Zwift Update Version 1.112 (160809) Released

Zwift version 1.112 begins its phased rollout today. This is a major update, since it includes new levels for riders and runners. See details below…

New Levels and Century Stripe

The big headline for today’s update is new levels for riders and runners. Those new levels aren’t activated just yet, though! Zwift says they will launch this month, but they aren’t committing to a particular day at this time.

When the switch is eventually flipped, cyclists will have access to hundreds of new levels (Zwift isn’t actually saying what the limit is – rather, they say there is essentially no cap). Runners will have their level cap raised from 30 to 50.

There are no new level unlocks (kits, etc) at this time for these new levels.

How much XP do you need to reach the new levels?

  • Riding Levels: 20,000 XP per level for 101+
  • Running Levels:
    • Levels 31–35: 9,000 XP per level
    • Levels 36–40: 10,000 XP per level
    • Levels 41–45: 11,000 XP per level
    • Levels 46–50: 12,000 XP per level

About Accelerated Leveling

Zwift says, “Any extra XP you have over 807,000 at level 100 for cycling or XP over 149,000 at level 30 for running is banked and applied toward accelerated leveling. Cyclists with banked XP will accelerate through levels 4 times faster and runners will accelerate 2 times faster. You’ll know accelerated leveling is active if you see the three-chevron icon next to your rider score.”

Zwift has implemented accelerated leveling every time they’ve added levels to the game, because they believe it’s a better user experience to enjoy each level-up rather than immediately jumping to the level we’ve “earned” with all the extra XP we’ve banked while stuck at the level cap.

Rather than dig into the details of accelerated leveling here, I’ll wait until the new levels go live, then run a few tests and publish a dedicated post with complete info. Stay tuned.

Century Stripe

As soon as you install the update, you’ll see a new “century stripe” in the rider list and Zwift Companion profiles of anyone who has reached cycling level 100. Some riders who haven’t yet reached level 100 have complained about Zwift “moving the goalposts” by adding more levels, but I would submit that earning your first century stripe is the new goalpost.

And while it may take a while before we see it for the first time, supposedly you earn a new century stripe for every 100 levels you complete. Who will be the first to get their level 200 stripe?

Princeton Wake 6560 Lava Wheels Updated

The Princeton Carbonworks Wake 6560 wheels in the Lava (red) colorway can be easily unlocked by completing 2 stages of Zwift Camp: Breakaway (read more here). The Lava version of the wheels was misconfigured initially, but today’s update modifies the wheels slightly so their specs match the white colorway.

These are super fast wheels – the best climb-focused all-arounders in the game today. If you’re a racer, particularly a lower-level rider without access to the fastest wheels, pick these up! Read more >

Cervelo Aspero 5 Frame Updated

As promised, Zwift “Corrected the weight of the Cervelo Aspero 5 bike frame” in today’s update. They also updated it from using the mid-range distance upgrade scheme to the high-end one.

We ran our standard speed tests on the original Aspero 5, and the slightly lighter version in today’s update. The difference is easily detectable, but not huge: the lighter version is 2.1 seconds faster across an hour of flat riding, and 2.5 seconds faster on an hour of climbing.

Check it out: we’re working on detailed homepages for each and every frame and wheelset in Zwift. Here’s the page for the Cervelo Aspero 5 >

Drop Shop Removals

Not included in the release notes are several outdated bike frames removed from the Drop Shop. As a reminder, when frames are removed from the Drop Shop, they are no longer able to be purchased. If you’ve previously purchased that frame, it’s still in your garage and usable!

