The latest Zwift update is now available on all platforms: Mac, PC, Android, iOS, and AppleTV.
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This update includes the much-anticipated new Neokyo map. It also includes a couple of Drop Shop additions and some much-needed bug fixes. Here are the details…
Neokyo Map Launch – 8 New Routes
The big news in today’s update is the launch of the new Neokyo map, an addition to the Makuri Islands world.
The new map is bright yet dark – a Tokyo-like cityscape set in permanight. Once again Zwift’s art team has outdone themselves, bringing in a whole new set of lighting effects and designing a map that truly feels like riding through a city. Whereas the New York City map sort of feels like you’re riding some roads plopped down in the middle of NYC, Neokyo really feels like you’re in the middle of a real cityscape.
Neokyo is launching with 8 routes, but if this launch is anything like Yumezi, Zwift will add some additional routes in future releases.
Holo Avenue 
Makuri Tree building 
Makuri Tower Neo Arcade Taking the tunnel to Yumezi At the bottom-left is a virtual lap banner, only visible for this particular route
The routes included in today’s release are:
- Neokyo All-Nighter: 24.3km, 167m
- Neon Flats: 14.7km, 72m
- Railways and Rooftops: 7.8km, 90m
- Rooftop Rendezvous: 6.2km, 81m
- Sleepless City: 9.6km, 42m
- Sprinter’s Playground: 12.3km, 67m
- Temples and Towers: 32.9km, 319m
- Wandering Flats: 25.1km, 145m
Click the links above for complete route details including Veloviewer profiles, Strava segments, photos, and more.
Neokyo includes four sprint sections and one KOM as well. Most of these segments are timed in both directions, but two are “one-sided” at this time:
- Rooftop KOM (one direction)
- Tower Sprint (both directions) – reverse is too short for a Strava segment
- Castle Park Sprint (both directions) – too short for Strava segments
- Alley Sprint (both directions) forward/reverse
- Railway Sprint (one direction)
New Bike and Wheels
New bike day is always a good day! This update includes two new frames:
- Uranium Nuclear frame: 184,500 Drops, 3 stars for aero, 3 stars for weight, level 19+ required
- FFWD RYOT55 Wheels: 113,700 Drops, 3 stars for aero, 3 stars for weight, level 23+ required
The Uranium Nuclear is the frame featured in this weekend’s Giro de Rigo, and it appears to be quite fast, while the RYOT55’s appear to be strong climbers. We’ll test them using our standard protocol and publish the results ASAP.
Connection Failure Notification UI
The update notes include this blurb:
Added a notification to inform Zwifters when they lose connection to their ANT+ or Bluetooth device, or the Zwift servers.
This is a welcome addition, as it should help Zwifters troubleshoot connectivity issues. We tested this feature by disabling our ethernet card, and our ANT dongle as well. Here’s what the screen showed:
Zwift server connection failure message ANT+ connection failure message
Bug Fixes and Misc Improvements
Here’s Zwift’s list of fixes and improvements included in this update, with notes in italic from us:
- Fixed an issue where the scrollbar in the route selection UI did not appear. This confused a lot of riders who thought “Zwift has taken away a bunch of routes!”
- Fixed an issue where Zwifters would have access to bikes and wheels that they have not purchased or are level locked. Didn’t know about this bug, but sounds fun! Sort of like borrowing a bike from your local shop?
- Fixed an issue causing the Training Plan name to be incorrect when changing your plan.
- Fixed an issue which caused the watts required for specific workout blocks to be inconsistent between the preview and in-game work out.
- The post ride steering survey will appear less frequently after a ride where a steering device was paired.
- Fixed an issue causing the Repack Ridge section of Watopia to be inaccessible to riders.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a Zwifter’s speed and direction to lock after trying to perform a u-turn. Thank goodness this was fixed. A big annoyance to people attempting to vEverest the Alpe!
