How do you guys play this game ?

[Tuco]

You play as nomads with no base ? or make multiple bases? Make one base ? I feel like having one base is extremely hard considering the map is huge, even with golf cart it takes so much to get somewhere. I tried building one base but it is definetely a torture to go scout some area, do missions and comeback. How can I play this game more efficiently ? I feel like objectives are too far from eachother. Should I just go nomad ?

[BORG]

The nomadic life is the best life. Plant a tarp inside cave / bunker entrances and / exits and it's all you need to get by and get a decent sleep. Building serves little to no purpose in this game other than to build for the enjoyment of building and / or hoard things that will never get used before the game is over with. Building is purely optional in this game and not required to progress anything.

[Kamakura]

I have one larger main base, full defensive walls around that I store all my extra supplies and then I'll dot tarp shelters around the caves when I go to them for the save point.

You'll find another land vehicle that makes travel way easier than the golf cart, and there are hang gliders strewn about the map you can use, even store one on you, and you use those for the really long distances, because hang gliders are super busted. Busted in the sense of they are too good, because of the amount of lift you can get with them, so you aren't truly "gliding", you might as well just be flying at the point lol

Playing the game "efficiently" shouldn't really matter, just do what seems enjoyable, so if building a base sounds neat, it's decently done and can be quite satisfying, but it's not required for actually getting through the game that I've seen.