It’s not a mockup, it’s taken from a GCN video. It’s what Zwift use for their broadcast streams.
Here’s another example from a recent Zwift Grand Prix race:
It’s hard to gauge it from a static image, but when the scenery is moving in the background it looks OK to me. Here’s another view from the same event, but this one has lighter scenery in the background:
It looks more translucent there. Reducing the opacity too much would definitely hurt readability.
No, that’s why I said “Obviously without the actual positions”. =)
No, I’m not. Again, it’s Zwift’s UI. I agree rider names should be mixed case, as all caps is harder to read. I recently made a post on exactly this:
No, that’s just for the GCN broadcast. Normally it’s white.