Frames removed in this update:

  • Bridgestone Anchor RS9s
  • Cannondale EVO
  • Cannondale Synapse
  • Cannondale System Six
  • Chapter2 Tere
  • Chapter2 Rere
  • Chapter2 Koko
  • Chapter2 Toa
  • Diamonback Andean
  • Giant TCR Advanced SL 2021
  • Parlee ESX
  • Parlee RZ7
  • Specialized Venge 2015

Release Notes

Zwift supplied the following additional release notes:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Elite Square smart frame controllers to appear twice in the Pairing screen.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the background images on Home screen cards to load slowly.
  • Removed the notification sound that plays when a mutual friend starts riding in the same world as you.
  • Windows, macOS: This update includes Zwift Launcher version 1.1.16 as the minimum-required launcher version.
  • Windows:
    • Fixed an issue that could cause group workout events like Zwift Camp: Breakthrough to not work properly in some situations.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting Zwift.

Discuss this update in Zwift’s forum >

Questions or Comments?

If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!

Eric Schlange
Eric Schlangehttps://zwiftinsider.com
Eric runs Zwift Insider in the spare time he finds between riding his bike and managing various business interests. He lives in Northern California with his beautiful wife Monica. Follow on Strava

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S. teve.Berg
S. teve.Berg
3 months ago

I just leveled up to 100 last Saturday. Looking forward to seeing the new stripe when I get to riding next.

Dan
Dan
3 months ago

“Any extra XP you have over 807,000 at level 100 for cycling or XP over 9,000 at level 30 for running is banked “

Surely you mean 149,000 XP for runners at level 30.

Last edited 3 months ago by Dan
Philip
Philip
3 months ago

I wonder if they will keep the 25,000xp requirement to get the 50,000 drop bonus for level 100+ people.

I am way past 807,000xp so will be fast tracking for multiple years now so there isn’t really much incentive for me as there are no unlocks and I have to earn 500,000xp (25,000km without bonuses) to get my second stripe.

Will be interesting to be able to tell how many level 100 people there are in game.

Jim
Jim
3 months ago

Sorry Eric but whilst I admire your positivity calling this a major release because Zwift now has an almost normally working leveling system and ‘century stripes’ is about everything that’s wrong with Zwift’s priorities and execution power.

The other two additions to this major release proof the point even further: an updated wheel and an updated bike….

At this point it’s really just that the competition is so incredibly poor that Zwift still dominates the market.

Last edited 3 months ago by Jim
Karl
Karl
3 months ago
Reply to  Jim

shows on the doll where zwift touched you

Peter
Peter
3 months ago
Reply to  Karl

But he is not wrong now is he ?
There are two thinks worth mentioning in this patch.
1 (The levels) isnt active yet.
2 (Aspero and Princeton) are corrections to the mistakes Zwift made two weeks ago.

I would not call that a major patch also.

Last edited 3 months ago by Peter
Skully
Skully
3 months ago
Reply to  Peter

They didn’t even fix the gravel map issue.

Matt McQueen
Matt McQueen
3 months ago
Reply to  Peter

I’m just annoyed that I bought the white Princeton wheelset, a week or so before the red ones became available for free.

Jim
Jim
3 months ago
Reply to  Karl

Like that saying Karl! And I am still a fan of Zwift but just sad of how bad they are in setting priorities and delivering stuff that’s actually exciting to users.

Last edited 3 months ago by Jim
Todd
Todd
3 months ago
Reply to  Karl

🤣🤣🤣

TotallyLegit
TotallyLegit
3 months ago
Reply to  Karl

It putts the chamois cream on or it gets the hose again

Eric Jensen
Eric Jensen
3 months ago
Reply to  Jim
KDS
KDS
3 months ago
Reply to  Jim

Have you looked at Rouvy lately? I’m well past 100 on Zwift and level 85 on Rouvy. the last couple of upgrades over there have made that platform competitive with Zwift on multiple fronts. Fully customizable Pace Partners (set them for any speed you want) is probably the most compelling improvement for me.

dan
dan
3 months ago
Reply to  KDS

rouvy isnt that great. whats wrong with you?

KDS
KDS
3 months ago
Reply to  dan

I’ve been on Zwift since 2016 and have watched the program change a lot over that time, some for the good, and some bad. Joined Rouvy a few years later partly out of frustration with some of the decisions Zwift management was making. Been riding both (and riding outdoors with my local bike club—where I lead rides) ever since.

