“Tempus Fugit” Route Details (Watopia)
“Tempus Fugit” is Latin for “time flees (or flies)”, and this is certainly a flat, fast route. Released as part of Zwift’s Fuego Flats desert expansion, it is designed as an out and back TT race course, with the lead-in from the desert start pens making the course come in right around 20km in length for one lap.
“Tempus Fugit” is Latin for “time flees (or flies)”, and this is certainly a flat, fast route. Released as part of Zwift’s Fuego Flats desert expansion, it is designed as an out and back TT race course, with the lead-in from the desert start pens making the course come in right around 20km in length for one lap.
Route Basics
Length: 17.3 km (10.7 miles)
Elevation: 26m (85′)
+2.3km (1.4 miles) lead-in with 6m (20′) elevation
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 8.2/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 25 minutes
3 W/kg: 28 minutes
2 W/kg: 33 minutes
Start & Finish
When freeriding you will spawn just before the desert start pens, giving us a lead-in of approximately 2.4km before the sprint finish line. The official route start and end is at the desert arch (Fuego Flats sprint finish line).
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 380 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
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Route Description
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This is the flattest route in all of Zwift as the time of its release, with only 16m (52′) of elevation gain from start line to finish. There are some ~1% false flats, but they are barely noticeable as you fly through the picturesque desert.
There are lots of landmarks in Fuego Flats to help you keep your bearings. First you pass the cliff dwellings near the first turnaround loop, then you hit the forward 500m sprint segment. Next you’ll ride through the old town of Desert Flats (watch for the steam engine to come roaring through) then through a gap in the rocks to a hidden oasis complete with a waterfall and dinosaur fossils.
Continue on and you’ll ride into Saddle Springs, the 1950’s-inspired resort town where you’ll make your turnaround before heading back home. Just after the turnaround you’ll cross the start line of the 7km “Fuego Flats Reverse” segment which ends at the same rock arch where the forward sprint ends.
You’ll ride through this arch, around the first turnaround loop (the one with ruins of cliff dwellings) then finish the route with a second effort on the 500m sprint segment.
Is the strava segment broken? Not had a recent time againsts it despite having ridden the TT in full a fair few times lately..
I don’t think it’s broken – my rides are matching it, as are others. Maybe share a Strava activity link for me to check?
What is the music/noise at the brontosaurus/gas station in tempus fugit?
I wonder this myself and hope that Zwift answers.
I parked my bike at that gas station today and listened to the sound for a couple of minutes. It is a short loop (a few seconds) that combines a cartoonish dinosaur growl with a few bars of cinematic music that is somewhat reminiscent of the theme song from Jurassic Park. The sound is loudest when you are right beside the dinosaur. The sound quality is similar to that of early drive-through restaurant speakers. You know, where the order taker asks “May I take your order please?”
Is that portion of the Tempus Fugit, not including the lead-in stored (17.3 km only)?
I’m looking at the elevation route profile shown above, and the various spikes all seem to add up to somewhat more than 16m of gain? The two largest spikes are drawn to show going from 11m up to 19m each (8m gain). The smaller pikes look to range between 4 to 7m each?