Changelog (older items)

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Week of February 24

New: added brake lights (auto-brake indicators)
Anonymous users can now view the /events listing
Camera button (C) now cycles, even when lookbehind (B) is active
Visuals V2 - improved aesthetics
Fixed braking issues
Fixed bug causing crashes when spawning roamer bots
Adjusted desert grass density
Working on Visuals V2...

Week of February 17

New: added real map to the in-ride minimap
New: Motion Planning V2!
New: auto-braking!
New: intelligent draft-seeking! Riders will now automatically steer towards optimal slipstream positioning
Improved: revamped rider "flow" (pack dynamics)
Improved: smoother rider motions, less jitteriness
Fixed some route coarseness issues
Fixed issue with Zwift Hub virtual shifting
Fixed issue preventing the avatar from stopping on ride pause
Fixed timer issue when the browser window is inactive
Adjusted 1st person camera view
Tweaked auto-braking parameters (it was a bit too cautious)
Added Route Collections

Week of February 10

Getting close to finishing Motion Planning V2...
Added support for ERG mode free rides
Cleaned up Debug Mode styling
Workouts - increase bias range to +/- 25%
Workouts - charts are color-coded based on zone
Race - fix users not auto-starting if joining late

Week of February 3

Fixed speed issue for users on low-end machines
Added FPS counter (appears when FPS drops below 20)
Website design tweaks
Fixed desync / teleport bug (likely caused recent crashes)
Added a handful of preloaded workouts
Tweaked the workout menu UI
Workouts - support .ZWO cadenceLow and cadenceHigh
Races - ability to export Race or Cooldown separately

Week of January 27

Roamer bots have more sensible power ranges (props Aku)
Improved route processor, much better handling of subtle terrain changes
Fixed bug preventing ability to re-upload certain routes
Added rider threshold_wkg to event (race) API results
Added CORE temp data to the FIT file

Week of January 20

Added better debug logging
Added a "Download log" button in the /ride menu ("Riders" tab)
Added "Race results" sidebar to the event listing page

Week of January 13

New drafting model
Added "Teleport to distance" UI setting
Added "Teleport to rider" UI setting (for online casual events)
Instant U-turns (no page reloads)
Route Editor - fixed loop routes not being connected correctly
Route Editor - fixed "NaN%" gradient for finish line point
Minor drafting model tweaks (i.e. support negative drag)
Fixed some Bluetooth issues w/ Zwift Click and virtual shifting
Workouts - interval cadence will display if available
Added support for Core Body Temp sensors (will display readings)
Fixed Core Body Temp data reading issue
Logged-out users can now view (public) route and event detail pages
Fixed minimap progress disappearing when toggling the ride UI

Week of January 6 (2025)

Routes listing - "Keywords" filter accepts a route ID
Added support for route collections (more details soon)
Added "Add to calendar" button to event pages
Fixed Zwift Click support (set Control Mode to "GEAR" after pairing)
First pass at supporting CORE Body Temperature Sensors (awaiting test device to finish implementation)

Week of December 30

Rebuilt FIT encoding / decoding (95% less code than before!)
Added dual-power recording to FIT files (power2)

Week of December 23

Added support for native (hardware) virtual shifting for devices that support it

Week of December 16

Rolled out Festive 2024 challenge
Added Power Match feature
Added Virtual Shifting V2
Winterized the website design 🥶

Week of December 9

Added Route editor V2!
Route editor - better elevation handling
Route editor - shift+click to select point ranges
Route editor - fixed brunnel creation issue
Route editor - various smoothing fixes
Smoothing tweaks to reduce slaloming
Performance tweaks to reduce stuttering on slower devices
Locked down the "free ride" hotkey
Prevent bots for race events
Renamed "World bots" to "Roamers"
Fixed performance issue when saving huge (24+ hour) activities

Week of December 2

Finishing up the Route Editor
Added annual pricing option
Fixed finish line freezing bug for timed events
Added error handling (retry and direct activity download) in case activities fail to upload