IMO, Zwift is still much stronger at the social aspects. However, Rouvy has been turning out new updates with great regularity over the past couple years and now matches or exceeds Zwift in several other areas. Certainly a much greater variety of “real life” routes would be that platform’s biggest selling point—mostly because Rouvy is film based versus Zwift’s animated platform. It’s just less labor intensive to add new routes with the former.

Both have their place and deciding which is “better” depends on what you’re seeking in a virtual riding program. I’m lucky enough to be able ride either one and do so depending on what I’m trying to accomplish on a given day.

John Q
John Q
3 months ago
Reply to  KDS

Okay, now I know why all the pro-Rouvy posts here got upvotes and the hater got downvoted LOL

Alex
Alex
3 months ago
Reply to  KDS

That aged well 🙂

ams
ams
3 months ago
  • Fixed an issue that could cause group workout events like Zwift Camp: Breakthrough to not work properly in some situations.

i did 2 of the group workouts, both times for me it wasnt a workout. it was just a banded ride. i did one of the workouts on my own and it was a workout. i wonder if thats what they mean here?

I did get credit for the event and the unlocks and thats what i was doing it for anyways

Peter
Peter
3 months ago

Have to say the Centrury Stripe is subtile and nice. At least not a big flashy thing in the middle of the screen.

chuck
chuck
3 months ago

The first 100 levels take 807,000 XP. The next 100 levels for the second stripe takes 2,000,000 XP. The XP bonuses for routes and badges will probably be done in the first 100 levels so very few bonuses getting to level 200. Maybe 90,000 km without acceleration, 22,500 km with 4X? I have 1.4 million XP so will get acceleration to level 130, and will not make 2.8 million XP in my lifetime.

Kevin
Kevin
3 months ago
Reply to  chuck

People who ride enough to be at level 100 are no doubt going to want more. The weekly rides/XP will take years to get leveled up again after their banked XP is gone… Maybe Zwift is going to make more actual routes to get more XP for leveling up. I thought I heard about more roads being made which would equal more XP… ??

Xavier
Xavier
3 months ago
Reply to  Kevin

I find this delayed levelling up scheme terribly off-putting. They’re going to hijack 1.4m xp’s and make me gain another 350000 to get them back 😬 It could have been done more elegantly.

MATHEW M ROSE
MATHEW M ROSE
3 months ago
Reply to  Xavier

I mean, they had to solve a mathematically inconsistent mess of their own creation from the last time they introduced a new leveling scheme. I was just over a million XP at level 60 when they expanded to 100 levels and changed how much was needed for each level. Now I’m with you, having around 1.45 million XP in the bank. That could have just become an instant “level 173” promotion. I’m guessing that some marketing genius looked at this and pitched the accelerated leveling paradigm because they know we ride all the time anyway and that still preserves the psychological “carrot” aspect of seeing how fast you can cash in your banked XP versus others starting from the same level 100 line. After 125 weeks at level 100, a lot of us are ready to start making. “progress” again, though. This prolongs the carrot effect.

RobG
RobG
3 months ago
Reply to  chuck

I suggest Zwift offers a free ZCL package (trip and accomodation) to anyone who reaches level 200. That would be a great incentive.

Hugo
Hugo
3 months ago
Reply to  chuck

yeah it has taken me 10 years to accumulate 2.27 million…

Kevin Otolski
Kevin Otolski
3 months ago

How do you know how much extra XP you have over level 100? Would you have to have kept track of how many times you repeated at level 100 and then X that by 24k?

