Not sure why PD5 chat has been kept within game update 1.80 thread instead of its own thread. Could all the posts be moved over to this or a similar thread, please, mods? Eric has done a post about PD5. [image] What’s happening with Pack Dynamics 5 on Zwift? Pack Dynamics 5 is live in…

[image] Andre: There’s no chance you can get away from a group 5wkg+ and you can roll away on Tempus. It isn’t easy but bike racing breakaways aren’t easy in real life either. I just wish the right/left failure to seek draft correctly while auto-steering would be fixed. Still seems strange t…

Breakaways purely depend on the type of race. Breakaways on normal Zwift races aren’t meant to happen, and can’t, assuming categorization has done its job. They’re simply… too short. Get into a series or 1+ hour races, and if someone is strong enough and the category wide enough, breakways can, a…

[image] Andre: Worse still is the simple fact that it’s nearly impossible to break free from a group anymore. Try Zwift Epic Races—what a complete, lmao. There’s no chance you can get away from a group. Absolutely ridiculous, once again. Are those races with PD5? Last we knew was that racing…

You can see if it’s enabled for races in Log.txt [AutoSteering] V5 Races N Events Y W N J N All Y | 150.00 1.10 30.00 5.00 10.00 200.00, 600.00 20.00 2.00 10.00 15.00 0.50, 0.02 70.00 25.00 0.45 0.50 6250000.00, 15.00 15.00 150.00 10.00 10.00 30.00, 10.00 1.50 1.20 100.00 0.01 0.80, 0.50 0.00 0.45 …

Do you know what that numbers mean?

I don’t know. Probably configuration parameters. Some values match the received from server posted above, but even with the names of the variables, I don’t know what they mean. The others are likely default hardcoded values. [image] Pack Dynamics 5 discussion General Discussion …

[image] Cassio Davi Emer: You can see if it’s enabled for races in Log.txt [AutoSteering] V5 Races N Events Y W N J N All Y | 150.00 1.10 30.00 5.00 10.00 200.00, 600.00 20.00 2.00 10.00 15.00 0.50, 0.02 70.00 25.00 0.45 0.50 6250000.00, 15.00 15.00 150.00 10.00 10.00 30.00, 10.00 1.50 1.20 100…

By observation I would say “All” has precedence (if All is Y, W and J can be N and it will be enabled anyway). I noticed “V5” behavior in both Watopia and France recently (player affected by what I suppose to be adjusted through “backRepulsionPercent”, which gives “draft benefit” for having another …

It feels like these issues that are complained about are more obvious when the groups are very large. I did 75km with the Jacques group today - all fine with the small group of 9-10 people. But when it got to about 30 or so the issues that have been complained about were more obvious.

I ride a Kickr Bike V2 with steering enabled. If I had to compare it to something it would be like riding on a strip of grease up the road. You keep slipping off it. You spend your entire time adjusting the steering to maintain a position on the road and fighting a never-ending battle to achieve tha…

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Tom_Shelton (Tom) July 24, 2025, 1:06pm 267

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