Pace bot Miguel on Makuri speeds up drastically on the dirt sections and drops everyone. When it hits the roads, it slows back done and everyone is hammering to catch up. Level 55 here so I know Zwift well. Friend confirmed it as we rode together. Dropped 4 times yesterday… Happened since the update. People who have not updated have no issue. The strange thing is that Miguel w/kg stays the same as she pulls away drastically. Wondering if it has anything to do with the crr for the different surfaces now ? Thanks. 100% not working as it did before the update. Thank you.
I’ve just logged in as Miguel to check that he is definitely on the Tron bike, which he is. As he is just another Zwifter on a Tron, there isn’t any plausible explanation why he would experience a different rolling resistance on the gravel to other Zwifters.
something seems to be going on once they get to the new passage to Urukazi from Yemezi. The PP slows down as they enter the dirt but as soon as they get to the new intersection he speeds back up and it doesn’t look like the other Zwifters are as well… like the rules are applied differently?
This part of road was paved before the update, right? Could it be that the PP is still on tarmac, but all other riders on gravel? Maybe rebooting the PP is an option?
Maybe this current batch needs to be fired. Are you taking applications for Pacers? It seems pretty hard, riding all day like that. But maybe people could work in shifts?
i’d like to also request getting the pace partners’ routes published somewhere. my personal preference would be in the companion app – that’s where i plan my next ride most of the time, and at least 50% of the time i end up choosing a PP because there isn’t a group ride that appeals at the time i want to ride.
also, @James_Zwift – any thoughts on PP’s using Urukazi routes? i know you just did a ton of research to pick the current rotation, so i imagine it’s nontrivial to add these to the mix?
There are quite a few of these throughout the game now, I’ve noticed a new one in Urukazi too on one of the wooded bridges around the islands, not sure exactly where… not familiar enough with it yet.
I’m guessing the robo pacers aren’t sentient enough yet to know they are no longer called pace partners… Someone needs to update the text file with the banter they give as the B pace robo partner tonight still thinks he’s a pace partner
Coco was still referring to herself as a pace partner too today. I think the bots know that pace partner is a better name for them, so perhaps they do have their own opinions, and are staging a relatively quiet protest against the Robo Pacer naming.