- Fixed an issue on Apple TV where Zwifters would continue to run after Bluetooth was turned off on the device.
- Fixed an issue which would cause the game to crash when toggling through segment leaderboard.
- Fixed an issue which would leave a Zwifter in limbo when trying to ride with another user who had recently disconnected from the game.
- Fixed an issue which caused pedal assist to end too early when joining a pace partner in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue which would cause the game to crash when joining a smaller world with an abundance of active Zwifters.
- Fixed a number of performance issues with the in-game leaderboard. This fix now shows your best time on the leaderboard, instead of your most recent time. Happy to have this fixed for rides like Sprintapalooza!
- Fixed an issue causing the segment leader jersey icon to disappear from the riders nearby list for the current segment leader.
See Wes Salmon’s notes on this update release in the Zwift forum >
Still Not Fixed: Overweight Dura-Ace 9200
The bug in Zwift’s implementation of the Dura-Ace 9200 groupset in September’s update has caused several newer frames to climb a bit slower (19s slower up Alpe du Zwift) because they’re a bit heavier than they should be. The frames affected are:
- Specialized Tarmac SL7
- Pinarello Dogma F
- Canyon Aeroad 2021
- Liv Langma SL Advanced Disc
- Moots Vamoots
- Uranium Nuclear
Based on the bug fix list above, this issue has not been resolved with today’s update.
Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
Nice article, thanks Eric. Look forward to riding Neokyo.
Great news they’ve fixed the leaderboard issue.
Shame they haven’t fixed the issues with using Zwift on the iPad:
To my knowledge you can’t see how far riders are behind you on this device
Also when you write a message the font is written in white which makes it incredibly hard to read back for mistakes!
Hopefully these will get fixed one day!
I used my iPad this week (and mirrored it to my tv) and was able to see how far the riders were behind me during a race. I used it to quickly switch bikes. Much faster than Apple TV.
no gears on screen using wattbike atom next gen in Bluetooth as well as ant plus now🤷
Sprint leaderboards are still broken on Richmond
Yes, on Watopia too by the looks of things, only did bridge sprint on the route I rode, but it changed each lap.
Weird, I tested the Watopia sprint (reverse) and it definitely kept my faster time on the leaderboard.
They seriously need to fix the issue when someone is sent the wrong way at the start of an event or race.
Nice one Eric. Perfect summary as always, I’ll buy you a coffee on your donate link. Can’t wait to go from Yuzumi to Neokyo as soon as the Covid lets me!
Yeah, so I chucked you 6.75usd that’s about 5 UK quid. Enough for a pretty good coffee. Cheers man!
That’s a solid coffee for sure, sir. Maybe I’ll pick up a chai latte tomorrow in your honor!
It might be that I logged in very shortly after update was released, but it took about 30 minutes to download and update. Also I don’t have a particularly fast connection, but when I asked around at start of race it seemed a common complaint. Hopefully others won’t have the same issue, but it might be worth logging in much earlier than you plan to ride, or update when your not planning to ride.
Took me about 1 minute (on Windows)! *shrug*
Glad to see the roads are a bit wider than Yumezi!
In the badges section where the personal menu there is a ninth new on that is not route selector after log in screen process. In Section that finished route and achievement badges there nook you cit city badge. Must be a new event only course.
Thanks Eric for these fast information (as always) ! I have 2 questions about the Dura-Ace 9200 bug.
1st : Do you know if ZHQ is REALLY working on repairing this bug ? … and they only don’t find a solution ?
2nd : It looks like to me that the Cervélo 2020 was slowed down with the Dura-Ace 9200, too … or am I wrong ?
ZHQ has worked to figure out why the bug exists, yes. Sounds like they figured that part out. But I’m not sure how hard they’re working to actually fix it, though.
The Cervelo S5 2020 uses a SRAM Red groupset, so it’s not affected by this bug.
There is a new “Event only route badge” for Neokyo crit course. You have to do an event to earn the badge (Confirmed by Zwift).
