Another annoying factor is that the events that have had have category enforcement - whatever form that takes - tend to attract higher than average field sizes, and I strongly suspect a much higher than average proportion of people who would always enter the right category anyway. Both of which are obviously a good thing, but it means all the other races (of which there are now hundreds every month) are by definition of lower class, and thus exploited by sandbaggers and spoilt. They aren’t given the same importance, so for example I feel like I ought to be doing the ZRL rather than being able to choose what’s convenient for me knowing it’ll still be fair.
Zwift rightly promote and celebrate the various WTRL events but don’t appear to want to spread that level of prestige and high quality racing around a bit, which must feel like a kick in the teeth for the many other event organisers who are just as much a part of the racing foundation on the platform.