

Impressively, the mod automatically generates a. According to Makinolo, the mod “also measures the incline of the terrain, the roughness of the ground, and the wind in the game and sends all that information to the smart trainer so it can reproduce the hardness of the terrain you’re riding.” The mod adds a virtual cycling computer to the bottom right of your screen, showing a range of cycling metrics, including power output. And then, just as with any other virtual cycling platform, the harder you ride on your trainer in the real world, the faster your in-game avatar will go. Once you’ve got GTBikeV installed and configured, your in-game character will instantly don cycling gear and be perched upon a road bike. The mod is compatible with any smart trainer that uses ANT+ FE-C - so virtually all of the big-name trainers on the market. You’ll have a cycling workout inmersed (sic.) in the GTA V world environment.” To quote the mod’s creator, “Makinolo”, “GTBikeV is a mod for GTA V that turns a smart bike trainer, or turbo trainer, into the game controller, making your game time actual training time. This new third-party, fan-made PC mod for GTA V is seriously cool. Which brings us back to our new Zwift challenger: GTBikeV.

Ok, maybe not ‘just like in real life’, but you get my point. Various bikes are available to ride throughout Los Santos and, just like in real life, getting out for a spin can be a fun way to decompress after a hard day spent gun-slinging, cleaning out a jewelry store, or being chased by half the city’s police department.

The game focuses mainly on building your underworld empire, via all manner of questionable activities (yes, like stealing cars), but there are plenty of other distractions available throughout, including cycling. Released way back in September 2013, GTA V is an open-world action-adventure game where you take on the role of several members of Los Santos’ criminal underbelly. It’s a fictionalised version of Los Angeles, a virtual sandbox that acts as the backdrop for Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), one of the greatest videogames of all time. Why do your indoor workouts in Watopia and other upstart virtual worlds when you can saddle up and train in perhaps the most immersive virtual world ever created, Los Santos? Step aside Zwift, there’s a new contender in the virtual cycling space.
