BKOOL Giro d’Italia - Stage 1 - 20/10 2021 - Torino TISSOT ITT

[@philippe6264]

Super qualité

[@dhanyrafael]

Amazing quality for 3D models Augmented Reality ! Way better than Rouvy. Hopefully BKool adds 3D AR models to more routes not only big tours. Thanks for the video. Very good.

[@sbrusgaard]

It is the real speed. Unfortunately BKOOL will not bring this to normal routes. I suspect BKOOL have done these Giro routes by hand, where as the Rouvy AR ones works on all (?) routes. I have never used Rouvy myself, only watched a few videos, so I may be wrong. :-)

[@dhanyrafael]

@@sbrusgaard well, maybe in time Bkool will do it. Technology makes dreams come true and makes things easier. If Rouvy did it, Bkool can do it too.

[@Welther47]

Ser godt ud, men er der ingen lyd i spillet? Jeg overvejer nu en anden app i stedet for zwift.

[@sbrusgaard]

@Welther74 Ikke meget nej, kun lidt vindstøj ved overhaling og den irriterende pling, når folk joiner/forlader sessionen. Jeg hører som regel musik ved siden af, så jeg er i princippet lidt ligegad med lyde i BKOOL (og Zwift). Husk at ovenstående med kombineret 3D og video kun findes på ganske få af ruterne, resten er bare middelmådig 3D grafik og ditto video! Som adspredelse for Zwift m.m. fungerer det dog udemærket. Ligefrem erstatte Zwift kan det ikke i min optik, da der bare er SÅ mange flere ryttere og events på Zwift. Samtidig er der slet ikke samme kontrol med udstyr som på Zwift, så man ser nogle raketter på alle mulige mærkelige/ukendte trainerne, og det ødelægger races lidt.

[@MrJulionick]

Great video, what graphic card , pc ecc did you used ?

[@sbrusgaard]

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X CPU, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1060/6GB GPU. Running/recording at 1440p which is required for KZbin to make the best quality video using the VP9 codec. If uploading at a lower resolution, YT uses the older AVC1 codec, and the quality of the final video is worse.

[@maximiliano1761]

What are the best courses on BKool? I just started Bkool today and the two courses that I tried almost gave me a headache. The camera was shaky and the footage didn't look that good. Is there a way to pick the best rated videos? This course looks amazing and the camera is not shaky. I was trying to add it so I can do it next time but I can't find it.

[@sbrusgaard]

@Maximiliano I don't think there is a way to find the best (looking) courses. You can watch a preview of most video courses, and if that seems low quality, choose another. Unlike this one, most videos are user uploads, and the quality ranges from OK to very bad. BKOOL only allow uploads of 720p video, and have (had?) a max file size of 2.5 GB, which means poor quality for longer rides/videos. This video was specifically prepared/recorded for the Giro Virtual by BKOOL themselves, and probably uploaded in a much better quality than their usual videos. You had to pay extra to ride these rides, and to my understanding, they will not be made available outside the Giro Virtual, which has now ended...

[@maximiliano1761]

@@sbrusgaard so the videos created by BKOOL are the best quality?

[@sbrusgaard]

@@maximiliano1761 well, in general most videos created/uploaded by BKOOL themselves are better than average, but some user ones are great too. However I must admit that I rarely use video. For racing I find 3D better.

[@lehtjug]

I just ride this stage-1 and it looked pretty good. It worked well with my MacBook Pro laptop.

[@sbrusgaard]

I tried BKOOL on my Mac Mini M1, but it is limited to 30 FPS - just like Zwift is on Apple TV. Is it the same with Intel based MacBook (Pro)?

[@lehtjug]

@@sbrusgaard don't know what was my MacBook Pro's FPS but it was very smooth, didn't noticed any issues. I ride alone so don't know how much is effect if there is more riders in a session.

[@sbrusgaard]

@@lehtjug You can turn on statistics in the Settings. On the Mac it was locked at 30 FPS at all times, though I'm sure the GPU in the M1 is able to do better than that.

[@lehtjug]

@@sbrusgaard I test that next time...if i remember. Next one is stage-2 what you are rode already, looks bit of brutal. It's not a long but it's steep.

[@lehtjug]

@@sbrusgaard i ride with bkool today and intel based MacBook Pro have a same limited 30FPS.

[@lankhof3137]

how is it possible that you can start with a speed of 33 km / h 1 second before the start. I could never leave if my speed is not at 0

[@sbrusgaard]

Since the latest 5.6x update, you can now keep pedaling, like in Zwift and RGT. Doing it the old way (spin down), you get left behind! :-)