Week of November 25

Multiplayer - added rider list stats toggle (Watts, W/kg, and Speed)
Multiplayer - fixed the race results list height
Profile - display the rider's routes count (clickable)
Profile - styled the follows page
Routes - added ability to filter routes by author
Activity detail - prevent error when activity data is missing
Multiplayer - fixed rider list ordering (again) 😅
Fix - exclude heart rate "0" values from the average
Fix - allow for text selection
Workouts - added support for ftpOverride tag (.ZWO files)
Routes listing - show only public routes by default

Week of November 18

Multiplayer - refactored code for much better performance
Multiplayer - fixed latency detection & correction
Multiplayer - smoother rider movements
Multiplayer - removed gradient to improve chat readability
Workout - improved in-ride workout graph
Workout - clicking the interval list toggles between Watts and %FTP
Events - show event type (and # laps) on detail pages
Fixed blank activity page when activity file is missing
Multiplayer - fixed rider list ordering

Week of November 11

Added rider locations to the minimap
Added a "Low FPS" check when first loading the app
Fixed the "turnback" error on the BikeTERROR challenge
Prevent camera cycling when in "look-behind" mode
Miscellaneous motion planning / jostling fixes
Multiplayer fixes
Updated homepage text and images

Week of November 4

Added facets to the Challenges page
Added ability to filter events by ones you've created
Added ability to approve/reject follow requests (in the Dashboard)
Added "Hotkeys" tab to the in-ride menu
Added "U" hotkey to toggle the UI
Multiplayer - fixed activity resuming
Multiplayer - fixed issue with improper disconnects
Multiplayer - prevent duplicate riders
Multiplayer - adjust socket reconnect attempts
Improved activity resuming to support tracking multiple rides
Dynamic activity title based on route, event, and workout
Multiplayer - fixed slaloming issue
Multiplayer - fixed issue where a user who teleports (due to desync) leaves behind a "ghost" affecting other riders
Multiplayer - reduced jostling

Week of October 28

Added timed events! (i.e. "not-race races")
Added in-ride event results
Added event detail page results
Added "Description" and "Event type" fields
Revamped the events listing page, added facets
Better handling of events w/ private routes
Switch a route from "private" to "unlisted" when submitted for publication
Fixed issue when connecting to TrainerDay oauth
Fixed ERG issue when first starting a workout

October 2024

2-directional travel!
Refactored in-ride UI
New gradient graph, can be toggled between full and zoomed-in view
Laid the groundwork for arbitrary u-turns
Laid the groundwork for routes with multiple paths
Added roundabouts to the ends of point-to-point routes
Added ability to toggle between portals & u-turns
Automatically use the correct country-based lane side
Numerous minor fixes and improvements
Multiplayer UI revamp (chat, rider list, etc)
Improved camera pitch to better indicate gradients
Fixed disappearing grass
Fixed rider avatars showing the wrong gender
Fixed tank slapping issue
Improved water coloring
Added BikeTERROR challenge (with custom environment)
Online events - prevent rider movement until event starts
Added "Advanced settings" to route editor
Added Intervals.icu activity uploads

September 2024

Added Route Finder!
Added custom multiplayer!
Refactored the events feature
Factored grade into rollingResistance (props GCUser99)
Added support for login redirects
Fixed camera modes
Fixed event rider list ordering
Fixed event crash for users missing design data
Fixed workout issues: rate limiting, and SIM->ERG switching
Tweaked the ride UI
Added multiplayer chat
Added intervals.icu integration
Fixed browser Wake Lock
Fixed issue preventing terrain from loading
Implemented free tier quotas (early birds excluded)
In-ride event countdown now uses server time
Fixed Bluetooth HR bridging

