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In the northern hemisphere, the winter is well and truly upon us now. Freezing weather and dark evenings can make outdoor cycling in winter an unpleasant prospect for even the hardiest riders. It’s the time of year when a lot of us are spending a good portion of our time sweating it out in our pain caves on Zwift.
Watopia, the virtual world you can ride through whilst training on Zwift can make indoor cycling engaging and effective. Minor updates for Zwift are rolled out on a regular basis and Zwift also released its own smart trainer – the Zwift Hub – a couple of months ago.
For the festive period and into the new year, Zwift is rolling out some larger updates and improvements across the board, which are aimed at further improving the user experience and in line with some big events coming up in 2023. We have broken down and highlighted these new updates below.
A brand new world and ‘The Battle Royal’
Unless you have been locked in your pain cave since last winter, you will know that the 2023 Cycling World Championships are being held in Glasgow and around Scotland. To celebrate this, Zwift has created a brand new world to explore, influenced by the UCI world championship location, and inspired by the Scottish landscape and architecture.
However, the new world has also been designed to optimise racing on Zwift. The 2023 eSports World Championships are taking place in February and will use a brand new three-race format to find a winner. It will have brand new unique features including a loopable hill and a dedicated time trial course which will be used for the championships.
The new esports championship format, called The Zwift Battle Royale, will look to crown the best all-around Zwifter. Athletes will compete in three different races on specially designed courses. Both fields will begin with a field of 100 starters, and uniquely any Zwifter will have had the opportunity to qualify and represent their nation via the continental qualifier events held in November.
The first race will be on ‘The Punch’ which will pit racers against each other on a rolling circuit and see the top 30 advance to stage two. The second race will be on ‘the climb’ that will see repeated ascents of a challenging climb, again whittling down the 30 riders and seeing the top 10 advance to the third and final stage. The final stage…
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