The inaugural Zwift Games is a 5-stage race series for community and elite racers happening in March 2024. Below, you’ll find everything you need to know about indoor cycling’s premier race festival!
While most premier esports races are reserved for elite racers, everyone can participate in the Zwift Games. Community racers will have their own races and unlocks, while Elite racers will compete for a $110,000 cash prize purse, an in-game gold Tron bike, and the grand prize: a custom gold-painted Wahoo KICKR Bike!
Table of Contents
Community Races
Schedule and Routes
Community races (A, B, C, and D pace groups) will begin on March 1st and progress through each of the 5 stages until March 17th. Makeup races will be available from March 18-31st. Races aren’t yet on the calendar for signup, but they will be scheduled at least 12 times daily on the hour.
See all upcoming races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024
Stage 1, March 1-4: Sprint
- Loop de Loop, 2 laps (24.9km, 289m elevation)
- Draft powerup at JWB Sprint arch
Stage 2, March 5-8: Sprint
- Jurassic Coast, 1 lap (19.5km, 212m elevation)
- Aero powerup at Titans Grove KOM arch
Stage 3, March 9-10: Epic
- A/B Categories: Zwift Games 2024 Epic, 1 lap (81.6km, 878m elevation), with Draft powerup at the Titan’s Grove KOM arch and Feather at the Jungle lap arch
- C/D Categories: Three Little Sisters, 1 lap (37.7km, 434m elevation), with Feather powerup at top of Hilly KOM
Stage 4, March 11-15: Sprint
- Glasgow Crit, 5 laps (15.3km, 166m elevation)
- Draft powerup at Champion’s Sprint arch each lap
Stage 5, March 16-17: Climb
- A/B Categories: Road to Sky (17.3km, 1047m elevation), no powerups
- C/D Categories: Mountain Mash (5.9km, 335m elevation), no powerups
Make-Up Races: March 18-31
See all upcoming races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024
Women’s Races
Late-breaking big news for the ladies: Zwift has decided to hold a set of women-only Zwift Games community races with their own GC competition! They’ll happen on the same dates as the mixed community races above, but only 5x daily to increase field sizes.
If you’re a woman who hasn’t raced yet on Zwift, see our new Women’s Racing homepage for a bit of inspiration >
Category-enforcemed pace groups will be used (just liked the mixed races), but all categories will start together.
See all upcoming women’s races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024wmn
Weekday Race Times
- 2:30am UTC/9:30pm EST/6:30pm PST/1:30pm AEDT
- 7:30am UTC/2:30am EST/11:30pm PST/6:30pm AEDT
- 5:30pm UTC/12:30pm EST/9:30am PST/4:30am AEDT
- 6:30pm UTC/1:30pm EST/10:30am PST/5:30am AEDT
- 11:30pm UTC/6:30pm EST/3:30pm PST/10:30am AEDT
Weekend Race Times
- 9:30am UTC/4:30am EST/1:30am PST/8:30pm AEDT
- 10:30am UTC/5:30am EST/2:30am PST/9:30pm AEDT
- 3:30pm UTC/10:30am EST/7:30am PST/2:30am AEDT
- 6:30pm UTC/1:30pm EST/10:30am PST/5:30am AEDT
- 11:30pm UTC/6:30pm EST/3:30pm PST/10:30am AEDT
See all upcoming women’s races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024wmn
Neutralized Equipment
In a surprising (and unannounced) twist, Zwift has set up all the Zwift Games events so frame and wheel choice are neutralized, just like the Elite races. This means you can ride any bike frame or wheels from your garage (even the Buffalo or Safety Bike!) and it will perform the same as everyone else’s frames and wheels.
Zwift says this was done to “make sure our whole racing community starts on a level playing field with respect to in-game equipment.” And don’t worry, the neutralized settings won’t slow you down… Zwift says they’re close to the Tron bike, meaning you’ll get good aero performance without sacrificing much speed on the climbs.
Community GC Competition
While each race event is a standalone competition, there is a time-based GC for the Zwift Games. This works just like the ZRacing series, allowing community racers to compete over all five stages for the best overall time in each pace category.