Very interesting! I’m reaching out to them more about this, since it wasn’t included in the update notes anywhere. It seems they always hide a new feature or two… event-only route badges would definitely be a big deal!
My first thought was an error in the badge list, so I asked and got the answer, that it really is a badge for an event only route. Now I am waiting for events in Neokyo …
They need to fix the Meetup races. It has been useless since it was rolled out almost two years ago. The finish line is different for all racers so no one knows where they are relative to other racers. Not smart.
My zwift now doesn’t work. It got to the login successful stage then went to a windows screen with a message windows firewall would not allow all features so i clicked allow zwift to bypass firewall. Now it says login successful and then closes zwift down every time. Using win 7. Any ideas?
Same problem on Windows 10. Worked before this latest update.
Win 7 support ends with update 1.21…. then this issue won’t exist!. I’m also running Zwift on Win 7 ☹️. Not sure what I’m going to do.😭
I had the exact same problem on a Windows 10 PC after the update. Now solved by following (to the letter!) the instructions on the Zwift support pages regarding uninstalling and reinstalling Zwift. This is important as you need to delete some folders and files and keep your PBs and any custom workouts.
https://support.zwift.com/re-installing-zwift-BymCF82TH
What about the issue where, after a race finish and continuing your warm down ride, you are stuck going under 15mph and cannot turn around?
This sounds like the u-turn bug, which has been fixed.
It seems fixed now. However, my first race after this update it definitely was not as that was something I was looking for and tested it out. However, after logging in again a day later (and going through the updates yet again…..) it now seems to be working just fine. Go figure…..
My comments didnt arrive either on the first try too!
Love the new website look!
It’s a work in progress. 😀
Apparently the Makuri routes are not responsive to steering, which is a pity.
I like the ability to shift within lanes while riding, it gives a more realistic feel.
Been following zwift insider for almost a year now, but never posted. Sorry my first one isn’t all upbeat, but I have to say I’m slightly disappointed with the new roads. Anyone else notice the shiny streets don’t actually reflect the buildings? I would think that if part of the allure of a new area is the reflective roads, that you’d actually have them reflect.
But other than that, they are beautifully built!
At first I thought… “of course they reflect the buildings!” Then I booted up Zwift and looked closer. Huh. They don’t! Sneaky artists.
They reflect the buildings in a blurry inaccurate way, not mirror like, but the reflection is definitely there.
That’s pretty expensive effect performance wise. Of course it depends on the specific technique used.
I made the same post in the zwift forum after my first ride. Once I noticed it, I couldn’t stop noticing it!
Some new route badges would’ve been nice too.
There are?
There are six or seven new route badges….
Zwift has crashed twice mid ride trying to do a workout in Neokyo. Anyone else had issues?
I rode the All Nighter route last night, the sprint warnings weren’t working properly – you weren’t shown leaderboard etc until you were already in the sprint section. Think it was the same for the KOM section.
With the explosion of colours on the routes it’s pretty easy to miss the start barriers for the sprints & KOM’s – my legs may not have responded any better but would have been handy to know.
There’s also an indoor arcade with slot machines & zwift bikes, huge mad coloured flying fish and a big floating pink octopuss thingy.
also dismayed by the lack of warnings
Sprint warnings / segment pop up still an issue.
Also annoying that Zwift cycles through segments that are not on your route.
I did Sprinters Playground yesterday and it showed 10 segments. Temple KOM and Country Sprint are not even on that route.
Zwift does this in all worlds. Segments that aren’t on your present route don’t belong.
Remove the clutter and show only the next segments a rider is approaching.
Also make bigger Sprint start markers. On a 5km KOM timing not that crucial. On sprints it’s everything.
Workout delayed 20 minutes this morning due to the update. And I have very fast connection.
How do we turn off the auto update?
