Tour or Pro skill level?
When it comes to online play. Which one do you prefer to play and why?
For me I prefer Tour skill level over Pro skill level. (Again this is my opinion. I've put over 446 hours into this game and I've played plenty of both skill levels.)
To me Tour skill level is superior over Pro for these reasons:
1. In Tour, when hitting drives and Irons, the tracer line pre shot doesn't include the wind nor do you get full vision of where it lands. Therefore you have to calculate the wind into the shot which makes your shot more unique compared to others.
2. When you are trying to Fade or Draw the ball there is more technique you have to add into your swing (Just like real life) when it comes to joystick angle. If your angle on the swing isn't accurate, yes you get penalized for it. But if you perfect it, you get a beautiful Fade or Draw shot. In pro, you don't need to angle your joystick to get a perfect Fade or Draw so there would be no penalty for a bad swing.
3. In Tour, when putting, you don't get an imaginary line to guide your put in without any personal calculation at all. (Why would you need a guide to help you putt?)
4. In Tour, when landing in Rough, you get a bad lie which would make it hard to get an accurate shot next. In pro, there are not bad lies in rough terrain and almost the equivalent of Fairway lies...
5. In Tour, you can still utilize a beautiful realistic spin using wind and arch to guide your ball. In Pro, you can manually put a spin on the ball mid air which at max spin makes an unrealistic spin
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I just got my friend the game to play with and he has had the game for 1 week and prefers Tour over Pro for the exact same reasons I have. "There's no skill reward in Pro with unrealistic physics. Pro just seems for people that want to be lazy when playing the game"
When switching back and forth from both skill levels it messes with your gameplay because each skill has entirely different play styles.
So I just stay with the one that "I feel" caters more to the natural golf gamer.
Look, I've hit 5 or 6 Hole in Ones on Pro. After the first Hole in One I've lost all excitement because it's so easy to get it with the manual spin advantage you get.
I've only hit 1 Hole in One on Tour mode. And without a doubt I would be just as excited as I was the first time if I ever hit another.
Anytime I see someone chip in from a sand trap on Pro. I giggle about it because I did the same thing last hole.
People on forums are claiming that on console, Pro mode is more popular than Tour mode. But I don't get a reason. I just get "Pro is just better than Tour" which isn't a reason, it's an opinion.
Tell me your preferred skill level when playing online. Why it's your preferred. And how many hours you've put into the game.
