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I notice how quickly some people think themselves into boxes.

Dune buggies? SUVs?! electric motors?!

this machine doenst need to carry any passengers or cargo - so there is no reason for it to resemble a car or dunebuggy - it doenst need seats, a trunk, windows, headlines...

you could strip a jeep down to its frame and drivetrain, put larger than normal wheels on it, a fuel tank large enough to get you there without refueling

then all you need to do is control the speed and steering.

They will give you the course 2 hours before the event starts. If you WERE doing this in a car or a motorcycle - what is the first thing you would do?

get out the topographical maps and plot your course - see where the natural obsticals are (streams, rivers, cliffs...) and find the best place to cross them

then you would plot out many many GPS waypoints, not just the one or two that you are required to pass through.

I think (after reading the rules) the biggest challenge will be taking advantage of roads when they are present - being able to stay on them and maximize your speed

and, avoiding obsticals in your path, like rocks and logs, and ditches - I dont think that would be too difficult to do. There are many ways to sense objects in your path, and many ways to measure distance to an object.

Sounds like fun. Wish I had enough funding to take a year off from work and do this instead. I think I could pull it off.
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