I'm loving this series mate. You have a really great way of explaining not just the featureset of each software, but the culture that leads each one, and the playerbase it appeals to, which is arguably way more important, but is missed so often in reviews. Top stuff!
Thanks for that mate. I really enjoyed this one. I was surprised. Was fun to sink my teeth into some different apps. Going to take a short break now and figure out what to do next. Ideas welcome
IndiVelo has excellent physics for drafting, braking in corners, ascents and descents. Much better as in all other apps. That is even the reason George Gilbert started the project. For a one person project (ok, with some help of volunteers) it is an amazing result.
Thanks Aidan, really good review mate even the metaphors at the beginning 🙂 I've been trying Zwift alts and not enjoying the deserted landscapes. I need a bunch to sit in, chase, jump from it seems so this might be the one
Thanks bro, it’s not bad. I’m with you in the whole everything is deserted. It’s the real draw of Zwift and I think this does a good job at replicating it.
7:29 maybe I just watch too much IndieVelo RUclips videos, but there was no steep learning curve for me on how to use IndieVelo. I’m still getting better at racing, but that’s just the fun of the sport.
Nice review. I just installed it after cancelling Zwift. Seemed a lot more faster in terms of login and startarting a ride, maybe it is more optimized to old hardware (I'm running in a core2duo, 16Gb ram and a 750TI, no issues). Let's give it a fair try, I have high expectations.
If youre an Aussie do you love Taj Farrant the 15 year old blues guitar god? He is Stevie Ray reincarnated! Will an Stages SC3 smartbike work usingmywhoosh or indievelo? I like free stuff. For the coming winters old man training.
I don’t see any reason why not. Both support Ant+ and Bluetooth connection so you should be golden. As for Taj, never heard of him, but I’ll chuck him on for a listen.
@@burgess_and_his_bike Never heard of TAJ? H'e played on stage with Santana, Orianthi, ZZ top, and more. Some say he will be remembered as the greatest blues/rock guitarist ever born. He's just finioshed his third tour around USA. Check out "Sad Rock Ballad".
Good review. I really dont get why they dont have paypal as an option for the founders club. It is just credit card. Same with an ingame workout editor. Should be really easy to implement. I really enjoy the pacemakers and racing. The only downside for me are the graphics. The rest is amazingly good. Especially considering the fact, that just one dude programmed this.
Yeah I wasn’t aware of that. I’d recommend emailing George (the founder) as he is really responsive. As for the graphics, I agree, however the graphics on all of these are not great. For me it’s the tone. Needs to be more vibrant.
It does, you just have to be part of the founders club. The AppleTV app is in testing, so paid members get it first. I’d say it’s coming but I can’t say how soon.
@@burgess_and_his_bike yeah, looked it up. I think I’ll keep an eye on it but not really expecting much. Using my phone will drain too much unnecessary battery life. Same goes with using my macbook to cast the game to Apple TV, it’s a shame :(
It seems kinda pointless to simulate wind, IRL wind is gusty and you react to it because you can feel it. In e sports having to watch wind direction vs road position seems like a totally pointless annoyance.
I can see your point, but you can feel it just by watching speed and your position relative to others. It adds a new element that feels real. Should shooter games not simulate bullet drop? Why should Zwift simulate you going up a hill. The gradient is an annoyance. I think it appeals to some and not others
Agree the wind effect is annoying. A gradient is different, you can see the incline coming and anticipate etc. I have a kickr bike so actually feel the incline too. None of that happens with the wind effect, you simply slow down and it gets harder for no reason. I found it a nuisance in free riding. This review is very biased to racing so I get where it's coming from, but for those of us that enjoy these apps more for training in free ride mode, I found IV a bit bland and awkward. Just my opinion though of course 👍
@@noggintube totally reasonable mate. Not meaning to be bias towards racing but I think that’s really what indieVelo is created for. I agree with your opinions 100% my friend and it’d be great if you could turn it off in free ride maybe.
I'm loving this series mate. You have a really great way of explaining not just the featureset of each software, but the culture that leads each one, and the playerbase it appeals to, which is arguably way more important, but is missed so often in reviews. Top stuff!
Thanks for that mate. I really enjoyed this one. I was surprised. Was fun to sink my teeth into some different apps. Going to take a short break now and figure out what to do next. Ideas welcome
IndiVelo has excellent physics for drafting, braking in corners, ascents and descents. Much better as in all other apps. That is even the reason George Gilbert started the project. For a one person project (ok, with some help of volunteers) it is an amazing result.
Absolutely agree with you mate
I dropped in on the MyWhoosh vid, came back for IndieVelo. I'm using both, and they're PBG - pretty bloody good!
Subbed!
Cheers
Agreed dude. A good mix.
IV does have in game live chat ! Great review
It does mate, Gilbert let me know. I put it in the description. Thanks for watching. Appreciate you ❤️
Sorry missed that
@@olliepayne9632 no issues mate.
8:10 there is in game chat :) I see that in your description as a response from George 👌🏻
Yeah, again something a tutorial would have shown. I completely missed it.