Kevin Otolski
Kevin Otolski
3 months ago
Reply to  Kevin Otolski

I just found this so maybe this is the answer. ………. Accelerated LevelingIf you were previously at a maximum level (level 50 or level 60), you still earned XP every time you Zwifted after you reached that level and we kept track of this for you. When we added additional levels, we put you into accelerated leveling. This means not only were you transitioning levels, but we also used any additional XP you had earned to help you level up faster.
For example, if you had earned 850,000 XP and were on level 60 when we rebalanced the XP values and added more levels you remained on level 60. If level 60 required 750,000 XP and now requires only 310,500 XP, you had 439,500 XP remaining. You had also earned 100,000 additional XP. We used this difference in XP of 439,500 to discount the XP you need to earn to reach your next levels by 20%, in addition, the 100,000 you earned while at the previous maximum level is added 1:1 to your newly earned XP.
While you’re in accelerated leveling a few different things happen:

  • You’re in level transitioning and the XP you need to earn to get to the next level is discounted by 20%, check out the table below for more info.
  • The XP you earned above the previous maximum (level 50 or level 60) is added 1:1 to the new XP you earn when you ride to help you advance through the new levels (levels 51-60 and later 61-100) faster.
  • You’ll see an icon indicating the level you’re accelerating toward on the MENU screen. This icon includes 3 chevrons:�comment image

After you’ve used up all the XP you earned above the previous maximum your progress will no longer be accelerated, however, you may still be in level transitioning.
If you participate in an event that awards additional XP—such as the Tour of Watopia—your previously earned XP is added 1:1 only to the new XP you earn when you ride. For example, you might earn 20 XP for riding 1 km, 20 XP from double XP for the Tour of Watopia, and 20 XP from accelerated leveling, so 60 XP per km.

Mitch Nichols
Mitch Nichols
3 months ago
Reply to  Kevin Otolski

Start a ride, hit the menu button in the bottom left corner, you will see your accumulated XP to date. Subtract 807,000 from that number will give you your banked XP.

Philip
Philip
3 months ago
Reply to  Kevin Otolski

Get you calculator out and type in the XP you and and then subtract 807,000. This tells you how much extra you have, then divide that by 20,000 and that will tell you how hight you can fast track to.

Wes
Wes
3 months ago

Who will be the first to get their level 200 stripe?

Tombecco
Tombecco
3 months ago
Reply to  Wes

2500000XP now,but i don’t ride zwift that much in the summer.Maybe sometime next year.Yes probably the next STATUS SYMBOL 😀

jjk
jjk
3 months ago
Reply to  Wes

It will be a bot. And Zwift will do nothing about it.

Bryan
Bryan
3 months ago

This is interesting, I hit level 100, then I hit the XP to go up another level, yet I have 764000 XP, so not only won’t I have any banked XP, but in reality I am not level 100?

AndyW
AndyW
3 months ago
Reply to  Bryan

The level cap has changed a few times.

Cl0wN
Cl0wN
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

Zwift won’t just give people the level they earned because, “ it’s a better user experience to enjoy each level-up rather than immediately jumping to the level we’ve “earned” with all the extra XP we’ve banked while stuck at the level cap.”… If the levels are now unlimited and people were given their actual level, they would still get to level up. Zwift’s reasoning makes no sense this time; why not give us what we already earned so we can enjoy leveling beyond that point?

Ray Morro
Ray Morro
3 months ago
Reply to  Cl0wN

I have been saying this now since the December 2023 XP/level update-reset, Zwift should really give any users who are maxed out with the levels the *choice* whether or not to just be put on the correct level that reflects their current amount of XP or to stick with accelerated leveling. I have to agree with the other comment posts on this article that Zwift really has been dropping the ball as of late. I’m ready to start looking at the other smart trainer software platforms…

MATHEW M ROSE
MATHEW M ROSE
3 months ago
Reply to  Cl0wN

I work with psychology of human motivation daily as a high school principal. Just giving Zwifters the level they’ve earned is like the lump sum lottery payout option. The shine will come off being level 175 or whatever you land on pretty quickly. Having everyone departing from 100, however, taps into our innate competitive desires and it keeps us getting that dopamine hit from leveling every 5000 “new” XP we gather as we cash out our weekly 15000 XP of banked XP for the next 100 weeks or so.

