Zwift version 1.59 begins its phased rollout today, and includes the new “Player Highlight” feature for everyone but Android users. See details below…
New Feature: Player Highlight
This feature was initially announced as “coming soon” last April, targeting a summer release. That didn’t happen due to various bugs that were found, but Zwift’s developers also made some improvements to the feature before finally releasing it this week!
This feature highlights your avatar with a white light, making it easy to pick out your avatar from others. It’s a smart light, too, so it varies in intensity based on how many riders are nearby:
Zwift has expanded this new feature to highlight other people of interest on your screen. It now highlights your friends (up to 3), ride leaders, and anyone you are actively fanviewing:
Player Highlight can be turned on and off from the main settings window:
Please note that Player Highlight is rolling out this week on Mac, PC, iOS, and Apple TV, and the release will be triggered by a server-side switch from Zwift (so not necessarily tied to downloading the latest update). The Android release is delayed.
Route Names On Events
It may seem like a small thing, but we’re still happy to announce it: route names are finally being shown in game when you click on an event!
This follows on Zwift recently updating their web calendar to show route names as well. Hurray!
RoboPacer Changes
Two tweaks have been made to RoboPacers, making it easier to keep the Drops Multiplier game going:
- When riding in small RoboPacer groups, the area in which Drops multipliers are in effect has been increased.
- When riding in a RoboPacer group, you now have a longer period of time to re-join the group before losing your Drops multiplier.
More Release Notes
Zwift provided notes on additional tweaks and bug fixes in this update:
- Improved body shape illustrations when selecting a body type in the Garage.
- Fixed an issue where the color selector would not appear when customizing your avatar’s hair, body, and facial hair.
- Fixed an issue where some running shirts did not appear properly on smaller body types.
- Fixed an issue that could cause seals to float in midair on the Beach Island Loop route in Watopia.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Tacx Neo Road Feel setting to appear for devices that don’t support this feature.
- Fixed an issue that could potentially cause a “Did Not Finish” result to incorrectly be displayed in the Zwift activity feed after completing a race event.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the distant mountains in Innsbruck to appear to wiggle on the horizon.
Discuss this release on Zwift’s forum >
Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
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