Since using the Zwift Play controllers my avatar always steers back to the middle of the road after moving fully left or right after ca. 10-20 seconds.
I contacted Zwift support multiple times and they have exchanged the controllers two times. That means I am now using the third set of Play controllers and still have the exact same issue.
I have the controllers connected to my PC using the USB cable. Using Bluetooth does not change the steering problem.
It especially occurs when riding curves or overtaking/being overtaken. Then my avatar steers back to the middle. But also when riding completely alone it gradually goes back to the middle of the road - no matter on which route or world.
I had a Sterzo Smart before the Zwift Play controllers. The Sterzo did not have that issue.
Does someone have the same issue? Does anyone know how to solve it?
There was a while a couple few months ago when all steering was doing this and people were complaining. My Sterzo doesnāt seem to do it anymore, or at least not as much. These days Iām largely staying put where Iāve steered, except when someone passes me from behind and I get sucked into their line a bit. So Iām left wondering whether my Sterzo is working how they want and the Play arenāt, or vice-versa.
Lousy feature. I donāt use Zwift Play for steering anymore because of this āfeatureā. If zwift provides a steering they should put total control of steering in the hands of the player imo.
There are times when Iām riding and would prefer to let the draft just pull me along with the group, and times when I want to steerābut I want to have my Sterzo connected at all times.
Seems to me the easiest thing would be designating the middle of the lane as an āauto-steerā area. If you steer into the middle of the lane and then leave yourself there, youād just be grabbed by regular pack dynamics and taken along like anyone without steering. But as soon as you use the steering controls again, steering rules take over and you stay where youāve steered to.
Example: If Iām in a race or a fake race group ride, much of the time Iāll just stick in the bunch for drafting. But if I want to make up some ground on a windy downhill, Iāll steer through the apexes. Would be nice to let myself be steered with the bunch until I specifically choose not to. And the middle of the lane as an auto-steer spot would work for me.
itās even worse. riding alone w/o any rider ahead, you get back to the middle. Straight road, riding most left or most right, it takes about 10 seconds until avatar starts creeping. already mentioned several times in what was your steering experience today question after riding. eventually Zwift stopped asking. Itās not a controller issue. same for Sterzo, Zwift play, Zwift bike.
I think it simply comes down to acknowledging that if you want steering, you are committing yourself to therefore actively participating in steering while riding, and canāt assume you can set it and forget it.
That said, I do like the Rizer for steering. Itās action is stiff enough that I can turn the bars a couple degrees from straight and leave it there if I want to, and it wonāt physically recenter by itself.