August 2024

Added Tunnels!
Added Events (for scheduling online group rides)
Improved environment blending for bridges and tunnels
Fixed issue with buildings disappearing on loop routes
More performant route editing
Sorted online rider list by distance ahead/behind
Added "Power Bias" UI setting for adjusting workout power
Activities now include device names (for debugging)
Events - send reminder emails to participants 15m before start
Fixed scaling issue with Activity detail page chart
Fixed in-ride elevation chart (scaling issue)
Added progress arrow to in-ride elevation chart
Switched skin tone to 12-option color palette
Switched to using dynamic CdA (improved physics)
Updated "Subscription" page comparison table
Added birds and guardrails
Added support for workout FreeRide intervals
Added support for "gear" control mode (W: up, S: down)

July 2024

Improved route processing (much less bandwidth needed for users)
Reduced page size for route detail pages
Fixed elevation profile progress (in-ride)
Route editor - automatic route loop detection
Route editing
Multiplayer v1 (!)
Display multiplayer-enabled route at top of /routes listing
Bridges are now appearing again
Fixed buildings overlapping the road and trees
Added building textures
Improved 3D scene lighting
Revamped pacer bots, their power is now automatic and you can choose between "Balanced" and "Aggressive" pacer modes
Added "Duration" (estimated time to completion) to all routes
Added "FTP" user setting
Fixed Bluetooth FE-C issues (props Wouter and wizbit)

June 2024

This month, we'll be focusing mostly on under-the-hood updates, as well as the first pass at multiplayer.
Fixed screen timeout (Wake Lock)
Club leaderboards now reset on Monday (UTC +0)
Re-built the ground cover dataset
Lots of website design tweaks
Added page titles (to better distinguish browser tabs)
Ride page - open Devices menu on pageload
Added challenge leaderboards
Added tooltips / helptext
Added new "Energy" metric to replace "Difficulty"
Added author name to activity + route detail pages
Fixed the dreaded NaN radius issue
Fixed duplicated pacer bots
Fixed stopped worldbots
Fixed activity reporting bug (for routes w/ portals) that was improperly adding the difference between the Start & Finish lines to the total elevation
The app runs better now, even with many worldbots
Fixed graphics issue when users navigate away + return to the ride screen
Added in-ride elevation profile graph
Improved virtual shifting logic

May 2024

Added buildings v1!
Added 2nd biome (desert)
Replaced activity detail charts
Increased smoothing to 3s (power, cadence) and 5s (HR)
Refactored codebase to make adding new biomes easier
Switched filters to a mobile-friendly flyout
Added permalink support for filters
Support multiple daily TrainerDay workouts
Fixed resistance on older Wahoo trainers
Fixed bug where old tilesets weren't being recycled
Fixed issue with Bluetooth FE-C (Neo 2T, etc)
SEO optimizations

March 2024

New logo
New homepage design
Added "Connect to Strava" button to /settings
Revamped challenges UI
Fixed uint24 issue in FTMS protocol
Much better dropout auto-reconnect support
Fixes for older Wahoo trainers
Better route preprocessing to smooth out kinks
Improvements to virtual shifting (more to come)
Added TrainerDay integration
Re-styled the routes listing page
Colorized the /routes elevation graphs
Revamped web-bluetooth (new UI)
Refactored workout functionality
Improved stage-based challenges, fixed errors
Fixed date issues with saved FIT files
Added website feedback form + live chat
Homepage text edits

February 2024

Added clouds
Fixed timing issue preventing rider models from loading
Fixed blank screen on activity detail page
Fixed color picker alignment issue
Fixed issue with ocean water seams
Added Discord link to dashboard
Added support for Athletica FTP detection (waiting on an API endpoint)
Fixed issue preventing the FTP input box from being editable
The topnav is now mobile-friendly
Added Cinecam
Fixed issue of world bots remaining as ghosts when de-spawned
Adds slight lateral variation to world bots for more natural distribution across the road
Adds dynamic rho to the physics calculation (based on a route's average elevation)
Removes now-deprecated brunnel code and elevation handling from the client-side
Fixes issue where foliage isn't rendered below sea level, even if there is no sea
Fixes issue in bridge annotation where bridges should be ignored when the route itself is below sea level
Fixes issue in bridge annotation where the route crop offset was ignored, putting bridges in completely incorrect places
Fixes an infinite while loop bug in the rider loading code, which would often trigger after hotloading the dev server
Adds a top-level error page to prevent unstyled 404
Adds key to the route tile listing so that "clicked" state does not persist through page changes