J Morgan
J Morgan
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

Really interested to see how this works. To be completely fair, we should all require exactly the same xp to be at each level above 100. I have enough banked xp to take me direct to level 135. But with accelerated levelling, I will need to earn 35 X 5000 to get there. So I will need that many more xp to be at that level than someone who gets there without accelerated levelling. This will leave us in exactly the same mess we are in right now.

Tim
Tim
3 months ago
Reply to  J Morgan

No because your banked xp will take you past level 135. For every 1xp you earn you’ll pull 3xp from your banked xp. Until the banked xp is used up

J Morgan
J Morgan
3 months ago
Reply to  Tim

Thanks. Makes sense. So the maths to calculate what level you will be accelerated to is your banked XP divided by 15000 rather than 20000. So in my case with 700000 banked XP, I will be accelerated to level 146.

Ken C
Ken C
3 months ago

“Who will be the first to get their level 100 stripe?”

I think you mean in this context, who will be the first to get their 200 stripe? Pretty sure they will be lots of 100 stripes when it kicks in 😉 200 will take some work …

JoeM
JoeM
3 months ago

I think the new levels are activated because Eric Min hit level 101 today.

Guy
Guy
3 months ago

What happens with people that had to get well over 807,000 XP to get to level 100 with some of the old systems – e.g. it was 1,067,000 XP for level 100 for me – will it be rebased down to 807,000 and that difference added to the bank and used for the accelerated levelling?

Capski Buttinski
Capski Buttinski
3 months ago

more wonderful swag to accumulate at each level up above 100?

Chris B
Chris B
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

meh

cheagoro
cheagoro
3 months ago

Lately, the KICKR Bike’s power is being transmitted and displayed, but the avatar frequently does not move forward. This seems to require action from the developers.

Tim
Tim
3 months ago

I’m surprised they don’t just do a progressive XP requirement that says that XP increases by some scaling percentage.

So XP to level to 51 is 2% more XP (or whatever) more than XP to level 50. Suddenly you have the formula for every level to 999

Last edited 3 months ago by Tim
AndyW
AndyW
3 months ago
Reply to  Tim

Yep, was suprised about that too.

Bill
Bill
3 months ago

Sorry, but this is very lame. How hard would it have been to make seamless leveling up to, say Level 500? I don’t understand why Zwift can’t handle something so basic and simple (design a few extra jerseys and socks!). I’ve been stuck at Level 100 for a long time. This really makes me Rouvy curious. Not sure why Zwift doesn’t seem to think rewarding your most avid users is important. And it’s not even clear how it will work. Lame.

Nick
Nick
3 months ago

So if I’m getting this correct, Eric Min mentioned new Levels on the Thanksgiving ride at the end of November. Since then, about 5 months ago, Zwift have developed a stripe to show that I’ve reached level 100 and Zwift now can count past 100, there are no unlocks… In 5 months they couldn’t even come up with a few Kits with 120, 140, 160 etc. on the back?
I smell a Cash Cow, I feel like our Subs are going into exclusive events in Spain and sponsorship of events and teams and not product development
Come on Rouvy, MyWhoosh etc give me a product to get excited about because Zwift is falling short

John Q
John Q
3 months ago
Reply to  Nick

They were too busy spending time and resources on AI fitness tracking and suggestions, and company retreats to Spain so they can hold their version of the Dundees. These updates have been so disappointing. Jarvis expansion was underwhelming, France was just ok. No one cares about gravel. The Big Spin which was so promising 3 years ago is ugly and boring, with all the 24/25 prizes regurgitated in 26, and we are gaslit into thinking it was some big success because we discovered we could farm drops easily on Stoneway sprint. Theres nothing new, its the same stuff over and over again. I just reached level 100 and im supposed to stay subscribed to get xp for what? For more red stripes? Thats the best Zwift devs could come up with? I could care less whether other Zwifters know if im level 100 or not, all I care about is how interesting and engaging Zwift, and its just not anymore, its become very boring and dull.

