We know there are some big updates rolling out in the next few weeks, but for now the developers have added a few features, made some tweaks and fixed some bugs in an update that dropped early on October 31. Here’s a quick rundown…
New Option to Mute Title Music
This was previously only doable as a hack. Now just click Menu>Settings and see the option at the top of the list.
Increased Spawning Areas
Most of the routes previously started just north of the start pens and start/finish banner and headed north. These have been moved to various points south so you ride through the start/finish to begin the route.
The end result is the spawning has been spread out, so we won’t have so many riders on the site of the road in one place. Here are the start points which changed in this update, as far as I can tell:
- Astoria Line 8 moved south of start/finish banner
- Everything Bagel moved north
- Knickerbocker moved south of start/finish banner
- Lady Liberty moved north
- Mighty Metropolitan moved south of start/finish banner
- Park Perimeter moved south of start/finish banner
- Rising Empire moved south of start/finish banner
- The 6 Train moved north
New Reverse Routes
Not mentioned in the update notes but available in game, the new “Knickerbocker Reverse” route is a nice variation on one of my favorite NYC routes.
Additionally, a “Figure 8 Reverse” route was added to Watopia’s list.
Additional Updates
Here are a few smaller changes included with this update:
- Ride With Reason mission added, begins early November: stay tuned for more on this. It’s going to be an exciting month!
- Halloween mode added
- Custom workout sync now supports folder hierarchies: this was a big issue pointed out by Shane Miller when cloud sync was first rolled out. Hopefully it’s all cleaned up and working beautifully now!
- Cleaned up some NYC map issues and other various bug fixes
- Reduced chances of late-joining Zwifters getting stuck riding in tight loops
i like the music 😉
Does anyone else have the issue with the companion app when on the NY course where the app doesn’t show any street views?
I think that Knickerbocker Reverse is not the only new route. We also have a Figure 8 Reverse in Watopia now – isn’t that new with this update, too?
It is! I’ll add it above. Hadn’t ridden Watopia yet so I hadn’t seen it.
Any clue about the big updates coming in the next few weeks
Zwift Hype Facebook group has shared evidence of the virtual store launching soon, as well as group “meetups” where riders can organize their own in-game rides. So I think those two things are coming very soon!
How could anyone think of deactivating Zwift’s wonderful and iconic background music? — NOT! Seriously, so appreciative to the Zwift gods that we now can choose to mute the opening tune, which has haunted me in my dreams and plays incessantly in my mind while riding outside on the road. So, so sick of it! Zwift could also have changed the background music with each update, which may have made things somewhat more palatable — not hard to do.