maps missing main roads is a (relatively) new "feature", you have to disable "prefer fuel-efficient routes" in your navigation settings to get sensical routes back
In the extreme case, one route might take no fuel at all vs one that climbs a mountain before dropping
Beats me how it was supposed to be a fuel saving road, other than doing that by virtue of destroying the car.
And it turns out Connie Sue is still out there, running desert tours except not now because of lingering Covid restrictions.
> Connie's work background started with 10 years of general nursing and midwifery, 14 years as a violinist in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and has studied Computer Systems Engineering at TAFE part-time.
Interesting people!
If you're interested in the landscape those roads pass through, here's a 13 minute intro:
Good roads until 6:00 minutes in .. and then they take the David Carnegie Rd.
Desert Raid 2017 - Two Days From Death
While you are driving on the "closed" road Maps keeps insisting on turning back and suggesting silly alternate routes.
Had guests who trusted Google and took the Google alternate route losing 30 minutes in the process .
It feels like the sensitivity to traffic is turned up way too high.