After the update, positioning my avatar on the road using the Zwift Controllers doesn’t work as before. I can move the avatar left/right using the controllers, however after 4 seconds it just returns to the middle of the road again. There are no riders around me when this happens, so it can’t be due to Pack Dynamics either. Before the update I could position my avatar where I wanted it, and it stayed there.

@shooj I didn’t have the issue anymore with swerving after I recalibrated the controllers.

[image] Ingemar: After the update, positioning my avatar on the road using the Zwift Controllers doesn’t work as before. I can move the avatar left/right using the controllers, however after 4 seconds it just returns to the middle of the road again. I had the same results, I think this is intended behavior for steering now. Makes a certain kind of sense to do it that way. I was wondering why the steering review pop up showed up again recently.

I noticed the same behavior using Play controllers and came here to report it.

Like this? [image] Zwift Play steering left at all times Zwift Equipment Hi, the last couple days my avatar steers left 100% of the time without touching the controllers. I can steer right and override it but when I let go it steers left again and stays in the left steering lane. The left steering paddle is not held down by anything and the left controller otherwise work…

No, you can steer to whichever side you want but after a few seconds of no input it gently returns to to the middle of the lane.

Yes this is annoying as it winds up piling people with steering on top of each other in banded meetups. I keep having to steer myself away. Why can’t I stay on the chosen side?

Part of me thinks that if you have steering enabled and working, then you’re choosing to use it. You shouldn’t have the option then to get lazy about it. So the game returning you to the center after no use makes sense in a way. The road itself turns this way and that, so maybe just be glad you don’t go off road if you forget to steer in order to stay on it.

[image] JOHN: Part of me thinks that if you have steering enabled and working, then you’re choosing to use it. My steering device connects automatically and the pairing screen has no way to change that behavior. 95% of my rides I don’t touch the steering buttons because it doesn’t add much. I’m probably not alone in this.

[image] JOHN: Part of me thinks that if you have steering enabled and working, then you’re choosing to use it. You shouldn’t have the option then to get lazy about it. Steering in Zwift has never been about having to steer when the road turns. Zwift does that for you. Actually, I think calling it “steering” has always been a bit of a misnomer. The “steering” functionality is more like “line choice”. You simply choose where you want to be on the road relative to the main path, and Zwift will keep you there. It’s actually quite useful in races/group rides, and having this “auto return” bug disrupts its usefulness. Also, this issue has been confirmed to be a bug introduced in 1.62, and will be fixed in game version 1.63.

I’m Not seeing this behaviour with my atv set up and play controllers Did a ride just shy of 2 hours today and all seemed normal.

Which game version are you on? https://support.zwift.com/en_us/checking-your-game-version-H1wddkVR8

Avatar swerves without Play steering input [1.62]

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Paul_Southworth (Paul) April 4, 2024, 10:18pm 4

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