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It’s That Car Show.Do us a favor and follow, subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends about That Car Show.And visit our friends at E470: @e470tollway and e470.com!\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":259.0,"endTime":265.5,"type":"term","title":"off-road course","url":"/glossary/off-road-course","quote":"And then the second day we get to go on like an off-road course with all the same cars.","canonicalId":"term:off-road-course","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"An off-road course is a planned route designed to stress vehicles with uneven ground, traction changes, and obstacles like ruts or mud. It’s used to compare how different drivetrains and chassis setups handle real-world trail conditions.","simplifiedExplanation":"An off-road course is a track or route made to test cars on rough, uneven terrain. 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