Originally Posted by
spelger
this is an interesting idea. i might try it and see how it is. it would be more like my real life rides. i suspect that i would not perform as well because i do like to push myself trying to catch up with someone that is going harder than myself. i know it is blind competition and i am not competing but it does give me some incentive. i use CycleMeter when out on the road and it shows my position relative to my best from prior rides and that would be a neat feature for zwift.
There are a couple of hacks that allow you to ride Zwift offline (so you only need to subscribe for a month every so often to get updates) and let you choose whether or not you want to race against ghosts of your past performance. If I weren't involved in racing with a team, I might choose that option. You also don't accumulate xp/drops toward new bikes, but that may not interest you.