Zwift released a major game update late last week, including a brand-new world, which is always big news (even if the route is small)!
Jon Mayfield has yet to post his usual release notes on the Zwift Support Forum, so what you see below has been gathered from our own observations. Spot any other changes? Share them in the comments!
Giro Bologna TT World
The biggest news in this release, the Bologna TT course is on a new world launched on the same day as the start of the Giro d’Italia. An exact replica of the Giro’s prologue TT route, this course is a short but challenging ride with 6km of flat leading to 2km of steep climbing to the finish.
Read all about the Bologna TT course >
“Whole Lotta Lava” Opens Up
The “Whole Lotta Lava” route takes you on a loop of the Volcano Circuit, with a climb up to the Volcano KOM thrown in for fun.
This route was available for events only before this update, but is now available in-game for free riding. Read more about this challenging route >
Riding around the volcano with my dad
New Bike Frames and Wheelsets Available
In what will probably become a regular occurence, Zwift has added more items to the Drop Shop. This time around they’ve added three new bike frames and two wheelsets. Here are the new bikes:
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- Cube Aerium
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- Cube Litening
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- Scott Plasma
Two new wheelsets are also available: Shimano’s C40 and C60.
Preliminary tests show the frames and wheels aren’t anything exceptional in terms of performance, but if you rock this equipment outdoors you might want to pick it up on Zwift as well.
That’s all we can see in terms of changes in the latest update. Have you spotted something else? Comment below and let us know!
I was riding the New Bigger Loop last night solo ride, I spied the Burito Power Up, this was way back in early Zwift a power up that made the rider behind you drop instantly back off your draft. I never saw a Burito Power Up! I didn’t activate it no one was drafting me, but I’ll send a screen capture to Eric via email, funny if that power up is back!
There’s also a screen capture photo of it on my Strava Post The Burrito Power up third photo in, I should have hit it LOL. https://strava.app.link/KSST9vJkGW
The blue box in the upper left of the screen display that contains Watts, Cadence, and Heart Rate is now missing when one is waiting in the “pens” for the start of an event. Once the event starts this box reappears.
The HR chart is also missing at the start of an event… appears a little after the event starts
Thankfully this data is still available via companion app (on android, assume also iOS)
My wife’s Kinetic Roadmachine Smart Control can now connect to Windows beta bluetooth. Previously it only connected via Companion.
The mini map in the Apple TV version changed back to overhead (was previously an angled perspective). They seem to do this with some regularity on updates. Hoping they change it back soon, as the overhead perspective just isn’t great.
On a related note, I just read in the Zwift Forums that the Aero Power Up now only lasts 15 seconds, instead of 30.
I noticed the shorter time on the aero- good to know for race timing
Eric, pls test the new frames and wheels soon 🙂
Already done! Haven’t written a post about them because they’re pretty unremarkable… but you can see the results on the “2019 Volcano Climb” tab here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1_dvNbBEKAztJwjX-2CDdWmVSR4jP92o-eiNCB7hl5IY/edit#gid=0
Wow, haven’t seen that since way back… Wonder if it is a mistake like when the disc wheel was available after the drop shop first opened?
One more thing, Zwift on Android is not free anymore.
We recently updated Android to enforce the 25km trial logic, which is the same as iOS.
We held off on this as long as possible to give our Android community time to test and give us feedback.
Sorry for confusion. You can sign up for an account on the web if you are in an expired state.
Thank you for riding and testing the Beta.
Starting pins on the road to the Jungle, can’t remember I saw them before…
Makes sense to me now that the aero power up only lasts 15 seconds. I fired it off for the final sprint last night in a race and was surprised that it finished way before the finish line. Meant I missed out on a higher position.