Comments on: “Makuri 40” Route Details (Makuri Islands)

By: lazy cat

lazy cat — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:08:57 +0000

In reply to Jeff. It would have been better if I had read this comment before I did the same thing

By: Johan

Johan — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:22:11 +0000

In reply to vladi. I had the same issue. Solved with more RAM, I only had 6 Gb and that was clearly the problem for me.

By: Joe K

Joe K — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:18:30 +0000

Yesterday I switched my club’s regular Sunday race to use this route. It was super fun and challenging because the route starts and ends with a climb. The scenery along the way is also very beautiful!

By: vladi

vladi — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:19:50 +0000

I can’t access routes in Makuri Islands. You know what might be the problem?

By: Roland

Roland — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:50:06 +0000

Rode there today and didn’t receive the badge and the xp for completing even though my screen indicated completion inside the fillbar. Total 42.5km until I quit. Any chance to get that badge w/o having to ride again? I didn’t really ride there because I like the Makuri world. Simply wanted to get that one missing badge.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:28:11 +0000

In reply to Michael.

Here’s the suggested route on zwiftmap – https://tinyurl.com/Makuri-40-edited

By: Tim Schneider

Tim Schneider — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:16:06 +0000

"You begin at the Yumezi castle start pens, riding uphill to the Castle..." That hill is called "Monkey Baby Hill" in honor of the mother who boards the bus at the bus stop just after the steep section. What's the back story? Well, since you asked... A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says, "Ugh, that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!" The woman walks to the back of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to the man seated next to her, "I can't believe the bus driver just insulted me!” The man says, "How incredibly rude of the driver." "You need to march up there and tell him off." "Go on, I'll hold your monkey!" And so Monkey Baby Hill was christened.

By: Tim Schneider

Tim Schneider — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:52:05 +0000

In reply to Steve Osborn. A good road frame with some all-around wheels will serve you well.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:40:54 +0000

I think Zwift has a great route here but left some potential on the table. We should have started at the Mecha pens, heading into the Makuri countryside towards the Country Sprint. That reversal of the countryside would have mirrored the reverse traversal of Neokyo found in “Turf n Surf”, so a conceptual mirror. The start would be a little more measured as you traverse the canyon connector and strategies begin forming, versus the in-your-face castle climb, immediately splitting the pack right out the pens. The canyon connector is a slog where it is now, IMHO, not very interesting, especially if you’ve been dropped and left licking your wounds to the finish.

The rest of the route remains the same as the current route but finishes at the Mecha pens. I like to see Zwift celebrate their new content and having a start / finish in the new map and seeing old content in new ways is a good start.

Different pacing for the route but it’s neat what a small change a the route can introduce.

By: Kev

Kev — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:42:34 +0000

In reply to Jwiffle. Jwiffle: This is incorrect. The sand sections ride like tarmac. The dirt sections are still a lot slower. However, I will agree with you that it’s not worth switching bikes on this route.