Roads by Porsche User Reviews

Roads by Porsche
Roads by Porsche
Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

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Small tweaks needed

The ability to change the map color would be nice. A red on black map scheme is tough to read when you’re driving spiritedly. The ability to also run the road in reverse would be nice.

Great app!

This app is a great creation for car enthusiasts all across the world to find great driving roads that suits them.
I like how people can have profiles in which they can post pictures and post their car or similar things like Instagram.
A few bug fixes and changes to the app could make it even better. I think that the dark map is hard to see roads in general, and that the roads at least should be easier to see so that we can find more potential roads to post onto the app. (not counting the recorded roads in red.)
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Registration issue

I really like the idea of the app, but the app freezes while making a profile to register myself. It continuously loops back to “recaptcha” authentication step. So now I use it without registration.

Navigation doesn’t work

Sorry, but this app is garbage. I don’t say that often. Tried to drive a nearby loop I found. It sort of got me to the beginning of the loop, but then didn’t make it clear which way to go, and worse it just hung up. The navigation just stopped. When I started over it took me back to the beginning and then stopped again. I tired again and it eventually stopped again. I was using the app via CarPlay. I’m deleting the app now. What a shame!
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Great new update compared to old version!

As an owner of multiple exotic cars I’m always looking for new roads and ways to connect with other exotic owners in the area other than instagram and Facebook. This app is great for that especially after the update! Love the idea of your own profile with your cars and how you can record your own routes! Love how it’s not limited to only Porsche as many of us that have a Porsche usually have other exotic brands as well. Only issue Is I keep being logged out every time I leave the app so if there was a fix to keep you always logged in that’d be great!
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It works for me now!

I tried to use this app using CarPlay in my 2020 Avalon TRD.
It started up on the screen just fine.
I scrolled through different road trips, selected one, it pulled up, BUT when I tapped drive this this road, the app totally shut down, went blank, and put me back on the CarPlay menu screen.
PLEASE fix this bug!!!
Looks like this could otherwise be a lot of fun!
UPDATE: It works. I have to first have the ROADS app started and running in the background on my iPhone (I’ve not had to do that with other CarPlay apps). THEN I select it from the CarPlay menu, and it works! The maps and voice directions are good. Four stars because it’s still a tad buggy. But well worth getting!!!
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Predecessor was better!!

The previous version of this app (approx 13 months ago) used to have a feature that would auto-generate a road for you based on how many miles you wanted to drive. The drives were scenic and had plenty of curves and you could use the app wherever. Now you have to go to specific places to enjoy drives. Please bring this old feature back!!
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Neat idea, needs work.

- Dark-mode only on a smart phone is an anti-pattern. Dark colors in the sunlight make the phone an unreadable mirror. I would like to be able to use the app during the daytime and with the top down, but it’s just not possible.

- is it possible to change the volume of the navigation queues? If so, I couldn’t find it. It’s far too quiet, especially when on spirited drives.

- being able to do the route backwards would be nice, might not be possible depending on the route.

- directions to the start of the route are completely wrong and / or simple insane. The app I explicably had me going onto 202 and then immediately off route 202 four times going in the same direction. Baffling, but you can work around it by just driving to the start.

Again, really cool idea. The dark mode thing simple has to go in order for it to be usable.
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You hope it’s going to work...

Spent the better part of a day recording a route only to have it disappear from the app a few hours later. What a shame... don’t waste your time.

Almost Perfect

Major stuff is all there! Should enable us to drive in opposite direction intended by app (when it's ok) and highlight route before the destination on CarPlay

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