I tried indieVelo - Was it any good?

Update on Chat functions from George Gilbert:
That’s brilliant - thank you. Only one comment - you mentioned that there’s no in-game chat, but actually indieVelo has probably the most advanced in-game chat system of any of the platforms!
In particular, in indieVelo you can choose who to send your chat to - for example, only to your team or only to those within a small radius, or only those in your group on the road. This is awesome for racing in particular, where you can now use chat for tactical discussion ensuring that only people you want to get your message get it so you can plan and execute more effective breakaways etc. Chat messages also include distance information so you know where it is coming from (e.g. the pop up will say not only the senders name, but how far away they are from you). There’s also a DS-mode where a coach or Team Manager can join a race as a spectator and send instructions to just members of their team, just like IRL professional racing.
Obviously there’s also global chat for social / free riding too, and additionally you can customise the colour of your chat background so it’s much easier to follow who is saying what in a group chat with lots of people chatting simultaneously.
Finally, there’s what I believe to be truly unique in-game moderation tools for chat. This allows anyone to immediately temporarily mute the chat from other people or to permanently block others (including stopping them joining or following you), which helps create a safe-space for riding and completely eliminates the issues of harassment that are sadly sometimes seen on other platforms.
All this from just pressing the “M” hotkey (for (M)essage….the same as Zwift)

[@ARandomATube]

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!

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

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

[@marcbryant8482]

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

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

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.

[@sigfreed11]

If you like Racing, you’ll love IndieVelo

[@olliepayne9632]

IV does have in game live chat ! Great review

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

It does mate, Gilbert let me know. I put it in the description. Thanks for watching. Appreciate you ❤️

[@olliepayne9632]

Sorry missed that

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

@@olliepayne9632 no issues mate.

[@wilsistermans1118]

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.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Absolutely agree with you mate

[@sigfreed11]

8:10 there is in game chat :) I see that in your description as a response from George 👌🏻

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Yeah, again something a tutorial would have shown. I completely missed it.

[@norbsy]

Good to see Aussies getting into it, we need more of us ;)

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Just out here representing brother 🤙

[@lewiswaugh9488]

Will check it out

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Do it mate, it’s worth a look.

[@Detroit_Q]

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.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Yeah look, not here to tell you how to live your life but she goes alright.

[@PauloHaas]

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.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

It will run with less issues than Zwift because it’s not drawing on graphics or RAM as much. Good luck with it mate!

[@l160876]

Fully customizable UI now launched with latest release, permanent improvement

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

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.

[@sigfreed11]

7:29 maybe I just watch too much IndieVelo KZbin 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.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

I reckon so mate. It is definitely something you need to research and like I said, serves as a barrier for some I reckon

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Thanks

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

No worries bro

[@klapaucius515]

I wish it had an Apple TV app :(

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

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.

[@klapaucius515]

@@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 :(

[@junglist_matty]

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.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

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

[@MrEMann]

It's like red wine? Overhyped alcoholic juice that makes you feel like crap the next day? 😂😂😂

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

Love a good analogy 😂

[@KuriReevel]

Indievelo is pure e bike racer app. No hipsters there.

[@burgess_and_his_bike]

That statement is about as hipster as it gets haha

[@KuriReevel]

@@burgess_and_his_bike We seem to have different deffinitions about term "hipster".