The colluseum like structure will be McCaig's Folly in Oban. The viaduct (with the train) will be based on the Glenfinnan Viaduct (used in harry potter). There are hex stones early on which will be Fingals Cave on Staffa.

17:40 Glad to see they've put in the Duke of Wellington statue with the obligatory cone on his head 😄

😃Looks like they took the Quality-over-Quantity approach, and we appreciate that.

So cool! Thanks for sharing this, I recognise so many Glasgow things... that sprint towards the end is Glasgow City Chambers, and many of the buildings are infact real. The start of the city has the Central Station, which again is a really decent render of it. Those "People Make Glasgow" pink signs will become very familiar to those watching the UCI championships, as this is one of the city marketing strategies. Some of the shop names are pretty funny ("Dreich" meaning wet weather) and the Hub Cafe looks a little like one called "University cafe" which the real UCI route goes near (in the West End). I think the blue shiny lights might be to represent Selkies (mythical Scottish beasts)? There are also a few murals, including one of Nessie; Glasgow has a lot of these which started around the time of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. In the country sections you have the Glenfinnan Viaduct with the Jacobean train (reference to Harry Potter, perhaps, as this was filmed there) and also McKaigs folly in Oban (which looks like the Coliseum). The hexagonal rocks might be a reference to basalt rocks, seen in Edinburgh and on Staffa island. I adore the random heilancoos (highland cows) and the little cottages (these can be seen in the Western Isles of Scotland). Oh my, an architectural tour in Zwift, what fun!

As a Glaswegian, this map is very exciting! A lot of variance makes it a great training course but the Easter eggs bring a smile to my face!

As I work in Glasgow, it looks brilliant. George Square, the Clyde river (part) with bridges, City Chambers and a good few kickers. Not Montrose St at 13% where I work, mind you, but really looking forward to riding it on TdZ stage 8. Welcome to all! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

5:34 MOOving now... 🐮 HAHA

Wooooow that crit circuit looks amazing! Royal Exchange Square, The Hielanman's Umbrella, Duke of Wellington statue with his cone. Awesome. Can’t wait to ride it!

Looks very cool, loved the look of the fog drifting in the countryside part Now they need to make a Snowdonia map!

Love the look of this. Nothing overly complicated about the route unlike Makuri/Neokyo

Love the aurora!

Where the wild rugged terrain, the weather beaten conditions that'll bring you to the last cell of energy yet the beauty that it contains you'll never get anywhere else with people some communal and friendly it's the knock out place that's second to none! 🙏

Zwiftook like they've done a great job with this new world. Being Scottish, I recognise quite a few locations and Easter Eggs on the map. Glenfinnan Viaduct, with the Jacobean Steam Train, (aka Hogwarts Express), although i think the locomotive may be the Flying Scotsman, (a wee nod to Graham Obree, as that was his nickname). Also Central Station, George Square, and the Municipal Buildings, Duke of Wellington Statue, with obligatory Traffic cone on the head. A couple of Museums and churches. The Collouseum is the McCaigs Tower in Oban.

Sure was a great ride in TDZ8 on this map. Lots of fun :)

glad to see you pronounced Sgurr correctly

Looks really nice although can’t help but feel disappointed at the lack of epic Bealach Na Ba type climb

15:56 probably a reference to the Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye.

Looks great 👌

Thanks Lama! Cool stuff

"Colloseum" is McCaig's Tower in Oban, great little city with even better Whisky distillery - Slàinte Mhath

Nice to see they have included the northern lights.

I'm glad the roads are nice and wide. Looks great.

Nice work, Shane! Thanks for a wonderful tour!

"mooving now..." I liked that one

I hope they put "The Muckle Yin" 25,14 km loop in the robopacer shedule!

Looks great can't wait to ride it!

Sgùrr (sort of 'ssk-uurr') is a rocky peak or mount - Sgùrr Alasdair is the big boy (on Skye) - incredibly beautiful, and lush views (cloud permitting) ... love it up there

Thanks for the video and the enthusiastic commentary! I always enjoy your videos. I'm going to wait until I can free ride them and do all the routes in one day! Scotland in an Afternoon.

Thanks for the details Shane! Excited for stage 8.

Excellent video and love the idea of a smaller world.

Thanks for sharing such an informative video about Scotland. Looking forward to TDZ stage 8.

wow look at the details of maps. awesome!

Absolutely fantastic. Love seeing so many recognisable sites, but especially loved seeing the Duke of Wellington statue with his cone on his head. Our most famous statue! Really hoping I get to ride this at some point.

The colosseum is McCaig’s tower in Oban!

wow it looks great, can't wait to race it!

Loved it. Looks awesome

I’m looking forward to riding it

Absolutely delighted to have a go on it today. Thought it was excellent 😁

Tessellated Pavement or Hexagonal basalt columns - formed from volcanos. Next time you are coming into/going out of Melbourne on the Calder Highway stop at Organ Pipes National Park to see similar rock formations. I am guessing they are referencing the Isle of Staffa hexangonal formations in Scotland

Nice preview Shane, a great small world not overcomplicated but will take a few rides to get used to. Nice punchy Crit course and some great scenery to boot, just what Scotland is famed for ..after whisky of course!

As a yank who spent a year in Scotland, I love seeing this map. I do hope they add an Edinburgh section later. As it is, I see Oban represented well. If only I could stop and have a wee dram at the distillery...

Hexagonal pieces are Basalt rock formations.

Scotland world looks good, but if you are not Scottish, it's important to remember to dial down the pot-hole difficulty setting on your turbo trainer, or you may be in for a shock.

