The latest Zwift update is now available for download on PC, Mac, and Android and will appear for iOS and Apple TV soon.
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This update doesn’t contain much by way of new features – it’s more about delivering assets which will be used for upcoming Zwift Academies. Here are the details…
Repack Ridge
Zwift’s only singletrack, Repack Ridge, was launched back in October 2019 along with the first version of steering, powered by the Companion app.
Today Zwift has taken Repack Ridge out of “FutureWorks” mode – the first FutureWorks project to truly go “live”. Congrats, Repack Ridge. And congrats Zwift!
Although you could steer on Repack with the Elite Sterzo Smart, Zwift has cleaned up the interface now, making it function smoothly. You can also ride any MTB from your garage – you aren’t forced onto the Zwift MTB. A new Strava KOM is imminent!
Find Facebook Friends who Zwift
Not specifically part of today’s game update, but recently rolled out – Zwift has taken a web feature live where you can connect to your Facebook account, then Zwift emails you periodically when a Facebook friend joins Zwift.
We’ve been testing it out for a couple weeks now, and it seems to work well. Do it all through your connections page at my.zwift.com/profile/connections.
Other Updates
Update notes included these additional changes as well (with our notes in italics):
- All events now have steering disabled by default, but you can visit zwift.com/events/tag/steeringrace to see events which have steering enabled.
- Added a new alert indicator when users save their activity to let them know if they are in an offline state to reduce lost rides and runs.: This should help with the complaints of “my ride didn’t save”!
- Improved Meetups to ensure you can enable late join OR race results (rather than both at the same time). Even if you’re just racing your friends, you need to complete the entire meetup distance to take the top step. There have been issues with race meetups since they were enabled in the last big update. Hopefully this fix improves that!
- Cycling Pace Partners is now only available for cyclists. A future game release will provide a complimentary Pace Partner for Runners.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the HUD to flicker in Meetups.
- Fixed a bug where in certain scenarios a rider would get dropped from the draft.
- Numerous UI and text updates.
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Questions or Comments?
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Steering disabled by default kinda sucks. It was already off for most. It was fun to have a random one here or there.
Jonathan – I thought the same, but then joined a race yesterday and.. lo and behold.. steering still worked.
i’m with you, but, at least in this case, it seems like zwift’s shoddy codebase continues to work in our favor, and the fix is not a fix at all.
how about a new challenge?
Given the Tour De France is on right now, I don’t know why they don’t have each of the grand tours each year as a challenge. You have to complete equivalent distance and elevation, then you get a badge in your trophy cabinet. So, assuming I rode enough, I could have the 2019 Giro badge, 2019 TDF badge, 2019 Vuelta badge etc. There would be no time limits.
If would be so easy to do, and gives those who have earnt all the course and other badges something to work towards
And it would be good to see another monthly mission. Again, something to work towards.
German speakers rejoice! The ß is back!
We can now focus an all the wrong translations instead of staring at strange gaps within words.
I’m hoping that the “certain scenarios” big where riders are dropped from the bunch is every race I have ever entered 😃
Any chance Zwift will introduce more training plans? Winter is coming again and as far as I can see I have to choose again out of the 7 or so plans for the 3rd winter in a row.
I suggest looking at workouts tab. They’re blocked in “plan” groups and done even sub categories of that in weeks ie: ftp booster (which isn’t in plans), it also dates a workout when you’ve done it so you can keep track. The thing I really like about this though is it allows more flexibility (no sorry, you can’t do that workout for another 45min).
It is really easy to create your own workouts in Zwift. When I had a professional coach, he would e-mail me the intervals he wanted me to do and I’d key them into the Zwift engine (usually took no more than a couple of minutes). There are a number of sources for free workouts on-line—many from prominent coaches—if you look for them.
Can you ride the ridge without steering? It’s a fun little trail and I’d like to incorporate it into my rides through Titans Grove. Not really interested in the steering part though.
Allowing it w/o steering would wreck the segment leaderboards, however. It becomes just another wattage test.
Thanks for the update. One issue though – everytime Zwift updates I cant see my Training Peaks daily workouts?????
All good, but where is steering on my £3k Kickr Bike?
any idea on the specifics of this? “Numerous UI and text updates”
“New alert if saving without an active Internet connection” sounds like a detail but this is huge to me who very often lost my ride
I just got the alert but had internet…not sure what else this was supposed to do.
Sorry not nitpick, but complimentary means something that is free. I think you mean complementary, which means something that goes together to complete a set 😉
No, he means they will say nice things about you. See def’n1 from Oxford:
“Jennie was very complimentary about Kathy’s riding”
And yes, Oxford’s def’n 1 is about riding 🙂
Still no rowing ! It was imminent a couple of months ago.
Ha. You have a lot to learn 🙂
😂😂 Zoon
Lol. Imminent according to who? They never said it was imminent. It’s not a secret that they’re working on it, but they haven’t said it was coming out any time soon. Maybe you were listening to Zwift Hype? They really don’t know anything.
Eric Min said it in a podcast sometime ago, early this summer.
“Rowing is coming out in a few weeks,” per Eric Min, two months ago – listen at about 55:20:
https://soundcloud.com/velonews/pyso-ep-60-zwift-ceo-eric-min-on-tradition-and-innovation
Still no word on the new user interface then? 🙄 The delayed reason due to lockdown with increased numbers on the platform was the right thing, but with summer nearly passed and numbers massively down… You would think it would be the perfect opportunity to do it?!
I repeat the comment above from Jay Z: Ha. You have to learn a lot…
But I was wondering about the same thing! And now worried that it won’t come this year.. since the numbers will start to grow now we hit September
I was almost expecting the UCI Worlds course in Switzerland (map here). The route has since been changed due to COVID-19 restrictions to Italy (notice here), but I would certainly suspect Zwift already invested in the Swiss course. The race is in 2 weeks.
Can you see current friends who have Zwift from the Facebook feature?
This latest update has caused considerable instability for PC users (particularly on the France Map) where many users are unceremoniously dumped back to desktop as Zwift.exe crashes.
Same here Gustaf. Since the update, I’ve ridden Paris, France, Watopia, Richmond, solo and group rides. It’s only France where I’ve had new problems such as you (also on PC). Usually I see glitches in the HUD and then the Zwift programme crashes and exits to windows. It’s happened three times (all on RGV) and each time the fit file is also corrupt. Others on the same group rides have reported the same whilst others don’t experience issues.