See the Zwift Games GC on ZwiftPower >
The women-only races will have their own GC (see it on ZwiftPower here), but the women-only events will also register in the overall GC, in case ladies ride a mix of the open and women-only races.
How to Register
No special registration is required – simply join any Zwift Games race to participate.
See all upcoming races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024
See all upcoming women’s races at zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024wmn
Note that you’ll need to be registered on ZwiftPower to compete in the GC and show up in the final results of Zwift Games races. Learn how to sign up for ZwiftPower (and why every Zwifter should do so) >
Community Unlocks
A total of five in-game unlocks are available to all Zwifters. Complete all five stages to unlock all five items:
- Any one stage: Adidas Tempo 3-Stripes BOA Cycling Shoes
- Any two stages: Oakley Sphaera Glasses
- Any three stages: Zwift Games Kit
- Any four stages: Zwift Games Gloves and Socks
- All five stages: Zwift Games Gold Cap
Elite Championship Races
Schedule
The world’s best racers had to meet strict criteria to qualify for the Zwift Games Elite Championships. The official start lists show 187 men and 117 women representing 33 countries who will compete at the following dates/times:
Sprint Championships (Races 1-3)
- Elite Men – March 2 @ 6pm UTC
- Elite Women – March 3 @ 6pm UTC
Epic Championships
- Elite Men – March 9 @ 6pm UTC
- Elite Women – March 10 @ 6pm UTC
Climb Championships
- Elite Men – March 16 @ 6pm UTC
- Elite Women – March 17 @ 6pm UTC
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Elite Championship Prizes
Elite men and women will be awarded equal prize purses, making for a total prize purse of $110,000 awarded to up to 20 winners (10 men, 10 women). That’s Zwift’s biggest prize pot ever! First-place winners will also unlock the Gold Tron bike in game.
Sprint Championships
- 1st place – $7,000, Gold Tron unlock
- 2nd place – $5,000
- 3rd place – $3,000
Epic Championships
- 1st place – $7,000, Gold Tron unlock
- 2nd place – $5,000
- 3rd place – $3,000
Climb Championships
- 1st place – $7,000, Gold Tron unlock
- 2nd place – $5,000
- 3rd place – $3,000
Overall Championship
The overall men’s and women’s champions will be determined based on points earned for finishing positions in the five championship stages. Each race awards 100 points to 1st, 99 points for 2nd, down to 1 point for 100th.
- $10,000
- Gold Tron unlock
- Unique gold-painted Wahoo KICKR Bike (see below)
Fan Guide and Live Streams
Learn all about the Zwift Games Elite Championships by reading the official fan guide. It includes race schedules, course info, start lists, and more.
Watch the Elite Championships live on Zwift’s social channels (Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube)! See the Zwift Games YouTube playlist >
Questions or Comments?
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New routes reads to me like Swift are using existing roads but combining a few with random start / finish point and giving them a swanky name? Would that be right?
Correct.
Would be nice if they just added in a few extra Start Pen areas so that there could be more route potential, I understand adding more “roads” can be a pretty intensive bit of coding, but the Pens are surely pretty much a drag&drop code segment these days
Would be nice if they could just start rides in front of any arch, and get ride of start pens all together.
Taylor sings… she’s not on Zwift
Not yet!
sounds like not only new courses but also new roads:)
Recently added roads. I love the EPIC 50 mike route
Hey @Eric Schlange a couple of minor potential typos:
1) I assume for the Sprint Champs race 2 it should say afterwards “For Elite, top 10 qualify for Race 3” it currently says “…for Race 2”
2) For the Climb Champs I’m guessing the C/D race isn’t actually only 5.9km, should maybe say 15.9(?)
👍
Fixed #1. But #2, oddly enough, is correct. I asked Zwift the same… 5.9km?! Apparently it’s a super-short, but climby route.
Huh, that seems awfully close to Innsbruck KOM reverse….
But it says new Watopia Route. Only new route I can think of, that would have around that distance and elevation, is jungle pens to radio tower.
Or maybe just jungle pens to Epic KOM seems more likely after a quick check.
Woah, that sounds like it could be a painful one!!
This sounds fantastic news Eric. What rider validation will Zwift be imposing to ensure the best riders do indeed win the prize money? And will any new such rider validation checks and controls trickle down to improve fairer racing in the significantly larger volume of races happening daily in the more humble categories the majority of us racers enjoy racing in?
