Hey everyone, we wanted to inform you about developments with Pack Dynamics 3.0. We’ve been testing it for the past couple months under specific scenarios (group rides, races, group workouts, run, steering-enabled, etc) and are pleased with how development is coming along.
We’re onto the next, broader phase. Today, we enabled PD 3.0 for an entire map. The next time you ride in London, you may observe changes from the “classic” pack dynamics. If you’ve been curious about how work is coming along, we invite you to start with a fresh login, then hop over to London and ride with a group.
Please make sure you’re on the latest game version.
What do you notice when you’re in the middle of the bunch?
How does your avatar move when it bumps up against the ones in front of and next to you?
What happens when you’re coming up fast on a slower group?
How about if you’re slowly approaching a slower group?
If you have a steering-capable trainer - what does it feel like when you steer side to side? Corollary - if you see someone else weaving side to side - is there a steering wheel icon next to their player name that indicates they’re steering-enabled?
If you see any bizarre avatar movements or something that feels buggy - please report it in this thread. If you’re capturing frame grabs or better yet - game video - please include that here, and let us know:
What OS platform you’re using
Which steering device, if any. Note: some events have steering disabled by default.
If you’re in an event - please check my.zwift.com after it’s over and give us the URL for the specific event you did.
Excellent timing! Was already booked on a 60’ group ride in London tomorrow evening (ZZRC Sub 2.0 at 19:40 CEST). I’ll stay on afterwards to test how steering with the Sterzo Smart (which is disabled during the group ride) alters interactions.
We want everyone to see it with fresh eyes, even if you’ve been in the test events over the past couple months We’d like you to play test it and see what you notice.
The ZRL TTTs will be in London a week and a half from now. Can we get a confirmation (or at least a best guess) if this is going to remain in place through them or not?
I’d say just keep it going unless something completely unexpected happens, but I guess that can take some getting used to from the teams.
So when was it enabled today?
I did a race around 3pm uk time today and the pack dynamic was pretty bad. Two pacelines around the sprint area and beyond, came together on the classique climb but if you got pushed to the side you dropped out of a group that was doing 3.5 while you are doing 5+.
Gang - appreciate y’alls enthusiasm for this next phase!
We are especially eager to surface odd avatar movements and potential bugs with your PD 3.0 experiences in London. If you’re in an event - please check my.zwift.com after it’s over and give us the URL for the specific event you did.
@shooj will this be on or off for the ZRL TTT the week after next. Given it’s only one world and there is only one WTRL TTT (not in london) between now and then it will be very hard for riders to know how this will affect dynamics in a TTT prior to the race
I’m looking forward to doing a race on the London map this weekend.