Originally Posted by
superdex
maybe they turned the trainer difficulty to zero so they could enjoy the game without the pain?
(which I might do next time France is up. I seem to never have the time to get up Mt Ventop when the world is in and I want to see what it's like past the ski resort)
All setting the trainer difficulty to zero does is make all elevations feel like 0%. You'll still go just as slow up a hill, though, because the program only cares about watts, not how you generate them.