Zwift version 1.92 begins its phased rollout today. This is a minor update which includes some “feature-flagged” additions to the game that can’t be announced until they are released. So we’ll just share Zwift’s release notes…
Release Notes
Zwift provided notes on additional tweaks and bug fixes in this update:
- The elevation profile in the center HUD now peeks around intersections. As long as you stay on a route, the HUD will show the gradient after turns to preview what’s coming.
- Fixed an issue that caused the front wheel of the Pride On wheelset to appear as a basic spoke wheel when equipped. (Select a different wheelset in the Garage, then equip the Pride On wheelset to fix it.)
- Fixed an issue that could cause the ‘road feel’ feature on compatible Tacx smart trainers to not activate on cobblestone roadways.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a section of roadway to be invisible on The Highline route in New York.
- Windows: The Ultra graphics profile is now enabled for the Intel Arc B570 graphics card.
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Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
Any idea why Stelvio has been removed from the list of Climb Portals?
The climb portal routes rotate, here is a link to the calendar, although Zwift doesn’t always stick to this. https://zwiftinsider.com/climb-portal-schedule/Zwift Climb Portal Schedule | Zwift Insider
I removed it because Zwift has never featured that climb – presumably because there’s some sort of bug in it. I’ll re-enable it if Zwift ever decides to fix/use it, but it was just annoying people who wanted to ride it after seeing it on the list. 😀
Thanks Eric. Cauberg is the other climb with a problem it seems. I’m interested because I’ve done all the climbs at least once except Cauberg.
Both Stelvio and La Calobra have issues. Norton has a bug of sorts, where the Cauberg shows on the base of the climb on Strava. (though it has no effect on Zwift itself)
ZwifterBikes still lists the Stelvio. I guess they hope for the best.
Any word on them fixing the virtual gearing display for Wattbikes – been missing for months
Any idea when the time on the leader board between riders will be fixed. I think it’s almost a year now.
No issues with mine. Picture from yesterday’s ZRL race
Myles Nicko has every lap record in game.
Has anybody made the same experience that you won’t get any large bonus anymore on climb portal since the last update? I have been riding the Cote de La Redoute 13times (=130 arches) and haven’t got a single large bonus. Obviously, the order of bonuses while spinning has changed as well. Any idea?
And u didnt accidently ride with a TT?
No, the same Specialized Tarmac as before when I was getting around one large bonus per climb (10 arches) in average.
Same for me. Its either a bug or they stealth nerfed it. Got only one 250 xp bonus on 10 ascents since the update
Ah so it’s not just me, that’s explains why the climb portal are so quiet 🙁
Apparently some rebalance they “forgot” to mention in the release note. Saw a post on the forum that Eric will have an article soon updating us with new details
I see that now my path lights up with the bike. It looks very nice and I notice that on my bike it lights more than those of other riders. 😍
Were there any changes made that would explain why my FTP dropped by 100W from Tuesday to today?
I’m on a Stages SB20. Normally when my wattage drops like that the battery on the power meter gets low, but I changed those already and there is no change…
I would really appreciate any insights!
Thx
No changes that I know of. I’d guess it’s an issue with your bike, not Zwift.
That spin bike was rigged from the start. So many bad products out there that people used to their advantages over the years.
I’m still trying to overcome some PRs from my first Tacx Flow smart trainer, which was about 15% too generous compared to my Wahoo Core or Garmin Vector pedals.
Ezra, the SB20 is not a spin bike, and actually is very accurate when compared to other power meters.
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/07/stages-smart-review.html
My squirrel is no longer in my pocket since the update 😭
The same thing happened to me. I had to go back into “My Settings”, “Audio and Video” and change “Streak Flair” to the Fun option and the squirrel returned.
France looks nice and yellow.
During all four last routes after update the autopilot got lost. Tried Deca Dash twice. Several km’s into the ride the route profile in right upper corner disappeared. Went the km’s but route didn’t end where it should and didn’t get the badge. Any suggestion how to resolve issue? Thanks! 👍
Again today. Tested a short one, Sleepless City. After the first junction route profile disappeared. Route went of track, because after 10 km no end of route and no badge.
Clearly the 250xp bonus percentage changed with this last update. I have almost 250 climbs since January and was averaging very nearly one 250xp per 10 gates. Today I did five climbs and received just one. Others reported the same on reddit. Nothing mentioned in the release notes about changing the algorithm.
From what I’ve been told, they only changed it on short climbs and at lower percentages. If you do the long climb at 100% or 125%, you still get the full chance of bonus. I guess they felt that was too complicated to explain, or they were just to afraid of ticking off too many riders so they decided not to mention it.
The changing in reward percentages on the Climb Portal that came about with this update was an unfortunate (in my opinion) choice.
The only real effect are a) the level 100 riders are happy because they felt it was unfair how easy people could get in their “exclusive” club (even when the level does nothing in game) and b) demotivates people who did the climb portal for the XP from climbing (even at 50%) and getting stronger.
Personally I’m a gamer first and cyclist second, so I always played with having fun and maximizing XP in mind. And will continue to do so. I’ll continue to climb when I feel like it, but might opt to do so in a workout if that XP gain is more beneficial than regularly riding through the gates.