JaJa
JaJa
3 months ago
Reply to  Nick

It might be hard for some to understand, but companies usually need to spend quite a bit of money on marketing their products. This can include sponsoring teams and events. If you don’t market, your user base will shrink and the “social” aspect of your product will fade over time. Hope this helps.

Also, rooting for Rouvy is fine, but someone has to be a pretty awful human being to root for a heinous government like the UAE, that uses MyWhoosh to sports-wash their reputation – they don’t even pretend to be a real business.

John Q
John Q
3 months ago
Reply to  JaJa

Oh please. Save your sanctimony for the ones taking money from MyWhoosh: Gabi Guerra, Jason Osborne (Featured Zwifter!), Kate McCarthy etc etc. Us average folk are just trying to get a decent workout while trying to save some money during these tough economic times. And, if Zwift hadnt gotten so stagnant in the past few years most of us wouldnt even be looking at MW.

Bob
Bob
3 months ago

Great news! Fixing 3 problems that they created in the first place! Now can I ask that we can turn off the level update celebration as not sure adds anything to the game especially when racing? Also now we have all the Level 100 people getting an upgrade every couple of days it will become worse than it is already.

Hugo
Hugo
3 months ago
Reply to  Bob

how so Bob?

Bob
Bob
3 months ago
Reply to  Hugo

How so ? I assume you are asking about level 100 people getting upgraded every few day? Given you need 1000km to upgrade and it is x4 then you well need 250km hence every few days for some! Many have suggested in the past make it exponential.

jjk
jjk
3 months ago

Can’t wait to see the .Max bot hit level 200 next week with no action taken against them.

Bryan
Bryan
3 months ago
Reply to  jjk

Funny story about the .Max bot. During the Big Spin he ended up on my friend list (I will friend anyone on an R4000), and I guess my name made it to his TP selection list when he was drop-farming on Stoneway. I’m riding Tempus Fugit and he teleported to me three times in a row, just about every 410 meters before he figured out that I wasn’t on Stoneway.

Curly
Curly
3 months ago
Reply to  Bryan

He TP’d to me repeatedly, once a minute, while I was farming the Volcano KOM spinner. Got so annoying I finally blocked him.

Clint b
Clint b
3 months ago
Reply to  jjk

I reported him via the app twice and another time through a direct email. Nothing.

Toni
Toni
3 months ago

Updated. No century stripe

Alan
Alan
3 months ago
Reply to  Toni

Yep, I have the correct version number and there were no stripes on the ride…perhaps that only activates at the same time they do the level increase?

Zee
Zee
3 months ago

It sounds like we will have to wait until Friday to all start at the same time. But, they need to put a level 200 carrot unlock or something. Maybe a helmet with a stick and a carrot on a string?

Eve
Eve
3 months ago

Those new levels aren’t activated just yet.” That’s inaccurate. Over the past few days, I’ve seen several riders level up to 101.

Fabian
Fabian
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

Correct: just finished a 40K ride with no extra xp (about 800 xp )and no stripe even with the last version of the app

Tom
Tom
3 months ago

What the hell is the Century Stripe for?! Soon everyone will have it like everything else in the game and it just takes away space in the UI where more relevant information could be placed… what a useless intern-project.

Chris B
Chris B
3 months ago
Reply to  Tom

C’mon, it is tiny and doesn’t even effect the position of the already established steering an Zwift Companion icons in that corner.

Tomaž
Tomaž
3 months ago

The “problem” wit the Lava red wheels – if your bike has a color slider you can’t actually have them in red 😂

Alexandre
Alexandre
3 months ago

I’m level 99, I was so close to achieve this game and do something else in my life… damm 😂

Mat
Mat
3 months ago
Reply to  Alexandre

I’m 98 and was really looking forward to finally hit the level cap for the first time 😢
Well, I guess I have to settle for a tiny stripe instead.

Dave Brillhart
Dave Brillhart
3 months ago

I’m level 100 but don’t see the century stripe yet. Maybe the update hasn’t rolled to me yet?

