FAQ & How To

You can setup your devices in the “Paired Devices” screen. You find the button on the left side of the menu in the game.

Ensure your device is turned on before starting the game. If it doesn’t appear after scanning, make sure it’s powered on and click “Scan for devices” again. By clicking on the device buttons you can connect/disconnect the according device. The ANT+ and BLE icons on the device buttons indicate the connection status: a cross means disconnected, and a checkmark means connected.

Please notice that the device scanning can take some time sometimes, dependent on the amount of BLE devices close to you. One reason for this is that I am scanning the found devices for their services so that I only show devices which are supported in the according category. This should user prevent trying to connect wrong devices to services that these devices are not supporting.

CR4NKUP is free to use. No need to pause or cancel your subscription, because there is no subscription. No fees at all.

You can link your Strava account with CR4NKUP in the Settings menu. When you finish a ride it will be automatically uploaded to your Strava account. If you don’t want CR4NKUP to upload your activities automatically you can use the “Disable Auto Upload” option in the Settings Menu.

For your safety a FIT activity file is created for all your rides in CR4NKUP and ready to upload! You find the file here:

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\LocalLow\Crankup GmbH\

SPACE / Double Click – Switch Ingame Menu

1-7 – Change Camera

F1 – Show/Hide Chat Window

F2 – Show/Hide Pace Bot Window

F3 – Show/Hide Realtime Power Values

F4 – Show/Hide Realtime Power Zones window

F5 – Show/Hide Riders Nearby window

F6 – Show/Hide Route Info

F7 – Show/Hide Player Ride Data

F8 – Switch Map window on/off

G – Show/Hide Power/HR Graph

S – Capture Screenshot

Arrows Left/Right – Select Road

Arrow Down – Show/Hide Road Selection

P – Switch Panorama Mode on/off

HOME – Reset Window Positions

LMB – Select RoadRMB – Brake

By pressing F2 you can switch the CRANKBOT window on/off. This option allows you to spawn your personal Pace Bot.

It has the following options you can adjust to fit your needs:

Power (Watt): This is the power the Crankbot uses.

Ascend Adjustments: Most riders tend to produce more power when the resistance increases like going uphill. This value adjusts the power the bot uses when ascending, so when Power is set to 200 and this value to 10% the bot will increase up to 220 watts when going uphill. 

Descend Adjustments: This is the opposite of the previous option. This value adjusts the power the bot uses when descending, so when Power is set to 200 and this value to 10% the bot will decrease it’s effort to 180 watts when going downhill. 

System Weight: The weight of the bot + bike (called system weight) used for the physics simulation of the bot.

Spawn: This spawn the bot at your position.

Despawn: Will remove the bot.

Teleport to Player: Teleports the bot directly beside the player. Very useful if you lost contact to the bot or lost it 🙂

Which is know as “Trainer Difficulty” in other popular games is called “Trainer Realism” in CR4NKUP. It can be adjusted in the Settings Menu. If you are in the main menu you find the settings menu on the left side. When you are already in the loaded world you can press the ESCAPE key to open the ingame menu. There is also a button for the Settings Menu.

If you are ingame you can open/close the Ingame Menu by pressing the Escape key.

The Power Value window can be turned on/off by pressing F3.

The best column shows your best efforts over the according time frame.

The average values show you the average power for the last according time frame.

In CR4NKUP the power zones are updated in real time while you ride. You can switch the window on/off by pressing F4.

The zones are based on the Cogann Power Zones:

Zone 1 – Active Recovery <55% ftp

Zone 2 – Endurance 56-75% ftp

Zone 3 – Tempo 76-90% ftp

Zone 4 – Lactate Threshold 91-105% ftp

Zone 5 – VO2 Max 106-120% ftp

Zone 6 – Anaerobic Capacity 120-150% ftp

Zone 7 – Neuromuscular Power >150% ftp 

You can manually change to roads or direction at junctions despite which route you chosen before.

When approaching a junction, buttons for road selection will be shown. The buttons will show the road names and yellow 3D arrows in the world visualize the route you will take. The selected route is shown as green, pulsating button. You can select a road by clicking on them or using the Arrow Keys (left and right). If you press a second time on the selected button the selection overlay will disappear so that it doesn’t bother you anymore. Down Arrow can be used to switch the Road Selection menu on/off again in case you want to change your decision.