Did a workout today and the workout pain effect looked pretty normal to me, just like before the update.
After update my interface was SUPER laggy and i couldnât change bikes or wheels correctly (bike selections cause my wheels to change and wheel selections auto-selected the Zwift carbon bike).
Had to totally uninstall and do a fresh install and then it seemed to work. 24 minutes late to my ride as a result.
But then after doing my ride, it didnât save! This is the second time in 2 weeks where my ride just disappears! No trace if it. And I for sure hit save. Is there a way to load this in from the logs or something?
I force close all apps on the Atv at the end of every session ( only ever have music and zwift apps going) but the Atv stays in standby so it downloads updates etc automatically
One of the worst affected parts was about 1.5kâs in where the neon trucks are parked, the gfx performance was treacle there!
since the update iâm having issues with my tickr connecting via bluetooth, been fine until now, now it just shows searching and sees the tickr but never connects properly, plug in the ant+ and connects pretty much instantly
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are you on PC?
Perhaps the pain effect is just a thing on PC or some higher graphics capabilities?
Iâll try to remember to grab a screenshot tonight.
On my computer, itâs 100% not what it was before the patch, which, used to look like this:
But for me, itâs now a giant blurry mess.
a quick photoshop, to compare what I see now, it looks more like this:
And sadly, this is not really an exageration; in Neokyo this is what it really starts to look like with all the buildings. The pixelation isnât so severe, but⌠it definitely drops the resolution, and actual pixels can be seen by sharp edges and light sources.
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Hi Andrew,
This doesnât look like mine. I have fading to grey and horizontal lines approaching just like in your first picture. And something Iâd describe as a rainbow effect around light sources. Iâll try to capture a screenshot as well.
Yours does look like youâre about to pass out any moment. 
Iâm on PC, using Ultra Profile with 4K ingame resolution.
Okay, side by side, I ran it through in all resolutions available since⌠thatâs all the graphics settings we get.
I noticed at the 4K setting itâs really not that significant; I donât have any displays that are nearly that high resolution, so the image clarity isnât worth the extra heat my GPU will be putting out, especially in these hot summer months.
I hope these two images make it VERY CLEAR as to what my issue with this is; the fact that one second the whole screen is crisp, at one frame in the future, goes blurry; from there itâs exactly like it used to.
(you will have to view these at full resolution, not the very very tiny versions embedded, but actually click on them and view them full size as you would see in-game)
But frankly, I donât believe this blurriness is what someone had intended.
Leaving it off for now, because itâs frustrating when it goes blurry like this.
Did a workout today which had free ride blocks and ERG blocks in it:
During the free ride blocks, I didnât get any changes in resistance and grandient from my Kickr18 at all. No matter what Iâve done, it didnât change. Switched from Bluetooth to ANT+ and back as it didnât work as well. The ERG mode blocks did work as intended, but after finishing this block, again no resistance but my bike got pushed up in the air once despite gradient did show 0%, then no change again.
Iâve experienced terrible fps drops and choppy graphics on certain locations in Makuri, only 4-5 riders present, it was so unbearable that I made a break, saved the ride and closed Zwift. Rebooted Windows, reconnect Kickr18 to power hoping everything resets itself.
Powered up Zwift again, choose the workout and to ride it in Watopia. But exactly the same behaviour like in Makuri, no resistance and grandient changes! Only fps and graphics have been like theyâre used to be.
Somethingâs definitely wrong with Zwift and the workout and especially Makuri world has terrible performance in certain locations after the last update.
After workout was finished, I rode a few km more and it seems that resistance and grandient changes are being applied again. So this somehow seems to be a thing with the workout.
It worked like a charm on yesterdayâs ride, where I basically did the same workout. I didnât change anything on my side.
I rode Makuri with no issues the other day (solo though), what are your specs?
Not crowded, but a few riders around.
i7-11800h
16GB memory
SSD
RTX3060 mobile
Ultra profile with 4K resolution and VRR enabled.
Always had a pretty solid performance around 70-110fps depending on location in Makuri.
When this issue happened it dropped to around 30-40fps for no obvious reason and once leaving the affected areas, it quickly recovered.
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Performance in Neokyo has been beyond awful for me too; dropping down to probably sub 25FPS
Task manager just shows 1 CPU core maxed out, and another maybe 25-50%, but my GPU doing⌠not much of anything.
Last nightâs ride to get the grabs the blurry workout effect proved to me it wasnât a fluke.
Something is definitely up with Neokyo, and there was next to nobody there for me last night.
Havenât checked out all of Makuri since the update, but Neokyo absolutely suffers with frame drops now, and wasnât an issue prior to this patch.
Definitely not an issue for my system either, i7 10850K, 64GB RAM, on an NVME SSD, and a 3070 out at a measly 1080p resolution TV⌠I literally had to force an FPS cap in nvidia control panel.
But now Neokyo and still New York give massive frame drops at some locations, regardless of riders nearby.
For my notations; I have only done workouts since the patch dropped short of a Crit City Race, but had no issues with the race, I havenât done any free rides since update.
So, Iâll give that a try tonight, load back up into Neokyo in a free ride, and see if performance changes any, or if itâs somehow related to workouts.
Whoopie finally got the new UI this month, now i too can no longer ride with friends and support them during epic rides, or do a 2nd ride/workout without UI lag.
Wonder what other new features i have yet to experience.
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Thatâs normal for Zwift, especially on Neokyo. You have a 3070, itâll never have to try. I assume youâve checked your temps to ensure nothing is thermal throttling?
Given youâre the only one mentioning this workout effect, Iâd suggest clean installing Windows 10. Something isnât right on your system.
Will do a reinstall then if thatâs definitely not normal, I saw nothing in patchnotes anyway so not sure if it was somehow missed or what.
3070 is definitely not throttling haha, itâs quite bored at 10%-15% usage, bumping it up to the 4K setting bumps it to the mid 20s, but at 1080p, still not much is being asked.
I will report back later!
CPU might be throttling is what I meant, itâs worth checking. I did a 38km ride on Makuri the other day (on this update) that went through both areas and similarly quiet. 90fps constantly, no bother. Definitely something up.
I am seeing two D riders, D Diesel at 1.5 and D Drops at 2.0. There is also two C riders C Cadence at 2.5 and C Chaser at 3.0.
D Drops and C Chaser is only on Makuri though not in Watopia.
Is this correct as it sounds very different than the release notes.
This is correct. The new pace partners will go live on Monday.
I had assumed that it would start today.
Itâs 15th May PDT. 16th anywhere east of CDT.
6am UK time Monday.
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@shooj Is it intended that some of the Watopia routes now have a super low XP?
- Triple Flat Loops: 680 â 2 XP
- Downtown Titans: 490 â 3 XP
- Eastern Eight: 134 â 3 XP
- Italian Villas Circuit: 40 â 1.5 XP
- Mayan Bridge Loop: 105 â 1 XP
- Handful of Gravel: 125 â 1 XP
- Handful of Gravel Run: 125 â 1 XP
- Splash and Dash: 1 XP (new)
- Surfinâ Safari: 1 XP (new)
It looks like this is an unintentional editing bug, since the updated/new XP value is equal to the updated/new duration rating for those routes.
Also, the new âAlp du Zwift Downhillâ route should probably be spelled as âAlpeâ since that is the official name elsewhere in Zwift?
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