Michael Thorne
Michael Thorne
3 months ago

I think Zwift needs to either start (or stop) using Claude Code. They’re not releasing enough useful updates, or AI is generating too many slop updates (bugs).

This update is more like a patch of fixes.

Would love to know where my annual membership fees are actually being used. Cloud computing fees? RAM?

Yawn.

Shane
Shane
3 months ago

Every time new levels are announced it’s always emotive especially with all that hard earned XP some feel being devalued. Being at the max level each time new levels were added got me to use Eric’s old articles to summarise them.

Remember the Levelling up boom time Dec 2023 to Jul 2024, regular Zwifters were gaining a level a week and higher XP holders wanted their balance visibly back.

Dec 2018 – Increased levels from 25 to 50 – 8 times banked XP acceleration.
Every 1 XP you earned unlocked 7 XP from your bank, and level up at 8x faster.

Sep 2022 – Levels 50 to 60 – 2 times banked XP acceleration.
Every 1 XP you earn unlocked 1 XP from your bank, so you’ll level up 2x faster.

Dec 2023 – 60 to 100 – Complicated banked XP acceleration and XP balance reset.
Level 60 was 750,000 XP and was dropped to 223,500 XP with Level 100 set at 591,000 XP.

Jul 2024 – 60 to 100 XP requirements increased.
Level 60 reset to 310,500 XP and Level 100 to 807,000 XP.

Every 20,000 XP gained at Level 100 awards 50,000 drops.

Looking forward to the new XP article Eric, keep up the good work.

Last edited 3 months ago by Shane
Silke
Silke
3 months ago
Reply to  Shane

I’m still on the accelerated XP train due to the Dec 2023 reorganisation. I’m level 57 now and have accelerated XP until level 94… Doesn’t feel all that accelerated anymore 😅. But yes Eric’s articles are great!!

M.
M.
3 months ago

Lol the stripe looks like a glitch in the monitor 🤣

Fomo Jones
Fomo Jones
3 months ago

It takes me about 4 days to get the update pushed to my Windows machine after I read about it here or on the forum. I’m curious why it takes so long, and if there is anything I can do to grab it sooner? I’ve used the “Check for Updates” in the system tray launcher, and I’ve reinstalled Zwift, but those don’t work. I am really jonesing to see that little stripe on my name in the rider list.

nothingtoput
nothingtoput
3 months ago
Reply to  Fomo Jones

Same here. From what I gather, whatever it is that zwift uses to determine order in the staged rollouts, it doesn’t change. So if you’re at the back at the queue you will always be. What the should do is copy the android thing where if you mash the ‘check for updates’ 3 times in a row it recognises that “oh this is an enthusiast” and tosses the staged rollout aside.

Mark O'Neal
Mark O'Neal
3 months ago

LOL. I can guarantee someone will earn their 200 level stripe within whatever is literally the absolute shortest time possible allowed by general relativity

Zee
Zee
3 months ago
Reply to  Mark O'Neal

…while they are sleeping? lol

ElDorBrado
ElDorBrado
3 months ago

Keith roy will probably one of the first few to get 200 lol

MATHEW M ROSE
MATHEW M ROSE
3 months ago

Question unrelated to leveling. I have been trying to do the Climb Portal cobbled routes, but I can’t get them to count. Does anyone know how slow you need to go in order to avoid getting your activity flagged and deleted? I tried 6w/kg for the 0.4km one, but that’s still too fast. I guess nobody on Zwift can put down 6 w/kg for 400 meters.

Jay Crume
Jay Crume
3 months ago
Reply to  MATHEW M ROSE

You can sustain 6 watts uphill? Holy cow! I thought the superman was only downhill and was now banned!!! 😂

Bob
Bob
3 months ago

Updated and no Century Stripe! is this a new game from Zwift of did they forget to put it in this update??

Cramer
Cramer
3 months ago
Reply to  Bob

I expect the Century Stripe to appear when they release the serverside of the new leveling up feature, which is still unknown when to come.

