i don’t know why a person’s power is shown on the rider list on the right side of the screen. it is meaningless to me. i want to know what speed each is riding. that’s information i can work with when riding with other friends in a grouped setting, especially when we’re not banded as a group.
This is something that could be configurable by the user to adjust what they want to see there.
w/kg is important to have there so you can work out the weight of a rider when you see suspiciously high power figures and then report those folks if it is dubious. This stuff should still be in the companion app (along with rider height) and it was there for a long time.
w/kg changes are also more immediate than speed changes, which can be more helpful in a race situation.
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Wouldn’t it be more exciting if power changes of other riders were hidden in all races?
Breakaway attempts might have more chance to be successful, you’d have less time to react.
Would definitely change some things. I guess one could consider if this would be more or less like IRL racing, where you can visually see someone stand up and start mashing at full power, and for the top races, having mics in your ear with the team car telling you what’s going on ahead and behind you.
But in Zwift you wouldn’t be able to see them standing because the rider names above them would hide the action…
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