My speed on my garmin edge 510 is displaying what I feel on the open road when doing 30km/h but the speed in Zwift is vastly higher than this number (5-10km/s more on flat) which at the end of a ride will accumulate to “fake” Kilometers traveled and this is not very desireable data to upload to my strava account
Could you please add a feature to decrease the speed that I am traveling at in zwift so that I stop accumulating Miles that I have not traveled.
correction and clarifications: The speed is in KM/h obviously and the setup that I am using is cycleops fluid 2.0. When Im getting a resistance on the pedals of what I feel like when doing 30km/h in the open world , the speed displayed in Zwift is much higher.
The thing is that the garmin edge 510 displays what the actual speed really feels like so this tells me that my trainer is really well calibrated and realistic to real wolrd conditions but on the other side you got zwift who thinks the fluid 2.0 has a greater resistance curve that what it really is.
The speed outside and indoors will never be identical. There are simply too many variables involved.
Zwift uses a power curve for each classic trainer and depending on the make and model, the power curve may be more accurate than others. The most accurate measure will require a power meter. In any case, we take into account the watts (estimated for classic trainers), your weight, your height (to determine body mass and therefore air drag), your bike, your wheels and the terrain on Zwift to determine your speed in the game. This will never be identical to the real world. What matters more than anything else is that your set up produces consistent results.
I think there is simple solution: transmission virtual speed from Zwift. If this feature will be implemented, one can connect it to cycle computer (like Edge) as speed sensor.
Transmission of ANT+ signals to be picked up by a computer is technically quite feasible, but not sure why you need it as your speed is shown in the game and on the smartphone app.