Zwift Release 1.76 will be launched on Tuesday, October 15th at approximately 15:30 UTC. The update focusses on a number of fixes, which include the following:
All Platforms
- New badge – Zwifters have a new cycling badge to collect, it is called “The Richmond Loop Around.” It now available for all Zwifters and grants a badge upon completion.
- Zwifters using virtual shifting with the sequential gearing scheme, the default starting gear was changed from gear 12 to gear 8 to provide an easier starting point.
- In Makuri Islands, support columns that were holding up a building above a portion of roadway were removed so Zwifters no longer collide with them.
- Fixed an issue that caused the spindown calibration within Zwift to fail.
- Fixed an issue that could potentially cause the “FTP Change Detected” notification to appear when the new FTP matched the previous FTP.
- Fixed an issue that could potentially cause a slight delay when using virtual shifting.
Other details
Zwift’s Tour of Watopia, commenced on 15th October, this is your chance to ride a route, collecting double XP. Check out this article which explains all you need to know: Tour of Watopia: What you need to know – Mountain Massif. As well as getting extra XP, you will unlock a host new gear.
Zwift’s Community Racing has commenced. Each day there will be a different race hosted by a Community Group. Mountain Massif’s is scheduled for Friday, 25th October. This list of races can be seen below.
Coming up
Coming After 1.76 is Live is some exciting updates, which is include:
- Zwifters will now be able to join 50 clubs if they so choose, up from the original cap of 10.
- The garage will auto-sort to show your most recently used bikes and wheels first. This will slowly roll out to Zwifters off of the game release cadence so people may discover the feature ahead of promotion in 1.77.
