Had another race where the tactics were ruined from a ZPower racer with a misconfigured trainer blow in through the front group half-way through the race from behind at a steady 5 wkg / 400 watts, which he maintained for the next 20 minutes. In a B field. (A category enforced one, so he’ll be the A’s problem next time, I guess.)
I understand why Zwift doesn’t want to ban ZPower users from racing – they’re novices and Zwift wants them to keep using the program, become more experienced, and buy another trainer. But they greatly degrade the Zwift racing experience for the rest of us.
Here’s a proposal: make them ghosts. They can race. They can draft. We can see them, but to us they’ll look like Coco and our PR ghosts. But importantly we should not be able to draft them and they shouldn’t show up in results.This would still allow them to participate in racing, but in a way that isn’t disrupting the quality of the racing. Zwift could use it as an opportunity to upsell them on a Zwift trainer. “Hey, it looks like you’ve been really enjoying racing! For the full racing experience, you’ll need a smart trainer–hop on over to the Zwift shop to purchase one and use the code ILOVERACING for a free HRM with your purchase.” or whatever.
Hardware Req. under events.