Tim
Tim
3 months ago

So I guess this will get everyone back on one unified level system where your xp value determines your level.

Stephen P.
Stephen P.
3 months ago

With the updated Cervelo Aspero 5, how does it compare now to the Cannondale SuperX LAB71?

Markus
Markus
3 months ago

Sometimes, I feel bad for Eric who works hard on these posts and has so many people complain to him about things he doesn’t control. I appreciate your content, Eric, and many times after new updates, I get the popcorn out and read the comments.

Fausto
Fausto
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

But some did find the time to complain about whether this was a “major” update, as if there was some metric that defined “major” and you had violated that.
So many miserable people.

Tim
Tim
3 months ago
Reply to  Fausto

You are complaining about complainers now, so I don’t think you are allowed to talk on this issue.

Michael Thorne
Michael Thorne
3 months ago

@Eric Schlange Not sure if you noticed, but it looks like the Roval Terra Aero CLX wheels got a visual update too.

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Gareth
Gareth
3 months ago

Can you write an article on dealing with PTSD now that the Stoneway Farm is closed?

Fabian
Fabian
3 months ago

I’m one of those who thinks setting the level cap at 20,000 XP isn’t a smart move. I’d rather set a certain percentage increase between one level and the next. In the gaming world, I haven’t often seen the points needed to reach level 100 from level 99 be the same as those needed to reach level 200 from level 199.

Stony
Stony
3 months ago
Reply to  Fabian

So? It’s just a metric showing for how long you have been going, and you know roughly how many XP level 200 is compared to level 100. Why does it matter if the scale is logarithmic or not? It’s just a number that roughly translates to a number of XP.
Ride on.

Stony
Stony
3 months ago

Game updated.
Just shy of 1.9 million XP
Finished the current level today and got drops
It still says level 100 and no Century band to be seen. Even after a restart.
Somewhat disappointed.

Last edited 3 months ago by Stony
Los3r
Los3r
3 months ago

Children playing with numbers

Andrew
Andrew
3 months ago

I just hit level 100 today, with 967,000 XP. I don’t see any accelerated leveling chevrons on my rider score. Did I reach 100 three days too late?

Stony
Stony
3 months ago
Reply to  Eric Schlange

When the new levels launch? I thought that was with the update?

Allen
Allen
3 months ago

update complete and still no movt in levels. I’ve been on run level 30 and bike level 100 for a while. Lapped level 100 probably 10x. Ran this morning and level 30 never turned into level 31. Xp accumulated, route xp completed and no level change. Will the level changes come eventually?

Cristián Aspillaga
Cristián Aspillaga
3 months ago

Today I “leveled up ” from level 100, and I’m still level 100:( someone knows what can be happening?

Cristián Aspillaga
Cristián Aspillaga
3 months ago

Game version 1.112.0 build 160922

AndyW
AndyW
3 months ago

What do u mean? The new levels are not alive yet, like written in the article.

Markus
Markus
3 months ago

I’m level 100 for a while today, I expected to level up to 101. But only 20xp and drops…
I’m close to 990k xp…
quite disappointing

Markus
Markus
3 months ago

Anyone made it already to level 101 and beyond? Today, I was expecting to make it to 101, but only received 20xp and drops… The red stripe is also missing…

Karl
Karl
3 months ago

I guess Zwift never got the ‘under promise, over deliver’ memo on this level 100+ thing. Feels like they’ve managed to achieve the near perfect inverse here: talk it up and build expectations for months, finally promise a big release date, then make the release without actually turning anything on (and without implementing any of the simple things their users would have appreciated, in any event). Could have been a big user base motivator and win for them if they had managed it a little smarter. Hard to figure.

Roman
Roman
3 months ago

Two Cannondale frames disappeared from the Drop Shop in this update, including Synapse (the last entry level frame). I urgently bought it from a device that didn’t have time to update! After leveling up the first Halo, it’ll be easier for me to buy a second Halo.

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