You can learn more about rider validation/eligibility here: https://cdn.zwift.com/broadcast/zwiftgames/Qualify-for-the-Zwift-Games-Elite-Championship-Races-2024_FINAL.pdf
Will it trickle down? I doubt it. It’s a pretty resource-intensive thing.
Hopefully no (future) elite rider bought the zwift hub 😁
Nice to get some more info on this “Games” event, and particularly nice to see that it looks like we’ll be getting at least 3 new event Routes, even if they use existing roads it’s always nice to get new ways to ride and race those roads 👌
Just wondering about these routes. I see 3 new badges based on rebel routes. Would this be the new routes?
I don’t think so. I think the Rebel Routes will be used in the upcoming Tour de Zwift.
Eric…. Regarding the Topic of Racing… I have always wondered why does Zwift bother with Lead In’s in their Races… When it is pretty much (99%) “Drop the Hammer” from the start? In a lot of Road Races there is a Pace Car that you are not allowed to pass until the actual Race starts… Anyway it would seem ZWIFT could use the “Red Fence” to keep everyone in check until you actually reach the start of the actual Race course ????
that’s a cool idea
Lead-ins only exist because some routes have lead-in sections. It’s because of how things are laid out (start pens in relation to start/finish banners), not because Zwift is trying to structure a race to have a neutral lead-in like IRL.
IRL it makes sense to have one, but on Zwift we can all be spinning our legs in the start pens, so I think keeping it neutral is just a waste of time for most.
Makes sense… And don’t get me wrong, if I enter a Race, I’m always ready to Hammer Down from the start… Just always thought it would be nice to keep the Group in Check until the actual Race started… So often a large chunk of the Field can be dropped just while doing the Lead In ?
I mean… the actual race starts from the gun, right? I think it’s just the name “lead-in” that is confusing.
Why do we have lead-ins, and start pens? Why not start races next to a start/finish arch, like road races IRL?
I think that comes down to a combination of both practicality and Zwift laziness:
1) Practicality: It’s not really practical for Zwift to add Start Pens into all their worlds at every single Start/Finish banner, particularly when many routes ‘Start’ and end at different points and the banner they ‘Start’ at is sometimes a ‘Sprint’ banner or even a ‘Virtual’ banner (like the one just after the Arcade in Neokyo) and there’s likely not even virtual room to have pens in all those places, particularly not without affecting the visuals of those areas for all other times that you come past that banner
2) Zwift Laziness: They definitely could, and probably should, have added more Start Pen areas to facilitate not only more routes but cleaner race/lap experiences for existing routes, but Zwift do seem to have a habit of putting the absolute bare minimum number of Start Pen areas in even when adding in new sections of Roads into Zwift (such as with the recent new Coastal Expansion)
Have the “lead in” be a neutral start like on grand tours, toggle on the “keep everyone together” until the actual start line.
The only real advantage to adding a rolling start would be to put people at the back of the pen at less of a disadvantage in the first km of the race. When the race starts, if the front doesn’t completely dawdle, the pack will string out. Making it harder for folks at the back. I think ideally, yeah a rolling start option for race organizers would be great. As would say custom start lines without pens. All said, I’d rather they focus their racing and other efforts on other things.
Hi Eric, do you know if there will be a GC for the community categories ? And if yes, is this time-based or (better) also points-based on only finishing position ? … and every stage will be available for 4-5 days, so only your best one will count for a possible GC ?
Many thanks for this first great overview 🙋🏻♂️.
CORRECTION! My first source at Zwift wasn’t right… I woke up this morning to an email from the organizer at Zwift who said there WILL be a time-based GC for the community races, which will work just like the ZRacing series GC works.
Added that info to the post above.
Am I correct in thinking the way GC works in ZRacing series is “your best time across any number of attempts at a race counts for the overall series”? Meaning (normally…) you have to do the European evening slot on a popular day in order to have the appropriate hammerfest to get a good time?
I think that’s correct but want to confirm. Interesting that this specific “weakness” (that the slot you race really matters…) is the reason for eGAP in the flammerougeracing.com and Chasing Series, which has been working pretty well. Might be worth mentioning as “a thing Zwift could look into” for zwiftpower timing / GC support…
That’s correct, Mike.
