Arrendek, some courses have super difficult greens, but not all of them do. Just find one you like. It does say the green speed on the course info when you pick it.
@triggercut, I picked one of your scores from a leaderboard and I think the game put me on a course you were in the middle of playing. I kept seeing you several holes ahead.
It DOES do ultra-wide. It was just wonky the first time I loaded it. Second time in, I changed the resolution to 3440x1440 and now all is glorious.
Carry on.
Man, I played a course which was easier and with slower putting and it was good. Then I played a harder course and, well…
Putting is awful in this game. I just can’t really enjoy it at all. I’m actually better in real life. I’ve literally never had that happen before. Usually video games are my thing, but compared to this… I’ve actually sunk 30 foot putts before IRL, and in this game I’m lucky to end up within 15 feet. It’s such a slog. I think one of the biggest problems is actually how they represent the slope of the green. In real life I’m really good at reading greens and in this game I can’t read them for shit. The little tiny balls with trails along the grid do next to nothing for me. I feel like I’m playing a golf video game for the first time.
It sucks that I really enjoy the long and mid games here. They are pretty rad. I’m still getting a feel there for just how much loft changes the distance for each club but that’s ok, that’s learning. It feels good and I know I’ve made a mistake on a swing before I watch the ball do something crappy. Really feels a lot like real life there. It’s really good.
Damn shame for me. Maybe I’ll just keep working it but putting so far is pure frustration. :/
@triggercut, you may want to head over and try out the TGCTours http://www.tgctours.com/. They used to have over 2000 ranked members and over 10 individual tours based on skill.
You start by going to Q School and being seeded into the tour based on your qualifying score over 6 rounds I think it used to be. I haven’t played on the new game, but played for maybe 8 months each week last year and worked my way up from CC-D to the PGA Tour and even winning one CC-A event. They do a wonderful job on the site and the forums are full of highly technical information on the tour, and many talented designers.
There are also tour rangers that spend a great deal of time vetting the courses they pick for the tour events by playing various shots from places on the courses and testing varying conditions to use.
If you want some competition with active leaderboards, rankings, money lists, and more stats than you can shake a fist at, this is your place.
EDIT: Oh, and I did all that with a mouse :P grin I do admit the mouse appears to be much harder on TGC2 compared to TGC so far.
The leaderboards are definitely screwy. I just played @triggercut 's ghost on Faxon Park. When I looked at the leaderboard his score wasn’t there.
Help? Is there any way to get a replay? I just hit a hole in one on a par 4!
Edit: I know there will be a ghost if I finish up, but I’d like to take another look or two at this.
Wow, grats! There’s gotta be a way to do that, but I don’t know what it is…
I see something about Replays favorited when I pull up my profile but no idea how to add a replay, urgh
Huh, reddit thread says continue and then look thru menus: https://www.reddit.com/r/thegolfclub/comments/6sth3v/help_emergency_need_of_replay_hole_in_one/
Yep, going “ADVANCE” and then to the menu and “WATCH REPLAY” is how to do that. Just checked.
That will only show your last shot. Then you can “Favourite” it to watch repeatedly and gloat in the clubhouse.
I feel like Happy Gilmore. Wow, that’s a lot easier than putting, I should just do that every time! :P
Edit: Interesting that the club selection is messed up in the replay.
If Tom is any indication of the level of competition, I’m in.
That is awesome!
I just played @triggercut 's ghost at The Links at Royal Atlantic - you were on fire, nice job! There were some awesome shots in there.
I tend to play pretty aggressively and discovered that Royal Atlantic is not the place to do that. I think I hit at least 3 shots in the water, and more in some bad places. One sand trap took me 3 shots to get out of. I don’t want to go down easily, so I’m going to try again.
Edit: You let me just squeak in by a stroke with your non-triggercut like performance on the 18th hole.
Holes in one you say?
Seriously though - that’s a great shot, arrendek.
LOL that was amazing.
you know, that IRL whenever you hit a hole in one, you need to buy a round of drinks for the whole clubhouse… so gimme that virtual beer, already
@triggercut, I’m having a great time trying to beat your great performance at Victory Village. We were neck and neck right until the end. The 2 late bogies on my part took me out of it.
I shot that on the final round of a career/season tournament. Just got into a zone there for a bit!
Rage quit Hole 17 on that course was at -4. So mad.
The penalty for fucking up a shot you are trying to apply draw or fade to is SO MUCH HIGHER than anything when you just try for straight. If you are off by the tiniest margin from the cone it just basically undoes any amount of fade or draw you were trying to apply and hits the fucker straight or even bends it the other way. When you’re trying to hit something that looks like a parentheses or maybe a good 40 degree bend, then you are completely, utterly fucked.
I rage so much harder at this game than real golf and that is saying something.