Good to see Aussies getting into it, we need more of us ;)
Just out here representing brother 🤙
Love the metaphors bro!😄😄😄
Just here being an English teacher.
Thanks Aidan, really good review mate even the metaphors at the beginning 🙂 I've been trying Zwift alts and not enjoying the deserted landscapes. I need a bunch to sit in, chase, jump from it seems so this might be the one
Thanks bro, it’s not bad. I’m with you in the whole everything is deserted. It’s the real draw of Zwift and I think this does a good job at replicating it.
If you like Racing, you’ll love IndieVelo
7:29 maybe I just watch too much IndieVelo RUclips videos, but there was no steep learning curve for me on how to use IndieVelo. I’m still getting better at racing, but that’s just the fun of the sport.
I reckon so mate. It is definitely something you need to research and like I said, serves as a barrier for some I reckon
Nice review. I just installed it after cancelling Zwift. Seemed a lot more faster in terms of login and startarting a ride, maybe it is more optimized to old hardware (I'm running in a core2duo, 16Gb ram and a 750TI, no issues). Let's give it a fair try, I have high expectations.
It will run with less issues than Zwift because it’s not drawing on graphics or RAM as much. Good luck with it mate!
Will check it out
Do it mate, it’s worth a look.
Fully customizable UI now launched with latest release, permanent improvement
I saw this in the latest email. How good is that! I’ll definitely be moving draft and wind to the middle and watts to the right.
I wonder how long it will be free
Haha not long now
March 2025?
It comes across as a racing sim and the others are arcade games. I was too early to it but may have to revisit now that others have joined.
Yeah look, not here to tell you how to live your life but she goes alright.
If youre an Aussie do you love Taj Farrant the 15 year old blues guitar god? He is Stevie Ray reincarnated! Will an Stages SC3 smartbike work usingmywhoosh or indievelo? I like free stuff. For the coming winters old man training.
I don’t see any reason why not. Both support Ant+ and Bluetooth connection so you should be golden. As for Taj, never heard of him, but I’ll chuck him on for a listen.
@@burgess_and_his_bike Never heard of TAJ? H'e played on stage with Santana, Orianthi, ZZ top, and more. Some say he will be remembered as the greatest blues/rock guitarist ever born. He's just finioshed his third tour around USA. Check out "Sad Rock Ballad".
Thanks
No worries bro
Good review. I really dont get why they dont have paypal as an option for the founders club. It is just credit card. Same with an ingame workout editor. Should be really easy to implement. I really enjoy the pacemakers and racing. The only downside for me are the graphics. The rest is amazingly good. Especially considering the fact, that just one dude programmed this.
Yeah I wasn’t aware of that. I’d recommend emailing George (the founder) as he is really responsive. As for the graphics, I agree, however the graphics on all of these are not great. For me it’s the tone. Needs to be more vibrant.
I wish it had an Apple TV app :(
It does, you just have to be part of the founders club. The AppleTV app is in testing, so paid members get it first. I’d say it’s coming but I can’t say how soon.
@@burgess_and_his_bike yeah, looked it up. I think I’ll keep an eye on it but not really expecting much. Using my phone will drain too much unnecessary battery life. Same goes with using my macbook to cast the game to Apple TV, it’s a shame :(
AppleTv app exists Jan 2025.
It seems kinda pointless to simulate wind, IRL wind is gusty and you react to it because you can feel it. In e sports having to watch wind direction vs road position seems like a totally pointless annoyance.
I can see your point, but you can feel it just by watching speed and your position relative to others. It adds a new element that feels real. Should shooter games not simulate bullet drop? Why should Zwift simulate you going up a hill. The gradient is an annoyance. I think it appeals to some and not others
Agree the wind effect is annoying. A gradient is different, you can see the incline coming and anticipate etc. I have a kickr bike so actually feel the incline too. None of that happens with the wind effect, you simply slow down and it gets harder for no reason. I found it a nuisance in free riding.
This review is very biased to racing so I get where it's coming from, but for those of us that enjoy these apps more for training in free ride mode, I found IV a bit bland and awkward. Just my opinion though of course 👍
@@noggintube totally reasonable mate. Not meaning to be bias towards racing but I think that’s really what indieVelo is created for. I agree with your opinions 100% my friend and it’d be great if you could turn it off in free ride maybe.
Gostei mais do mywhoosh, porem indievelo é mais leve para meu pc
Espanol?
@@burgess_and_his_bike br
NO TRON BIKES? I'm out.
😂
It's like red wine? Overhyped alcoholic juice that makes you feel like crap the next day? 😂😂😂
Love a good analogy 😂
and then they sold out commented on a souless platform--so what
Well, that video didnt age well…
Haha I was positive about it!
@ I’m a little bummed but IV was just TOO good to not get aquired.
Indievelo is pure e bike racer app. No hipsters there.
That statement is about as hipster as it gets haha
@@burgess_and_his_bike We seem to have different deffinitions about term "hipster".
@@burgess_and_his_bike Hipsters still exist? Not exactly a selling point for the app.
@@MM-kt5dv it’s a thumbnail dude. It’s just an ad for the video
@@burgess_and_his_bike Kinda what I meant