And unless they do separate GC for women doing the women only events, women GC contenders will need to ride OPEN European evening slot.
Susan – there are two GCs. One for only the women only events. The other for all events. So if you were to complete 4 stages women’s only and one open, you would only have 4 results in the women’s only GC but all 5 results would show up in the Open GC.
Thank you!!!
Wohooo! In that case, Ride On!
aaah … good news … thanks for the update … time-based is not perfect but much better than no GC
I disagree here. The time-based GC means that there’s at least a group in every stage who is going for the GC and they push the pace all the way. Everyone else has to hammer to keep up. It’s not much fun. Every ZRacing stage I did this year went this way. No GC would make the races more interesting.
You have plenty of those types of events. GC riders and climbers have so little opportunities on Zwift. I wouldn’t mind getting 5 stages of the EPIC and Climbing type stages (similar to Rapha Rising), but this is more realistic of a tour.
that’s good. So from what we know so far the community events are probably just a rebranding of ZRacing events for a month.nothing new. fingers crossed something is different but i don’t have high hopes. ZHQ seems to be very elite focused.
Sooooo…. All of these stages will just be big group TT events. I think I’ll pass.
It looks fun, but is Three Little Sisters really “epic” enough for C/D? The best Cs will ride it in under an hour. The Epic Championships should be at least 50 km for C/D, IMO…
As a stronger than average C (for long races) I was hoping it would be 50km+ too.
Hopefully they can tweak things more effectively when the new race ranking system is up and running.
Same for me! i’d love to race and epic stage with some big climbs, and I’m terrible on climbs haha
Any idea what happens if a C joins the epic in B (to do the long new route)? Will it mess up the scoring?
Answered above, basically you’re out of the GC if you don’t complete all stages in the same category.
You could always ride it twice, once in each category.
Thanks. This whole q&a is very useful.
No ITT to help to the best all arounder. was hoping for it. on on wahoo kicker gen 4 2% so stuck with community races for now with no extra money for the 1% machine currently.
There are so many community racers with trainers that are not on the list for elite participation. The elite direto xr and xrt are very accurate and have the same parts as the justo. Is it purely the fact the justo auto calibrated??
Surely riders cab prove they have calibrated manually
Pricing people out of races!
Hi,
Will B to D riders be required to submit height & weight verification videos, and have head units, power meters and carry out the critical test?
No. Those requirements are for elite riders only.
It’s a little worrying with the Zwift Games if the GC in Zracing Series gets messed with with some riders doing 1 lap and some riders doing 2 for the same stage.
This shouldn’t get “messed” as the GC is done at a category level unless I am misunderstanding your point.
Thanks for all the info so far on these events!
Major question:
For SPRINT you clearly can “qualify” to become or get into the ELITE category.
But what about the rest? I am guessing some “unknown” and “uncategorised” invite only? Wouldn’t most A riders want to try riding elite rather than choosing community A based on the prizes, glory and competitiveness?
I still do not understand why they make the “elite” categorizes so small, and why they even have cuts. This is virtual after all; just let 1000 people race and see who is truly the best, instead of having secret secret hush hush rules who can be “elite”. Seems really odd, outdated and slightly boomersque to me.
You jump through the various hoops to be able to race in the elite group – and that lets you race ALL the Zwift Games elite races. Well, until you get eliminated at least.
Two reasons I can think of for making elite more exclusive. Nay, three!
1) Zwift races with hundreds or thousands kind of suck, since the game only renders the closest 100 riders.
2) There’s a fair amount of manual verification that has to happen to make sure elite competition if fair. More riders = more cost to put on the event.
3) If nearly everyone could do it, it wouldn’t be “elite”. 😜
In the pre-verification document it says I must provide “an unlisted YouTube link to the Critical Power test”, is this a screen recording or an actual video of my riding it, or both??
Will I be as a C cat rider able to ride the Epic race in B? Or ideally, ride both Epic races? And if I do, how will that work for a GC?
Yes, you can always race up a category… just not down.
But if you race some stages in one category, and some in another, you’re effectively removing yourself from GC contention. Gotta race them all in one category for GC.
