METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING A DIFFICULTY RATING OF AN OFF-ROAD ROUTE TRAVERSED BY A VEHICLE

A method for determining a difficulty rating associated with the terrain comprised in an off-road route using a vehicle, and a system for carrying out the method are disclosed. The difficulty rating being indicative of the difficulty a vehicle experiences in traversing the terrain. The method is carried out using a vehicle comprising on or more sensors. The method comprises: receiving a request to determine the terrain difficulty; obtaining vehicle sensor data sampled over a preceding period of time whilst the vehicle was traversing the off-road route; analysing the sampled sensor data and determining one or more characteristics associated with the sampled sensor data; predicting the type of terrain traversed by the vehicle on the basis of one or more of the determined one or more characteristics; and calculating the difficulty rating using the one or more determined characteristics and the predicted terrain type.