"Direct routes"

[routeconverter]

[..] there is a distinct difference: A track is a track and a route is a route. The track is saved as a <trk> in the gpx whereas route is saved as <rte> and in the GPS it is treated differently. A track is more or less drawn as an overlay road. [..]

I'm aware of the basics and decided to connect the rendering (as route, track, waypointlist) with the type of a position list to simplify the user interface. Since there only a very few formats (I just remember GPX) that can represent the type of a position list, most users can change the type of the rendering without thinking about changes of the data in the file. Currently, I don't have a good idea how to solve this without introducing more problems for typical users. At least there is a simple workaround for you: set the type to track before planning and change it to route before saving.