buggy to the pole. I choose electric motors because the don't need refueling, only recharging. I admit the driving is extremely boring, but I like boring, boring is good. Anyway, the Samurai is driving again, slowly but secure... Todays menu: TBC

Day 4. Sunrise, loading up the buggy. Docked. Ready to go, but first we must recharge the Samurai. TBC

"I'm coming Val !" Val's buggy is out of power, we have to wait for sunrise before we can load her in. 15 minutes before day 4... TBC

*Removed because of wrong interpretation.

Checkpoint 3 We have lots of electric charge left so we continue. Checkpoint 4. Out of power, Jeb needs to camp here. Time to get Val back . . . TBC

Route ahead: Sun is going down...

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It's going great so far, only small dunes. Driving towards the sun keeps my batteries full, thats good news. The buggy is really crap, topspeed 30 m/s (108 kmh), but I don't see Jeb complaining. I renamed the buggy "Samurai" because of the solar panels. TBC

Yeah, I'm planning on making this a challenge IF I make it. I hope to finish before December so I can turn this into a holiday event. Day 3. It's very annoying that I have to be in the car for solar recharging. I still have Val in the old buggy and I want to pick her up, guess I'll have to wait till night time. One of my goals is to get anybody home (without using recovery). I hope I can make some km today without damage...

Pole2Pole day 3, this is gonna take forever so I've started a new topic: I hope to get to the South pole before 2019.

Ice,ice baby vanilla ice. Finally we see some green stuff. Checkpoint 2 is set. Trip so far: TBC

No, I think you are talking about airdrop where you can't land or save the plane ? If you can't get the plane to the starting flag that is no problem, just make sure your car gets there, that will be your "flight" time.

Day 2. We are making progress, the flats are very boring to drive, a toothpick holding down the "W" key really helps. Finally we are seeing some dunes. Checkpoint 1 has been set. Next up, find some green. TBC

The rover went out of electricity after 40 km We need to do better than that, clock is ticking, we need a new design. Sending out Val to replace the buggy. TBC

Finally !

Fighting kilometers of snow dunes Crushing ice like a bad m#4tf$3kr

So I'm starting a new challenge for myself: Drive from the Northpole to the Southpole. I will use real time to see how long it will take, meaning the clock starts as soon as I've started a new sandbox game. First I have to set up the event by flying to the North and South pole to place start/finish flags. To keep it realistic the planes have to return to base, so having enough fuel is important. If I have problems on my way I will allow service help, but the clock will keep ticking, no F-5 or any saves are allowed. I will use no mods or coding, this will be totally vanilla. Day 1: Flying to the poles and placing the flags: North: And South: Delivering the buggy, electric, top speed 100 kph, piece of crap to be honest.... TBC

Day 2 into Pole2Pole. The first day was hell, the rover was so underpowered it could only drive 40 km before running out of electric... So we flew Val in with a new (still piece of crap) stronger buggy. After switching the buggy's we are back on track, glad to see some mountains. Next up, find a route through the ice valley . . . TBC