Scotlaaaaand! Freeeeeeedom! 😂 Didn't notice... Was there deep fried Mars stand? 😉 The rock formation is basalt. And btw. a loch is not pronounced as a "lock". Thanks for the preview - the route looks interesting, may be my favourite, although short.

Can definitely see a crit like the bell lap route.. looks cool!

Racing is gonna be fun in Glassgow with all those gradients

Looks a great map to ride. Like you said, the Glasgow route will be great to race around.

5:33 "Moo-ving now" ... I see what you did there 😄

Looks like magical standing stones from Outlander to me.

The hexagonal big rocks are most probably inspired by volcanic rocks formations that can be found in Northen Ireland (Giant Causeway), in Iceland and in some places in Scotland.

Looks great ( Home Town)..

Fantastic hopefully Zwift will add Beelach na ba and some of the North coast 500 route in the future

Crit course will be brutal!

"The intestine" lol. The Sgurr looks like a great hill repeat route, can't wait!

Appropriate nickname for the twisty section - the intestine - especially when considering that our National Dish in Scotland is Haggis (traditionally made with a sheep’s stomach) 😁

Thank you for showing the course out, I am looking forward to riding it soon. Too bad they have not included a few scotch distilleries through out the course :)

So you're saying the routes will be un-loch-ed on Friday?

Looks fab. Some nice training routes. Would you look at covering videos similarly on the worlds / routes noting which ones are best for certain training rides? Would that be possible? Thanks Shane.

5:31- Haha "Mooving" - think we wouldn't see that one? ;)

I think I'll like the City and Sgurr route for some short hill repeats. Should be fun.

Och, need to get back on Zwift, I want that tartan. In real life, the TT courses for Stirling look interesting, if mostly flat (odd for Scotland) shame one not in here. I'm looking forward to jumping back in Zwift and doing my home country. Nice wee Easter eggs in there, but like how they have the lochs and sea at different levels, the Scotch mist, the Heilanman's Umbrella (Central Station) ,even see the Pap of Glencoe and others ;). Do like how the devs have also pulled through a few Scottish names and terms .... can't wait for the English speakers to tackle this.. and nice too that it is Glasgow, not Edinburgh.

Yes that city is Glasgow, at 17:40 you can spot the traffic cone on the head of the statue, that was certainly needed to create the right vibe!

Looks good an Aussie route would be cool.

those HEX blocks? Giant's Causeway inspired (Northern Ireland) and apparently Fingal's Cave is the Scottish end. Sure some locals will soon correct me :)

Fingal Cave is the logical continuation of the Giants Causeway and they are caused by the cooling of basaltic lava. There are many examples of this type of jointing in Australia.

They need to add some danny macaskill riding across some of the castle walls, bridges and rocks in the background

I'm going to ride these in the Tour de Zwift

5:33. I see what you did there. 🐮 😁

15:32 Your are Wizard Harry!

Definitely the Hogwarts Express going over the Glenfinnan Viaduct on your way into the city

It’s basically a new watopia, without the obnoxious tropical theme. Looking forward to the expansion.

Because of the worlds

Where's the Hope St. turn to stop at the Pot Sill?

Looks brilliant! Much prefer this over some of the other maps. Hope the Graphics don’t kill my PC 😢

They should add some big boulders in the middle of the road in the intestine section.

"In ancient times the Miller surname originated from the Molindinar (mo-lynn-dine-are), a Scottish burn (rivulet) that still flows under the streets of modern Glasgow."

I wonder if they snuck in Scrooge McDuck's ancestral Clan McDuck home: Dismal Downs castle.

Interesting that they gave KOM segments for that breakaway brae 'climb' and clydesdale kicker but Urukazi has bigger climbs with no KOM segments.

Interesting choice to include the Northern Lights since they can only be seen only in the very very rarest of times in Glasgow. I'd hate if people plan a trip to Glasgow thinking there is a good chance of seeing them there.

Nutrition by Buckfast or Irn Bru

I was hopeful for a proper UK climb like Bealach Na Ba, Cairn O’Mount or The Lecht! Box Hill and Leith hill on the London map do the UK climbs no justice, they’re like speed bumps in contrast to the Highlands - all that said looking forward to riding this

Wish they would of let me try this world first so I could of owned my first ever zwift Kom for a couple days anyway 😂

It would be cool if Zwift could highlight the borders of the road on the mini maps by colour according to gradient

The blue things might be the fairly glen on the Isle of Skye

Thanks for another great review. Do you think Zwift will expand the Scottish world or leave it as it is?

18:06... Nessie graffiti on the wall.

16:54 It'll be very immersion breaking for me if I ride under central station and don't have 50 junkies immediately start hurling abuse at me

Guess no crazy ramps like NYC? Wish it was as big as NYC! I would've thought it would've been bigger for UCI like NYC!

There better be a traffic cone on a statue easter egg

5:34 Moo-ving...

Looking for an alternative to Crit City racing. This might be it.

Kinda disappointed that we didn’t get a 1-1 replica of the Rest and Be Thankful climb and something closer to Loch Lomond, tbh. Would have had some amazing potential for gravel & mtb routes.

I know it's not the correct pronunciation, but the Sgurr climb just screams to be called the Sugur (Sugar) Summit. :D

I like the moving water. Not much of that in other places on Zwift. Why not smoother looking roads?

is the TT route included on this map?thanks

Noob question here: what does it mean when the incline percentage changes colour between white, yellow and red? For example I notice it can stay on 4% but the colour changes?

I hope there is lots of gravel to slow the bikes down 😏

Are there midge clouds to avoid?

Really nice course, and great to see they have cleaned away all the needles and cider bottles away from the central station tunnel

I’d call inner coast a Loch.