So the other day, I was thinking about the problem people have with adjusting to off speed pitches and their big speed difference compared to faster ones, specifically the people who say the real time it takes to reach the plate might not match the pitches flight physics in RT and could be messing up people's timing. This got me wondering if raising pitch speed would help, thinking that despite the lesser reaction time to swing, the faster off-speed pitches may start to feel a little more real. After all, I can personally adjust quicker to a faster fastball than having to wait on a changeup at default speed. So I raised pitch speed to max and timing at default.
Obviously at first, the faster speed took a bit to adjust to, but halfway through my first game, while my reaction time was improving, I still wasn't seeing much progress on battling the speed difference with pitches.
Then, I read something about people using broadcast camera view when batting. I immediately thought how the hell can someone bat using a camera view that's behind the pitcher? I always saw it as an option, but never thought to try it until then. So I kept the pitch speed at max and created a custom camera view using San Francisco's broadcast camera as a pre-set, lowered it a bit and to the right, and saved.
*EDIT* You may want to also use the Custom 2 spot to create a batting view when facing left-handed pitchers. For this, use Florida's broadcast camera as the preset and try and mirror it with your Custom 1 view. That way, when a left handers comes in, you can easily toggle to Custom 2 and vice versa when facing right-handers.
What I found was, not only is it a tad easier to read the pitch, it's easier to track it's trajectory. And not only that... I've also been seeing a decent improvement on reading change-ups faster and handling off-speed pitches with much better timing. I thought too that it would be hard to judge when to swing from that view, but it's not. It's really no harder than swinging from the catcher views. I'm reading all pitches faster and getting solid hits, homers, and games with it. It seems the ball is just easier to read, altogether, from the broadcast view and doesn't appear to be moving as fast compared to catcher views with max pitch speed. I haven't yet tried this view with default pitch speed, so I don't know if it would still have the same effect, but at max speed, it's pretty solid.
Of course, everyone has their own preferences, but with all the people having this issue with off speed pitches, it won't hurt to have another option to try. So give it a shot and let me know how you guys fare with this, or tell us what you've found that helps.
*EDIT* After attempting to lower the pitch speed back down to 6, I'm still able to differentiate between off-speed and fastballs much better than from a behind the plate view. Hitting changeups better with good timing and not getting fooled as much with timing slider still at default 5.
Obviously at first, the faster speed took a bit to adjust to, but halfway through my first game, while my reaction time was improving, I still wasn't seeing much progress on battling the speed difference with pitches.
Then, I read something about people using broadcast camera view when batting. I immediately thought how the hell can someone bat using a camera view that's behind the pitcher? I always saw it as an option, but never thought to try it until then. So I kept the pitch speed at max and created a custom camera view using San Francisco's broadcast camera as a pre-set, lowered it a bit and to the right, and saved.
*EDIT* You may want to also use the Custom 2 spot to create a batting view when facing left-handed pitchers. For this, use Florida's broadcast camera as the preset and try and mirror it with your Custom 1 view. That way, when a left handers comes in, you can easily toggle to Custom 2 and vice versa when facing right-handers.
What I found was, not only is it a tad easier to read the pitch, it's easier to track it's trajectory. And not only that... I've also been seeing a decent improvement on reading change-ups faster and handling off-speed pitches with much better timing. I thought too that it would be hard to judge when to swing from that view, but it's not. It's really no harder than swinging from the catcher views. I'm reading all pitches faster and getting solid hits, homers, and games with it. It seems the ball is just easier to read, altogether, from the broadcast view and doesn't appear to be moving as fast compared to catcher views with max pitch speed. I haven't yet tried this view with default pitch speed, so I don't know if it would still have the same effect, but at max speed, it's pretty solid.
Of course, everyone has their own preferences, but with all the people having this issue with off speed pitches, it won't hurt to have another option to try. So give it a shot and let me know how you guys fare with this, or tell us what you've found that helps.
*EDIT* After attempting to lower the pitch speed back down to 6, I'm still able to differentiate between off-speed and fastballs much better than from a behind the plate view. Hitting changeups better with good timing and not getting fooled as much with timing slider still at default 5.
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