So what would happen if we rode a stage in 2 categories? I’d be tempted to race the D route, then potter along at the back of the B if there’s a route badge in it for me.
You can race multiple categories. You just have to know that, if you want to compete in the GC, you have to complete all stages in one category.
You could, for example, do all 5 stages as a B, and do 2 stages as a C. You wouldn’t compete in GC as a C, but you would as a B.
These are category-enforced, so if you’re a B rider, you won’t be able to race the D or C routes.
Hi Eric,
Do you know if there will be women’s only community races with pens for Cat A through D?
It sounds like that’s the plan! They’re still finalizing race times, though. I’ll be updating the post with those details once I know them.
Will Zwift ever have racing events that only allow specific age categories? It would be nice, for example, to race only against racers in my age category and not all groups. Sure, people could lie about their age, but that’s probably even harder than lying about their weight.
Phil, there are often age category races on Zwift. Here is one example:
https://zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=4212621
There may be more, but in this case I searched for a race with Masters in the title, and that search term generated this race. On the one hand it’s great to race in your age group, on the other hand it’s terrible to get schooled by someone’s grandparent!
Thanks!!! I’ll try to search for 60+ in the race title. You’ve been very helpful.
Apologies, it seems like Zwift Insider has covered this recently:
https://zwiftinsider.com/hot-topic-age-groups/#:~:text=Age%20groups%20are%20often%20used,runs%20their%20AGES%20women%27s%20race.
I may have missed this—but how does one qualify for the elite races? I’d certainly like to try my hand against the best and my understanding is that that is expressly what the Zwift games were supposed to allow?
Sorry to say yes, you missed it! I removed the info from the post above, because the deadline to qualify is already past. Start lists are already finalized.
How is the GC going to work if I decided to ride some races in B and some in C category, considering they are a different set our routes?
If you do that, you’ll lose the GC. Your overall time is only computed if you complete all stages in the same category. Same as the ZRacing series…
is the prize money not distributed up to 9 riders as its top 3 for each championship?
It’s actually 20 riders (1-2-3 place for three championships, plus the overall winner a for men and women.) Just corrected above.
not 18 as the overall winner will have to have been in at least one of the championship races?
I thought about that 😉 decided to say 20, since it’s theoretically possible that the overall winner may not podium in any of the 3 championships.
I’d love a gold tron 😉 – wonder what it looks like.
Pic coming soon!
Looks pretty much like the zracing events with a couple of bling unlocks. pretty disappointing if this is what is being promoted as the next big thing for community racing on zwift.
Where is the innovation in racing we badly need, more game modes etc.
if anything all this is doing is hurting community racing as it will kill participation in other events.
ps. c and d give us the long routes please.
For the community championships will there be separate GCs for 1) Sprints 2) Epic 3) Climb and 4) overall?
or is it just the ‘overall’ champion ?
and is there any way of knowing which of the timeslots will have most racers (bigger pack means faster times)?
No, just one GC for the full 5 stages. So there will be “overall” champions for each category.
Best way to know the biggest timeslots may be to look at ZRacing event numbers.
Do we think Zwift’ll make the new routes free-rideable (or put on open events etc on them) at some point? The completist in me will want to knock off the Epic Games route (given there’s a badge for it), but as very much a D rider we’re obviously on the other route (which from a racing perspective I’m quite happy about!). Still, would be good to roll around it at some point. At the moment I can see all the CatB races getting extra big fields with a bunch of us Cs and Ds waving them off from the start line as we form a casual broom wagon at the back! (Similarly, any As and Bs couldn’t even join to get the C and D mountain route badge …)
The routes should be available for free ride some time in April.
the ingame subscription says „until April 1“ … can we expect make up week(s)?
I saw somewhere posted that after the first races the rest of the month will all be makeup. So half month race half month makeup.
Two make up weeks from Mar 18-31.
Hello James, do the make up stages still count for the GC ? Or is this only possible until March 17th to crown the community champions ?
And they should wing a few of those golden trims out to the community winners too! I don’t think we’re really fussed about the elite side of it…
wonder the same here. Did you get an answer to this question?
