Confused on Swing Mechanics (XBOX)
I have been playing basically any / every golf game since MS Links 2001. I played Links and Shot Online at a very high level, but I am having difficulty grasping the swing of this game. I have trie...
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Yea this game has got me so confused and frustrated with the swing. Playing on PS5 and Tour settings.
Timing makes no sense. Pulling back on the stick it seems like the animation is just slow to react so when you push forward when the club reaches the top it logs it as a over swing, so you just learn to push up sooner even though the club isn’t at the top of your swing yet really.
Every drive or shot to the green is considered slow. No matter how fast I push the stick up through the controller it’s always slow. Don’t get it. Some chips or puts alI will accidentally get Perfect tempo, but when I try the same speed on the next drive, it’s slow.
Approach shots. 4-5 iron. I’m like ok I have to go short of the pin to run it up bc it’s not going to get a whole lot of backspin. I get that. It runs passed the hole and off the green. Next time, remembering what happened last time, go even shorter. The ball stops 1-2 from where it landed.
Have the trail of the ball visible. It says it’s gonna be past the hole bc the green is lower elevation. Take less club. It lands in the fairway front of the green. Next shot like this, it flies it.
Ball trail says it will land right at the fringe of the green. “Oh just overswing a little and it’ll land on the green,” my brain thinks. Nope, panda well short in the bunker.
I’ve played golf games for a very long time. Multiple Tiger Woods games from when it started to when it ended, Rory game, Golf Club 1 & 2, and the 2k series. Was really good at all of them. But this game is frustrating me to no end because the swing mechanics are not consistent nor does it make any sense. On top of that there’s nothing that goes through and shows you ALL the swing mechanics that I know of.
Just need to get this all off my chest. Have a good day everyone and good luck.
@jaytexus wrote:Every drive or shot to the green is considered slow. No matter how fast I push the stick up through the controller it’s always slow. Don’t get it.
What swing speed setting are you using? If it isn't 'slowest' then reducing this should help with this.
- @Ultrasonic_77 Yea I’ve tried that and still the same thing. Tried all of them.
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@Ultrasonic_77Yea I’ve tried that and still the same thing. Tried all of them.Did the change at least make the issue better, as in you were slow by less? If not are you definitely pressing the button to save the change rather than just scrolling left and right between the different options and then coming back out? Only asking as I think it's less obvious than it could be that a save is required for the change to take effect.
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:
@jaytexus wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Yea I’ve tried that and still the same thing. Tried all of them.Did the change at least make the issue better, as in you were slow by less? If not are you definitely pressing the button to save the change rather than just scrolling left and right between the different options and then coming back out? Only asking as I think it's less obvious than it could be that a save is required for the change to take effect.
No still slow on everything even if I slam the joy stick up. And yea I saved it bc the little save icon popped up on the bottom right.
This has been my absolute biggest gripe with this game...swing mechanics. I CANNOT understand the math, algorithm, etc with the swing. Regardless of it being a putt, approach, drive, etc I can make sure the swing is perfectly straight and the power curve the EXACT same and even have the power meter close, however the upswing/downswing (whatever) can be .1% off and the ball can literally travel several feet in one directionor the other?!?!?! What is that all about.
On a putt in the challenge section I have literally had 100% the exact same putt placement power, curve, EVERYTHING the same...and hit go right of the cup by 1 inch the first time then 4 inches left of the cup the second time. I mean, if you are trying to say I am 1/8 inch off somewhere (something you can't even tell), then the mechanics are broken. I honestly believe the swing mechanics have been tuned to death to where it is virtually impossible to hit the same swing 2 times in a row. It doesn't have to be easy but damn this is ridiculous.
OH...the flop challenge and basically in the game...how can you have an object block me seeing the player swing??? It's basically making you blind swing if you hit right in front of a tree or rock or anything large. Why? I can change the view but it really doesn't help.
What you're seeing is the same "randomness" that is in Rory 2015
A developer claimed there was no randomness in this game, but I don't think he would have answered honestly anyhow
This is based off Rory and you can tell when playing it.
A lot of the play feels the same
