Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

[bcruise]

Re: Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

Posted it before in the impressions thread:

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[MLB14]

Re: Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

somewhere in the 480 range is the best i've got. my RTTS player has 99 in every stat so idk how people are hitting 600 foot bombs with regular players lol.

honestly i really hope it doesn't get to a point where 500+ foot home runs are common... there's a certain point where it's a little ridiculous.

It's inevitable, there is something messed up with this game. I'm regularly hitting 500+ HRs with just decent power guys and have even had 575+ HRs in the limited amount of DD I've been playing. I kinda expect them to tweak the setting a little to make it more realistic.

I think the equation their using for the ball magnus physics is a little flawed. It seems the equation they're using for lift and down force is outta whack. It's causing the ball to hang in the air too long.

[mer1in20]

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524 with Brandon Belt at AT&T park into the cove. No picture though. I have a habit of button mashing to get through cut scenes.

[legacyme3]

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Last night I hit a 487 foot home run by Ken Griffey Jr, playing Diamond Dynasty.

Had I know this thread existed, I would have took a screenshot, didn't think it was that special haha.

[MLB14]

Re: Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

Yup, I think they might need to tone down the power a bit...

For record-keeping purposes, this was in-game and hit 595 feet by Brandon Belt at ATT Park. Wind was 12.3 straight out to center, so it does indeed look like wind is quite important in '17.

Wind or no wind, a ball hit off the end of the bat like that wouldn't even go 500 ft.

[Blzer]

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I agree, that's why I made a point to take a shot of that. I'm not really sure if the game always get the visual representation of what you did to match up with whether you actually got the PCI on the sweet spot though.

Hit a third HR with Belt off Lester in my third at bat against him and both Cubs runs in the game came off solo shots (one by Russell that went 475 feet). The game definitely feels like it needs a little nerfing of power. And IIRC, Belt is given the HR quirk when I don't really think he merits it. He will hit some beautiful arcing shots and his HR stats have probably been depressed by ATT but like a lot of Giants players, he hits a lot of line drives and thus most of his XBH are doubles.

Guy needs a top-spin quirk.

Actually, I'm not joking. If they extended quirks into more tendencies, the guy cannot hit a line drive that doesn't have top spin. Would be nice to actually replicate that in-game.

As for your home run and wind, only two things I have to say to that are:

- If anything, the wind kept your ball fair. That was very close to just being a long strike haha.

- I don't know if the wind itself plays differently this year, but now the slider affects the wind as you change the slider itself. In other words, if you play previous games and you see the wind at 12 MPH and change the slider from 5 to 10, then your wind wouldn't change. This year it will actually change the wind to 24 MPH from there, if that makes sense. In previous years, the wind slider was meant to determine how strong it actually could be to start any game.

I'll be updating shortly.

[Blzer]

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Wow. DD Game.

Jose Bautista.

@Minute Maid Park, over tracks, over buildings, onto the street beyond Left Field Wall.

556 ft.

I have a video in mp4. how do I attach to here?

You'll have to upload it to a site, like YouTube or something. Then share the link.

In-Game
Chipper Jones(ATL) off Vance Worley(WAS)
@ SunTrust Park
Exit velocity: 110.5mph
Launch angle: 29.59 deg
Hang time: 6.82sec
Went over the grey wall in center field.

Now if you can just get me the wind speed/direction and the elevation of SunTrust Park, I can use mathematics and physics to compute how far your ball was hit!

[Equinox831]

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So I just went back and was browsing through the 2016 version of this thread, and I'm pretty sure the longest in-game home run was about 508 ft... The distances this year are insane.

[Steven78]

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Wind or no wind, a ball hit off the end of the bat like that wouldn't even go 500 ft.

Lol this ball should NEVER go 500+ feet.

Hell how did it not go foul?

[jcar0725]

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533 feet with Chris Carter. Hall of Fame level no slider adjustments .

[einjzmolf]

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Hit a 512ft bomb with my new RTTS guy.. who has 45 power. HoF difficulty. I don't even want this submitted to the OP, just pointing out that the ball is juiced or something.

[HighCmpPct]

Re: Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

You'll have to upload it to a site, like YouTube or something. Then share the link.




Now if you can just get me the wind speed/direction and the elevation of SunTrust Park, I can use mathematics and physics to compute how far your ball was hit!

Wind 3mph blowing out to left field. Elevation at SunTrust 1050ft.

[Rippin167]

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Napoli 483 FT. and almost out of Joe Robbie Stadium.

[Syce]

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i should add, this was at Busch Stadium. i hit the building just below the big video board in right center.

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[MLB14]

Re: Longest Home Run Distance Contest ('17 style)

Napoli 483 FT. and almost out of Joe Robbie Stadium.

Heh, 119 mph exit velocity with a 30 deg launch angle is one hell of a HR.