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I think it's actually pretty cool that Zwift works well at all. I do the occasional race in a lower category, and sometimes they're pretty realistic. I did one
by davidw 3y ago
I think it's actually pretty cool that Zwift works well at all. I do the occasional race in a lower category, and sometimes they're pretty realistic.
I did one with a fairly large starting group that broke apart on the first hill, and formed into smaller groups that worked together and in some cases merged back together on the flats, then split up again on the last hill.
If you squint a bit, it felt like an actual bike ride with other people outside. Which is pretty cool for something controlled by a phone on a stationary bike in your garage.
- prmoustache 3y agoBut most of what makes things interesting in road racing are not taken into account right? I mean the sheer violence of the accelerations after a slow corner, railing the corners at full speed in an exilarating way, being thrown in the gutters in crosswind fighting to stay on the wheel in front like your life depend on it, dropping other riders in a downhill section through faster speed in the corners, etc.
- davidw 3y agoIt's a fitness and, to a smaller tactics, game, not a handling game. So certainly far from the full experience, but... not bad when you're unable to go outside.
- bunabhucan 3y ago>sheer violence It is safer! People die from time to time on group pelton road rides.
- eitally 3y agoI think it depends what you find interesting. fwiw, now that Zwift supports steering, if you have the ability (hardware) to steer, it does give you a significant advantage. Otherwise, racing virtually is much simpler than racing IRL, but it's also just different (there is essentially no freewheeling in Zwift, so even on a race that isn't very challenging you still usually end up in z2-3 on flat sections). I'm thankful there isn't sheer violence in online racing. :D