Hides important content
We watch the downhill races on the app, often the morning after the races since we are not in the same time zone as many of the race events. The app makes it impossible to find the event half the time. The search doesn't work. Keywords such as DHI or downhill or the location of the race don't pull up the event but pull up other events lacking all keywords. The event is often not in the recent event page despite being only a few hours earlier. It can take 10-15 minutes to search around different listings to find the right activity. We use the app on our smart TV. I hope the races contract with another company that can make the event findable. If they find they have low views this season, maybe that will encourage them to have the event actually come up on searches in the future. Very disappointing.
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Give us the data you have access to!
Cheers to good and even GREAT racing coverage. EXCEPT the stream of ICI World Series XCO (and XCC) SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY INCLUDE a scrolling ticker at the bottom of the live coverage (and replays, of course). We know you have the data. We see it in your streamed cyclocross races. We see that you consistently display the placement of the top 3-5 racers and sometimes up to 10 on the left side of XCC / XCO races. We see the RFID timing stations on course. We know all racer pass these stations multiple times each lap. So give it to us! Pretty pretty please?? You know we are now paying for your stream of UCI World Series XCC and XCO whereas in the past we were streaming it for free elsewhere. That free stream included a fantastic scrolling ticker at the bottom of the broadcast. We should expect AT THE VERY LEAST, the same now that we are paying. Don’t you agree? Please, oh please start adding this ticker to the next race coming up in Loudenvielle. Thanks for your consideration and your pretty good show! Just make it excellent for us, please.
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World Champs Tab Causes App Crash
I’m in the USA, so I don’t get to watch any of the World Champs. I was surprised to see a new tab in the Apple TV app for the World Champs. When I selected that tab to see if maybe I would get some highlights or something, the app froze and then crashed. This is repeatable and also occurs if I try those steps immediately after rebooting the device.
Sadly, I see this as yet more evidence of the overall poor quality of this app. The app still does not remember the language I have selected when I watch a race replay, and it still locks up and does not respond to the remote after streaming a race for a while. I reported both of these issues months ago, and the developer apparently hasn’t made any progress in resolving them.
Sadly, I see this as yet more evidence of the overall poor quality of this app. The app still does not remember the language I have selected when I watch a race replay, and it still locks up and does not respond to the remote after streaming a race for a while. I reported both of these issues months ago, and the developer apparently hasn’t made any progress in resolving them.
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Tour de France? Not really…
First time subscriber for this product - was hoping to watch extended recaps/replays daily for the tdf. There’s a couple things wrong here with this product
- the biggest issue is very poor navigation in the site - it’s laid out so pourly, all races are just uploaded to the same location. Nothing is broken down by race…. Massive issue because it’s messy, and it’s honestly very easy to organize or create a better file tree/structure…. And yet no one has?
- when I looked today and could not find any replays longer than 3-6 mins. For the Tour de France. I can get short replies on any competitors sites for free.
- search feature is terrible - if you type in “tour de France” - nothing shows up related to the tdf.
- cost is $10 US monthly - however peacock is $5
For same race - and it’s a waaayy more professional and user intuitive product -navigating to the replay I want daily is simple.
Good luck with your product a maybe I’ll check back in the future - right now it’s a good start/prototype platform for cycling, I like the vision- just need a better user interface and structure that’s more intuitive.
- the biggest issue is very poor navigation in the site - it’s laid out so pourly, all races are just uploaded to the same location. Nothing is broken down by race…. Massive issue because it’s messy, and it’s honestly very easy to organize or create a better file tree/structure…. And yet no one has?
- when I looked today and could not find any replays longer than 3-6 mins. For the Tour de France. I can get short replies on any competitors sites for free.
- search feature is terrible - if you type in “tour de France” - nothing shows up related to the tdf.
- cost is $10 US monthly - however peacock is $5
For same race - and it’s a waaayy more professional and user intuitive product -navigating to the replay I want daily is simple.
Good luck with your product a maybe I’ll check back in the future - right now it’s a good start/prototype platform for cycling, I like the vision- just need a better user interface and structure that’s more intuitive.
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Good content, difficult to use app
I subscribed solely to watch the World Cup XC mountain bike racing.
I watch only on Apple TV. The app has been reliable with no crashes of freezes. The fast-forward function during race replays is terrible though. I know the developers said in responses to other reviews that they will address this in future releases, but as of June 2023 the fast-forward function is useless. The UI to find past races is also very difficult to use.
My one major complaint is with the actual race presentation. There are too many slow-motion replays thrown into the race. I know that sounds trivial, but the frequency with which they appear is way beyond annoying. Normally I would simply click the remote once or twice to advance 15 or 30 seconds, but that’s not possible with the app due the current fast-forward function. Not being able to skip the slo-mo segments is by far the most annoying part of the GCN+ experience. Good grief, please stop with the slow motion replays!
I watch only on Apple TV. The app has been reliable with no crashes of freezes. The fast-forward function during race replays is terrible though. I know the developers said in responses to other reviews that they will address this in future releases, but as of June 2023 the fast-forward function is useless. The UI to find past races is also very difficult to use.
My one major complaint is with the actual race presentation. There are too many slow-motion replays thrown into the race. I know that sounds trivial, but the frequency with which they appear is way beyond annoying. Normally I would simply click the remote once or twice to advance 15 or 30 seconds, but that’s not possible with the app due the current fast-forward function. Not being able to skip the slo-mo segments is by far the most annoying part of the GCN+ experience. Good grief, please stop with the slow motion replays!
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Response from developer
Hi there, thanks for the review! We're still working on updates for the Apple TV app which will improve the fast-forward function. We'll pass your feedback about replays on to the relevant teams. Thanks, Tom