Make up stages count towards the GC but it doesn’t sound like Zwift will recognise the community champions in any meaningful way, unfortunately. Unless they’re keeping something up their sleeves maybe!
I have read at another place that all races in the whole month will count for the GC 🙋🏻♂️
I normally hate the moaning in the comments, but this time it’s going to be me. 6.30 pm or 11.30pm in the week is pretty limiting for evening options
That’s just for the women…. mixed races will be 12x per day, on the hour.
A lot of thought has gone into the women’s race schedule, I should add. Zwift’s James Bailey has worked with a team of community ladies to figure out the best schedule that balances keeping the number of events low (to keep numbers up) while making events available for women worldwide to ride. Not an easy balance to strike.
Thanks Eric, clearly I didn’t read it properly….
John, full list of event times available at https://www.zwift.com/events/tag/zg2024
Thanks James
eric – can you clarify on the ‘any 5 stages’ can i do a stage twice and would that could towards the 5 for full gear unlock? i really dont want to do a 81km stage for some virtual socks.
You have to do each stage to get the full unlocks. You cannot just do stage 1 5 times for example.
Will everyone be in the same Zwift Games kit for races?
That’s a good question. I sure hope not. And yet…
I’ll ask.
Hey Mike – open kit selection in these events. We generally wouldn’t force kits in a race scenario.
Thanks James, good to hear that. Plenty of forced-kit Zraces in the recent past though (Race Like A Pro last year for example)
Fair point, although the idea behind that series was that you got to race in pro kit.
Can we expect a prime time event for the cat A races, like the ones for zRacing (on Monday evenings)? It would be nice to race in a big field.
Too bad there are no prizes for the community. That gold Wahoo bike would be life changing for some poor slob sweating away in their parents basement on a crappy setup. Someone at the elite level already has a setup they love and they aren’t switching. Even a randomly drawn year subscription for anyone that completes the series would be a nice touch.
If we want to do the Epic and Alpe races, does that mean we need to do all the races as A/B categories? That would be a buzz kill for sure if that is the case.
Correct, however the ZG Epic route will be available as a free ride after the series completes.
Until Zwift adopts some sort of smart trainer standarization and real time dual power source recording… this is just another TdZ/ToW -not a race!
These are specifically races though, not group rides. Just like the monthly zRacing programme.
Three sprint stages? I already feel cheated 😂
Gut feeling that it’s pretty likely that GC for pens B/C/D will be won by racers who have power that exceeds W/Kg thresholds for zMAP and/or zFTP, but who have raw Watt zFTPs under 250/200/150W respectively.
While Tim at zwiftracing.app has discovered that Compound Score (5mins raw Watts x 5mins W/Kg) needs some tweaking to apply better to Zwift racers of wide ages and size, allocating racers to pens using Compound Score (created as an option in summer ’23 iirc, but not once used by ZwiftHQ official races) would make racing a lot fairer than the broken Category Enforcement system.
Hey Eric, awesome info thank you 😀 Quick Q about the GC comp – can you do each race more than once to try and improve your best time?
Yes! The GC will use your best time for each stage (the same way any other Zwift series with a GC works, BTW).
Just posted to grumble about the time slots and the fact that I’d have to give it a miss, but then noticed that the times above are only for the women-only races – so I sympathise with those wishing to race in the women’s only series (but am pleased that I will be able to participate after all).
Do the Zwift Games races replace ZRacing for March? Or will there be both?
They replace ZRacing for March.
They replace all the zRacing in March, including the final 3 advertised days for stage 4 of the February series.
is there going to be GCs for the categories as well, so we can see who won Sprint, Epic and Climb?
No, just an overall.
I see The ZG Epic route in stage 3 is only Cat A&B. Is it fair to assume that I (a lowly cat C) could still join the event to “pootle round” for the badge?
Yup.
I want that cap!
Hi Eric
Ive asked loads of peeps but no one knows
what is the glitter band the the road ahead of me? See pic thanks thanks
New visual bug introduced with Player Highlighting, it seems. Sounds like it’s showing up on Macs mostly? Zwift knows about it.
Hi Eric, thanks for your post and for clear explanation/ describing on “Zwift Games”.
