Sort of a longtime user of Zwift here, but just had to say here, I've been yet again impressed with Zwift and its excellent functionality and features.
I finally recently upgraded from Kickr Gen 1 (the first Kickr that still never dies!) to a Kickr Core, mainly because I could use it with the Zwift Cog, as I have 10 + 11spd bikes and as well, there was usually some annoying shifting glitch at some point even with matching cassettes.
The Kickr Cog works amazingly well. Super easy to mount the bike, and totally smooth 24-shifts with the remote control button or even better, the Zwift play controllers. This alone was a meaningful, worthy upgrade - the 24 gears in particular is wider than even the 11spd cassette, and I can either grind as low as I want or spin as fast as I want all over Watopia. It's really a game changer.
I was impressed enough with the cog to spend the $100 for the Zwift play controllers. I got them really because I wanted to try having a shifter on each side as opposed to the remote control button which comes with the cog (which works perfectly fine, I'd recommend it for sure.) Turns out the Zwift play controllers elevate Zwift to another level. Not the steering (ok, I haven't really found a use for that yet), but being able to use the buttons to do actions is amazingly helpful.
The most useful thing with the play controllers I've found - teleporting to robopacers. I watched an online Zwift review of the play controllers and copied the recommendation of warming up with slower robopacers, then teleporting mid-ride to faster ones, and then if you're feeling frisky, teleporting to ones above your level and trying to hang on as long as you can. You can do this with a keyboard, but on the Zwift controllers, it really is near-effortless, and all of a sudden you can ride with others even if you're on easy day, hard day, and even interval day.
I'd go on, but these were the two new features that I've been enjoying of late that are particularly recent, and have exceeded expectations. Zwift really is great for my use - for sure, I have higher quality workouts every single time with less hassle on Zwift than I do riding outdoors. (I'm lucky enough to live in Norcal where I can ride outdoors nearly all the time though, and riding outdoors is my reward for working hard on Zwift when scheduling is in the way, which is most of the time, unfortunately.)
I finally recently upgraded from Kickr Gen 1 (the first Kickr that still never dies!) to a Kickr Core, mainly because I could use it with the Zwift Cog, as I have 10 + 11spd bikes and as well, there was usually some annoying shifting glitch at some point even with matching cassettes.
The Kickr Cog works amazingly well. Super easy to mount the bike, and totally smooth 24-shifts with the remote control button or even better, the Zwift play controllers. This alone was a meaningful, worthy upgrade - the 24 gears in particular is wider than even the 11spd cassette, and I can either grind as low as I want or spin as fast as I want all over Watopia. It's really a game changer.
I was impressed enough with the cog to spend the $100 for the Zwift play controllers. I got them really because I wanted to try having a shifter on each side as opposed to the remote control button which comes with the cog (which works perfectly fine, I'd recommend it for sure.) Turns out the Zwift play controllers elevate Zwift to another level. Not the steering (ok, I haven't really found a use for that yet), but being able to use the buttons to do actions is amazingly helpful.
The most useful thing with the play controllers I've found - teleporting to robopacers. I watched an online Zwift review of the play controllers and copied the recommendation of warming up with slower robopacers, then teleporting mid-ride to faster ones, and then if you're feeling frisky, teleporting to ones above your level and trying to hang on as long as you can. You can do this with a keyboard, but on the Zwift controllers, it really is near-effortless, and all of a sudden you can ride with others even if you're on easy day, hard day, and even interval day.
I'd go on, but these were the two new features that I've been enjoying of late that are particularly recent, and have exceeded expectations. Zwift really is great for my use - for sure, I have higher quality workouts every single time with less hassle on Zwift than I do riding outdoors. (I'm lucky enough to live in Norcal where I can ride outdoors nearly all the time though, and riding outdoors is my reward for working hard on Zwift when scheduling is in the way, which is most of the time, unfortunately.)