Nothing in the Release Notes about the massive overhaul to all the game sounds. It’s now pretty noisy to ride in Zwift and some of the core sounds have changed. Always makes me wonder what else they changed or broke and didn’t tell us in the release notes 😂
Core sounds changing annoyed me too.
I got the update on my PC today. While riding after it, after approx. 45 minutes zwift just shut off and all the ride was lost… Nothink like that happened before the update.
Wow. Lots of changes and the usual new bugs. Neokyo is going to challenge legacy computers. The bugs were serious enough that 1.19.1 was released later in the day. Hopefully they’ll iron out the rest of them. Possibly the much promised new UI will be sleeker and require less computer. LOL, I crack myself up sometimes…😅 The update was about a minute and a half which is substantial for me. I’m blessed with 1gb up/down fiber internet so if it takes longer than 30 seconds we’re getting lotsa data. I can’t imagine how long it would take with DSL or… Read more »
All swell except if you are in New Zealand. Where the heck is the update?
Another update today???
Hi, I instaled new version on Samsung S21 and Im not able to login. It always kicked me out, while I put in email and password amd click “next” button. Password is right, I even tried to reset it. Even tried to reinstal whole zwift, but still unable to login 🙁
Hi, I installed the new update on Iphone andere Ipad
and Im not able to login. It always kicked me out, while I put in email and password amd click “next” button. Password is right, I even tried to reset it. Even tried to reinstal whole zwift, but still unable to login 🙁
Zwift stopped working properly after the new update. Resistance is absolutely not following the gradient. I have to peddle hard downhill (-2%), while Kickr Climbr shows +6%. Horrible…
Its working better? Impossible to connect home trainet to zwift. Im under ios and nothing.i have the message wake you your machine
Impossible to connect my home trainer to zwift since today
Hi all and thanks Eric for all your articles!
After the last zwift update I’m encountering issues with power (difficulties in maintaining the erg mode during trainings, lack of power for some seconds); this already happened in two different worlds with two different pc and smart trainers…
It’s becoming annoying to use…
Does anyone encounter the same problems?
Is anyone else now getting ANT+ ‘connection failure’ dropouts? The update completely broke ANT+ for me on my Windows 10 machine with kickr. I record very low power, it takes an AGE to respond to changes in power and then it drops out completely. Bluetooth works fine and responsively
Role back the firmware upgrade of the Kickr solved the problem on my side. Zwift is already aware and promised that it had the highest priority. But that is already a while ago
Any ETA on speed-test on the wheels?
This has been a great update. I have been enjoying the new roads. I especially like the spacing of the sprints in Neokyo. Based on the topography in the world it looks like Mt. Fuji is to the north. Do they have plans to add the epic climb of Mt Fuji?
Neokyo has a bunch of roads on the map that head south. Could we be getting 2 more updates to Makuri Islands?
I feel a little trivial highlighting this, but has anyone else noticed a huge reduction in Zwifters available to ride with on the home page? Makes it very tricky to do the Alpe descent trick… 😉
I don’t know if this is a new bug or not, just went into the drop shop and clicked on a wheelset I don’t own (cadex36) I did not buy the wheels, but they are now equipped on my bike. I also think I got charged the 200and something thousand drops for them, but they are not appearing in my garage! I can change to something else, then go back into the drop shop and equip them again. Still not in my garage.
Very odd problem.
Companion app on iPad will not display the map. It works ok on my iphone.
I first noticed this about 2 weeks ago so I’m guessing I am not the first report this.
We noticed on a group meet-up last night sprint results do not show all the meet-up riders as it did last year.
Any idea if this feature is now turned off?
Like to have new routes. Always appreciated. However, we need new challenges and levels for many of us to stay motivated!!! These new route badges only take a few days to achieve. Surely adding new levels for zwift is the simplest thing to do. It doesn’t even need new kit each level
Hey Eric.
Are the frame charts updated to show the slower climb test from the dura-ace bug? Once that’s eventually fixed (hopefully?), curious to see how things shift around if at all. Thanks.