I just did the Stage 5: Flat is Fast B cat race on the Greater Flat London course. Event ID=4044903
At the start I noticed a small smudge beside my avatar. Then when someone close by used their ghost power-up I realised what the smudge was. It was the shadows of the riders being still visible when they had their ghost power-up active.
I use an Apple iPad for Zwift so the shadows are the simple shadows and not the more detailed ones you can get on PC or Mac. I’ve just checked on YouTube for a livestream of a similar event and can confirm that with the more detailed shadows, they disappear when the ghost is used, as they should.
Now, I don’t know if the shadows have always been visible on iOS (I’m sure I would have noticed it before if they were). I know that the firesocks fire trails have always been visible when someone used the ghost power-up.
Or maybe it’s because I’m still on the old version of Zwift (1.56.0 (124332)). I just haven’t updated to the latest version because of the problems it’s had.
I also don’t know how long the bug has been there. All I know is this is the first time I’ve noticed it.
Sorry I couldn’t get a screenshot. I was a bit busy at the time.
Long story short: Other rider shadows are still visible when they use the Ghost power-up (on Apple iOS).
Thank you for reporting this - we are working on correcting this issue (as well as the fire sock trail being visible when using the Ghost power-up). I don’t have an exact date to share just yet, but we’re targeting resolving this in game update 1.66 which should roll out later this month.
My team did a ladder race in London on 5/5/26 on the London Loop route. Ghost was the only power-up for the race. We noticed two issues when the ghost was activated. On dry roads, we could see the rider’s shadow proceeding up the road while they were invisible. Later on, when it started raining, we could see road spray from the invisible riders. I don’t know how long this has been an issue, or if it affects other worlds.
Funny that this should show up again. I’m sure at some point Zwift did fix the shadows for ghost power-ups but it wouldn’t be the first time a fix has reverted (I remember the menu button nearly being off screen, fixed, then unfixed then fixed again).
Also funny that I did a race last night that used ghost power-ups and when using the power-up the squirrel plushie in the back pocket did not turn semi transparent like the rider and bike. I’m just wondering if that would have been the same for other riders viewing my avatar.
There was only 10 people in the race and only one other person used the power-up so I couldn’t check if the squirrel went invisible for them as they didn’t have a squirrel.