January 2024

Site optimizations
First pass at Zwift Click integration
Fixed bot spawning issues
The system remembers the last active in-ride Menu tab
Workouts - added persistance across browser refreshes
Workouts - added viz chart with tooltips
Improved - more consistent time formatting
Improved - better route validation
Fixed ERG mode for iOS
Improvements to Athletica.ai integration
Portals! Point-to-point routes now automatically loop!
Fixed accuracy issue with "Climb remaining" stat
Refactored to use native crypto
Set Featured routes to appear ahead of normal routes
Added onboarding text for new users
Drafting setting - apply only to Ego and Pacer bots (worldbots always have drafting enabled)
Added a pacer "Power Mode" setting to toggle between realistic vs constant power
Simplified the ride menu
Fix: use default rider design for new users
Fix: force cadence reading as an integer
Switched to monospace font for /ride stats
Improved the FIT parser
Minor topnav and layout adjustments
Added ZWO parser
Added workouts v1
Added ability to start a workout using any ZWO file
Added Athletica.ai integration for workouts
Added workout ERG mode support
Added ability to toggle between SIM / ERG for workouts

December 2023

Added privacy features
Added route publication requests
Added /approvals page - users can review "follow" and "club join" requests
Split privacy settings into "Profile" and "Activity Details"
Added "total_calories" into activity FIT files
Changed from 10w to 5w power increments
Fixed low cadence pedaling animation
More realistic physics & momentum (props Mike)
Clear power / cadence / HR data on iOS device dropout
Added route moderation (submit routes for publication)
Route processing - improved elevation accuracy
Route processing - improved bridge auto-detection
Route processing - adding basic smoothing
Route processing - added warnings when uploaded route contains issues
Display route "version" on listing and detail pages
Fixed route thumbnail edge-case issue
Renamed "Trainer Difficulty" to "Gradient Feel"
Avatar cadence now matches sensor input, if present
Fixed issue of a map crashing close to the end of the route
Handled issues of steep cliffs in the route
Slightly improved "save settings" button visibility
Rider colours corrected
Fixes/improvements to ground and foliage shaders
Fixes/improvements to tree rendering
Water body experiments with seams yet to be resolved
Initial work for supporting different biomes
Reworking road map layout
Added web-ble connection dropout handling
Added self-hosted ground cover tiles
Added two-tone fog
Set correct sun angle based on latitude
Improved sky shader
Use route title as the default activity title
Use activity title as the "Download FIT File" filename
Fixed activity timer issue when saving before the avatar fully stops

November 2023

More accurate ground cover
Allow all users to upload routes (during the beta period)
Work-in-progress: lakes, rivers, other non-ocean water bodies
Released the iOS connector app on the App Store 🎉
Fixed Wahoo (WCPS) protocol issues
Improved route parsing and distance calculation
Added the ocean
Added beach/sand texture
Improved bridges over water
Improved grass textures
Moved hosting to Cloudflare
Fixed reactivity when navigating between pages
Fixed various FE-C over BLE issues
Improved route editor's "Closed loop" detection
Improved error handling for FTMS timeouts
Support HR readings from controllable devices
Refactored trees, will be easy to add future variants
Improved support for WCPS protocol
Added proper login and signup functionality
Added password reset
Added minimap to route page
Added 1-click route reprocessing
Automatically trim out minor flaws in uploaded routes
Improved rider / peloton motion planning
Fixed route editor bugs, added "undo" feature
Added basic homepage text and styling