I have a knack for finding good driving roads with Google Maps.

It doesn’t really work in satellite view because the trees make for a ton of visual noise at the relatively low resolutions shown.

A good indicator for me is green in the map, and no street view (street view tends to cover busier routes, I drive roads street view wouldn’t bother with)

That's an interesting point, as all maps are (by definition) only representations, invariably leaving something out - the question is what to leave in the map.

Satellite views can be too busy for some uses.