daviddavieboy

This modification of GTA V is getting VERY good. Called GTBikeV, it is an add on to GTA V that connects a smart trainer (or speed/cadence) that lets the user cycle around the GTAV world . As I got the game for free and GTBike V is free the only cost to me was the smart trainer and one of my bikes. To run the game the way I do you need quite a lot of computer power but I can also run it on my $400 dell laptop, just without the amount of detail and scale possible on my desktop.

GTBike V has been around for a while now but with the latest update it may be a great rather than a good alternative to Zwift or similar app. Before now it has been buggy and hard to set up but that has changed as now there is a stand alone installer that will download and install the needed files as well as workouts and workout plans (preloaded and user installable) It supports group riding (private server) or when using predetermined courses (NPCs). The only issues with group riding is that riders can bump into each other and get pushed off roads as well as the user / NPCs may be attacked by other NPCs or run over by impatient drivers. - really. Being said if you do get POed you can dismount and shoot them . The biggest drawback for me was well . . .GTAV. I had to add another mod to remove the foul language and gratuitous violence from the game.

I do use a steering device (steerzo) but you can also steer with a keyboard or controller. Alternatively you don't need to use any steering device at all as the game will follow pre determined courses of your choosing (similar to Zwift without steering). I typically ride other add on (mod) islands as they unpopulated and much safer to ride around in. If you especially adept you can even create you own jerseys, shorts, shoes, bicycles, etc to use in game. In the videos below are a couple kits I actually own.

I have done a few videos as well as an install guide on youtube.*some of the videos are with additional mods ie. Liberty City (NYC), Lake Louise, French Riviera, and Ugase City (Japan) in the links below. The videos are all done while on the trainer but I had a little fun post processing using the Rockstar video editor (in game).

himespau 

That looks cool and I did recently buy GTAV just so that I could try the bike mod (haven't downloaded it yet). My big thing is that I really like chasing other people for motivation (races are so much more fun for me than workouts to the point where I just choose races that I think will make me work on certain areas rather than doing workouts), so I'm not sure how I'd do without that feature of Zwift.

daviddavieboy

Racing on Zwift is a huge motivator for myself as well. Unfortunately I have "blown up" a few times going too hard as pacing is my downfall. Typically I am a touring/grand fondo/century length rider IRL so GTBikeV fits in well for conditioning. It is possible you may like the courses option in the game as it adds other bots which can be assigned a "strength" ie better climber, fast on flats, endurance. There is always one of them I cannot catch as they are programmed to nearly match the users power output. as long as your FTP and weight are set properly in the config file.

spelger

unfortunately i am unable to see any of your links or images. will be researching this though

daviddavieboy

Odd as I checked with an incognito tab and all seemed fine. I am curious if others are having issues as well.

here is the link to the video list
https://www.youtube.com/@maugerville/videos

blacknbluebikes 

thx for posting this. interesting.

tempocyclist

Can you upload your GTA ride to Strava afterwards? 😁

himespau 

I downloaded it and got the mod running today. I had never played GTA of any variety before and am not really adept with modding, so I had a lot of trouble and gave up. Visually, it looked cool and I liked that my sterzo smart actually did something for a change (zwift usually claims it can't recognize it, and, even when it can, it doesn't really do much. Here, I didn't have to do anything and it had me steering right away. I hated that I was in a race car firesuit and a motorcycle helmet and it kept moving over to cut scenes that took me off my bike and I couldn't figure out how to get back to the bike riding (and the pager kept covering up the bike computer). In theory, it looks interesting, but I think you need to be more familiar with GTA and it's controls/menu setup than I am and/or be a lot better with making/using mods. Maybe if I have a couple of weekends alone with lots of time to play around with it, I could get it up to where I would be comfortable with it. Graphics are a lot nicer than Zwift and I like the free steering, but Zwift is just so easy with the hop on and go of it all.

PeteHski

It looks really cool, but in no way an alternative to Zwift for me. It basically lacks all the things that attract me to Zwift ie. group rides, races, structured workouts. But if I had GTA I would certainly give it a go for variety.

daviddavieboy

Yes you can. The fit file is located in a activities folder accompanied by screenshots automatically taken during the ride.

If you decide to give it another go I made a video to help. If GTA is installed already and working it literally takes 5 minuets to set this up.

spelger

finally took the time to search up gtav. had no clue what it was, now that i do...is there a free version that will work with this mod? not wanting to pay for a game that i will very very very likely never use outside the bike aspect.

unterhausen

they occasionally have sales. They have given it away too.