I cannot see nothing new in this “Zwift Games”, at least different from what we have for years, (new routes, new in games kits and “no-interesting ornaments”). Recently we have monthly Zwift races. For community, what Zwift Games brings diferent?! Adidas and oakley shoes, socks, helmets, kits jersey… its the same!!!!!
By other side, i’m wondering…actually, in my opinion this decision from Zwift is very negative, since I realize majority of Zwifters are A, B, C and D category, (not A+ = elites). And now, Zwift launch “Zwift Games” to offer A+ cat, ellites, money prizes. Its absolutely unfair for community.
I bet A+ Zwifters are the most probable Zwift customers to be absent several months from Zwift, due IRL races they must and they rather attend, butstill, they are the ones Zwift choose to award with real money.
Each cat on Zwift should/ could earn real prizes, (instead of real money it could be 1 month subscription free Zwift, 2 months, Zwift gear, merchandising, …. Is the majority community that pays every month 15€ to Zwift.
Hope Zwift can reflect on this topic by this perspective.
The problem with giving away “real” prizes to the community is, you need to start verifying the legitimacy of all those community racers. Zwift doesn’t have automatic verification in place at a level where they can do that.
The Elites get the big prizes because the Elites jump through a LOT of verification hoops to get there.
Thanks for your comment.
I think DUAL power verification, smart direct drive accuracy +/-1%, as well as, weight and height videos is a MUST in this kind of prize racings. Zwifters performance veracity should be the biggest concern in all terms to Zwift in racing mode.
So then, if Zwift would make available real prizes to community, Zwift would start the prize competition with low subscriptions numbers, since above criteria would remove several community members, and it would be possible to Zwift control. This inittial small part of community should/ must attend all demands, exactly the same as elites. Mostly, Zwift would be starting something real new, new true Racing ERA, and providing same opportunity to all Zwifters, in each Cat.
More and more we would have real, serious, fair Zwifters around, in all Zwift!
I don’t think it needs “real” prizes just some innovation. Zwift are pumping out the marketing material for this but it’s essentially zracing. I’ll maybe do the races but only because it will likely kill numbers it a lot of community events that run at the same time..
If you want to compete in GC but miss one of the races, can you use the make up dates to count for GC?
Yes.
Regarding the neutralized equipment, does that mean that we will effectively go as fast as if we had the most basic setup, or on the contrary the fastest possible frame and wheelset? I am curious because I will want to compare my eventual time on AdZ to previous attempts to gauge progress.
Just asked Zwift – they said the settings are close to the Tron bike. So a strong all-arounder setup.
Does that mean that I could choose to race on a MTB with no disadvantage? Otherwise it’ll have to be a buffalo bike.
Super bummed the C’s wont be doing the Alpe:( We can suffer just like the A’s and B’s guys, c’mon. Other than that looks great!
Agree. I understand the shorter routes but they made them too short/easy, at least at the C level.
I fully intend to do the Alpe as a C rider. My understanding is that we’re allowed in the A/B events, just that we’ll be slow. Just join me in the grupetto! XD
Probably already covered, but can you do the same course multiple times to try to improve your GC standing? Also, is Zracing on hiatus during Zwift Games?
Yes and yes.
So apparently the zwift games is the reason for canceling the race like a champ series. Sucks for everyone hoping to finish the series in the next few days. Who makes these decisions…
Is there a leaderboard for the entire Zwift Games since there are so many different time slots for the individual stages?
Yes. It’s linked above, but here it is again: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=2148
I’m not sure its been fully set up right? The ladies that have done both versions (ie open and women only) of stage 1 are shown as having done two stages on the general overall standings at the moment …
Basing the leadeboard off GC is always going to give a podium from the most popular time slots. I wish there was an ‘eastern hemisphere’ filter button lol.
Would have been awesome if they’d done it in a way that built on how WTRL ran the Zwift Classics a couple of years ago, with it being done with regional timeslots similar to ZRL. You would then end up with winners per category per each timeslot
The Zwift Games watch live link was blocked by Google and then my internet provider for containing malicious software. Anyone else having the same problem?
Hi, I love cycling in Zwift , but it’s hard to move around in the two Aps and homepage. Where to find Z games results for an example ???
Zwift Games results can be found under your activity in the Companion app.
Final results are on ZwiftPower.com.