Hi Jonathan,
Yes we are friends on the companion app but when he started into a route and was waiting for me on the side of the road to join him he did not appear at the top of my list. Only when he began cycling .2km did he then appear on the list available to join. We tried on 2 different occasions. It seems that friends don’t appear on the list unless they start the workout. We are all about completing Zwift Segments and getting PR’s so if I join him when he is already started the race I miss the full route segment which is the main one I want to compete against and the main reason why I do this.
I did not have him as a favorite but he did show up as a little red circle some of the time on the map but when he got too far behind he disappeared completely. Also I should not have to use my Mobile phone whilst cycling to check where he is. A simple feature that allows you to either.
A) Turn off or hide all non followers from the ride list.
B) Have a separate box for your friends or people you are riding with possibly on the bottom left of the screen so we can see how far ahead or behind they are and what pace they are going at any given time.
C) On the Zwift map the people you are riding with could show up as a bright blue icon on the mini map and the actual avatar could be a flashing avatar or something that is easy to see.
The Jersey thing I will check out but I still think it wont be much use. Today there was a different peleton flying by us every few minutes and a ton of other riders. Even when he was just 5 seconds behind me I couldn’t see him on the list.
We love doing our planned routes and KOM’s so we don’t want to have to U-turn or deviate from the routes because of a lack of functionality with the program.
I don’t have the higher level maps unlocked yet and quite simply I shouldn’t have to deviate to those again for a lack of functionality.
It is a revolutionary program with great potential but I find it has a serious lack of upgrades for the amount of clientele you have. I mean some of these functions are just very basic on most of the console games.
Perhaps we might try out Virtu-GO or Grand Road Tours as we can guarantee it wont be so busy and w don’t have to pay for it.
Thanks,
Ryan.