Trainer difficulty slider changes

Feature Requests
1

I don’t have an issue to solve; these are just suggestions.

  1. It might be better to rename the “Trainer Difficulty” slider to something like “Gear Ratio” or “Gear Ratio Selector”. Trainer difficulty is widely misunderstood. This slider doesn’t make riding easier, it gives you a bigger cassette. This can make it feel easier but you are also going slower so it isn’t really easier.
  2. Put percentages on the slider so you know what percentage you have selected when you move the slide.
  3. Allow for more positions along the slider so a user can better fine tine the gears they want.
    Thank you. As an avid user of Zwift I think these changes will be welcomed by your users.
2

Lower Trainer Difficulty does not give you a bigger cassette. It scales resistance coming from gradient changes. So on a climb a lower value gives you lower gears, but on flat roads it does nothing because there is no gradient to scale (ie, 50% of 10% is 5%, but 50% of 0% is 0%). I agree it’s a misunderstood feature.

I agree with your suggestion to add scale to the slider.

3

After nine years on Zwift I have no problem understanding its effect. But for a change of name I’d go with something like “gradient realism” or “gradient reality” or “gradient multiplier”.