wind
I've said this once, and I'll say it again, and again and again....
the WIND in this game isn't even close to being accurate......
Forum Discussion
31 Replies
I'm with pack on this one. And if there's one player you don't use the "I'm a top ranked player" argument against it's pack, lol.
High winds have a complex relationship with swing tempo, ball lie, and club loft that makes it more difficult to understand than a simple linear offset, but it's not inconsistent. It's a deterministic physics simulation - whilst it lacks enough feedback for the effects of your inputs to be fully transparent (not a bad thing, it creates a skill gap), I think people are far too quick to just blame the outcome on randomness or malice (the game isn't trying to screw you over).
@packattack04082 wrote:@-Roasted513-I don't think it's the wind that is the problem. It's the dispersion that causes it. If you get a huge pull with a driver into a 15 mph wind blowing right, the ball will barely move right. If you get right dispersion, the ball will play like a 25 mph wind. I don't think that the wind is the problem itself. It's just when you have random dispersion the effects of the wind can be drastically exaggerated or muted depending on the direction of dispersion you get.
This... I couldn't agree more.
@lolwhat1234 wrote:I'm with pack on this one. And if there's one player you don't use the "I'm a top ranked player" argument against it's pack, lol.
I couldn’t agree more on this one. I would get out the popcorn to watch an online match between the two.
ok.... explain this one, aim a shot, (off the tee) whatever it is, hit the same-ish power on EVERY shot with absolutely different results: and I'm talking feet to yards from target/aim point
@-Roasted513- wrote:ok.... explain this one, aim a shot, (off the tee) whatever it is, hit the same-ish power on EVERY shot with absolutely different results: and I'm talking feet to yards from target/aim point
It’s RNG all the way. It has been an issue since launch. The Tiger Woods series did not have except for TW11. This did not happen in the TW series since RNG was not an issue. It is even possible to replicate shots in TW. It is almost impossible to replicate a shot with same result with current game due to RNG.
- @-Roasted513- That's the point that we are all making. The wind isn't the reason that you get different results. You can aim a 6 iron with 1 mph wind on a 210 yard par 3 and have 1 ball land 20 feet left & 10 feet long of a second shot even if you aimed both in the same spot and got 'perfect' impact results. The game randomizes your landing zone so that the game isn't just a math equation every hole where where you do a few calculations and then hit it to within inside 3 feet for 18 straight holes. The random landing zones can be frustrating, but at least it makes you learn to putt and develop skills in other parts of your game. If the game had no random landing whatsoever, it would be a matter of who can hole out the most because anyone who gets decent enough at the swing mechanic and learns the mathematical calculations for wind & elevation will be able to hit it to tap-in range every single hole. In my opinion, the real skill in this game is being able to sink a 30 or 40 footer when you get bad dispersion and save the birdie or eagle anyway. If someone just re-plays a tournament countless times until they shoot a perfect or near perfect round, that seems pretty boring to me. I've been recently playing private SIM matches with a friend on PS5 named Gazak1991 who I think is the best player on PS5 and we play on 18-25 mph winds. We've had about 6 matches in those conditions on some tough courses like LACC, Bay Hill, Valhalla, Marco Simone and I've shot 10 under par or better every single round and as good as 14 under. Being able to adapt to the wind, calculate things correctly, execute a good tempo swing and sink long putts is what makes the game fun for me. I would have stopped playing a long time ago if every shot was just a matter of doing math and then tapping in a 2-4 foot putt.
- @packattack04082 maybe you dont have the issues i have, so that makes you correct on everything, come play MY game and see just how wrong you are.....
"You can aim a 6 iron with 1 mph wind on a 210 yard par 3 and have 1 ball land 20 feet left & 10 feet long of a second shot even if you aimed both in the same spot and got 'perfect' impact results"
Just as it can in real life. Dunno where some people get the idea that perfect shots land in the same place every time, from?
@-Roasted513- wrote:
@packattack04082maybe you dont have the issues i have, so that makes you correct on everything, come play MY game and see just how wrong you are.....Maybe you're right, your game is different. Maybe EA is punishing you for complaining too much. 🤔
- @-Roasted513- This is just another reason I feel they need to add Amateur (or replace Pro) to the ranked Online play. Amateur should have no RNG and no blue arc. If that were the case it should make judging the wind an accurate ability to learn. 3.5 boxes left, 4 up - hit it straight and it goes where you aimed. Even with no wind "gusts" the actual aiming point floats a foot or so (you'd see it if the blue arc went to the ground) meaning your shots wouldn't repeat dead-on, but you'd play like the game wasn't penalizing you for muscle memory.
