Tuscany Ride
An open world
A whole stretch of 1960s Tuscany: hill towns, villages, farmhouses, two harbours, a lake with a watermill, an Etruscan ruin, a castle and a steam train. Take any road you like.
Alpha · Android
An open-world RPG for your smart trainer – for your body and soul.
Ride out. Park the bike. Explore on foot. Take on their errands.
The people of Tuscany need your help.
1960s Tuscany, alone and unhurried.
A glimpse of the road
Autumn cold and wet, and your legs restless for the road? Warm your soul under the Tuscan sun – nearly 50 km² of hills, coast and sea wait for you to discover them.
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Evening above the village
A harbour on the coast
The piazza of Montelupo
Into the vineyards
Il Castello at dusk
A rest by the olive grove
Into the hills
Lavender at sunset
Down to the sea
Sunflowers and cypresses
Le Rovine by night
Carta del Contado – the map
The people of Tuscany need your help
All across the land people have a favour to ask.
“She said she would answer if I wrote. I wrote. Please – before I lose my nerve.”
“The doctor has a patient who coughs all night and no syrup left. I have the cough syrup and no bicycle.”
“When I was a boy a roe deer came to the well every evening. Bring me a photograph – I want to see one again.”
“Nobody has lived in the abandoned house for fifty years – and yet something circles it at night. Bring me proof, on film.”
…and many more. The rest you’ll find on the road.
What waits for you
Get off the bike
Park your bike and walk into the piazza. Sit on a bench, fish from the harbour mole, take photographs with your camera, listen to the street musicians.
Earn a better bike
You start with an old rusty bike and a few lire. Errands pay; the officina sells better bikes, a lamp for night rides and tyres for winter.
Your legs move the world
Your smart trainer feels every hill. Fishing and digging for relics are done on the pedals too. Virtual shifting helps trainers without gears.
A living land
The sun moves, the seasons change, there is weather and winter snow. Market days, church bells on the hour, farm dogs that chase your bell, and townsfolk going about their day.
Training, if you want it
Eighteen fixed giri with personal records, a village race, a hill climb and guided workouts – there when you want them, never in your way. Every ride is saved as a .fit file.
What you need
An Android phone or tablet
- Tuscany Ride is a 3D game – a reasonably recent device gives the smoothest ride.
- No internet connection and no account needed. The game runs completely offline.
For riding on a trainer
- A smart trainer with Bluetooth that speaks the open FTMS standard (most current smart trainers do).
- A Bluetooth heart rate strap – your heart rate shows while riding and goes into the .fit file.
- A stand for your phone or tablet on the handlebar.
A wireless controller
- A wireless game controller for riding, walking and the menus.
- Without one you play with the touch controls on the screen.
Places to ride to
A few of the places waiting along the strade bianche.
- Montelupo
- Castelverde
- Pieve al Colle
- Montauro
- San Casciano
- Roccabruna
- Marina di Levante
- Cala Serena
- Il Laghetto
- Le Rovine
- La Torre
- Il Castello
- La Salita
Where things stand
Tuscany Ride is in alpha. The game is being prepared for Google Play; a trailer and pricing will follow here. It speaks 24 languages. Questions or ideas? Write to contact@tuscanyride.com or have a look at the FAQ.