Difficulty: All-Star
Guess Pitch: Off OR No Feedback
Fielding: Auto
Base Running: Auto
Throwing: Manual
Pitching: Meter
API: ON (most of my K's come from shrug offs')
Check Swing Appeals: OFF (this is an important one for me as I tend to check swing quite a bit and having this off allows me to go deeper into counts)
Strike Zone: ON
Hot/Cold Zones: OFF
Camera: Catcher for both hitting and pitching (I just cant get used to the 'Pitcher view' although last year it helped with providing more realistic results. The CPU tended to chase sliders away and high fastballs moreso than with the catchers view)
**Note** All sliders are set from the far left (0-10). Also, bracketed numbers indicate alternative numbers that I think might work.
GLOBAL
Pitch Speed: 3
Fielding Errors: 5
Throwing Errors: 5
Fielder Run Speed: 2
Fielder Reaction: 2
Arm Strength: 4
Base Runner Speed: 5 (4)
Steal Ability: 4
Steal Frequency: 5
Wind: 6 (5)
Injury Frequency: 6 (7)
USER
Contact: 3
Power: 6 (5)
Timing: 3
Fouls: 7
Solid Hits: 5
Starter Stamina: 5
Reliever Stamina: 0
Control: 6
Consistency: 6
**Notes for User**
*If you're fairly good at aiming the left-stick then I highly recommend using 5 or lower for power, timing and contact.
*I might just suck at pitching but I've found that control & consistency need to be at 6 in order to get strikeouts. 6&6 however, has not made my pitching too dominant in terms of allowing hits and homers.
CPU
Contact: 2
Power: 7 (5)
Timing: 1
Fouls: 1
Solid Hits: 5
Starter Stamina: 5
Reliever Stamina: 0
Control: 5
Consistency: 4
Strike Frequency: 0
Manager Hook: 6
**Notes for CPU**
*I'm having a hard time finding a decent balance between CPU hits and K's. It almost seems as if theyre intertwined somehow; where more hits=more strikeouts and less hits=less strikeouts
*Most of my strikeouts come from throwing something off-speed on 2-strike counts. The API calls for too many fastballs.
*Walks are up to you. If I decide to throw what the API has suggested then I tend to aim slightly outside the corners. It might even make sense to play with API off. Work in progress.
**Additional Notes**
*Take the first pitch. Guess a pitch (in your head) and only swing if you see it. The same thing applies to any hitters-count (3-1, 2-1, 1-0, 2-0) except for 3-0 as I always take unless I have runners in scoring position (and even then it needs to be a power hitter at-bat)
*I tend to use a 'timing only' approach to hitting. The only time I'll aim the left-stick is when I'm guessing in a hitters count.
*These sliders are most likely unsuitable for anyone who considers themselves a great to elite player. They work for me because I'm getting older and have troubles picking up the ball out of the pitchers hand. I also sit around 8 feet back from my TV.
*I've played about 15 games with these and have found the stats to be fairly realistic. I'm sure that once I get my timing down that I'll need to tweak the USER hitting but other than that I'm happy. Give them a try and let me know how you make out. The more feedback I get, the better.
*Available for download via Sports Connect (Old Man Realism 2.0)
Thanks
JH
Guess Pitch: Off OR No Feedback
Fielding: Auto
Base Running: Auto
Throwing: Manual
Pitching: Meter
API: ON (most of my K's come from shrug offs')
Check Swing Appeals: OFF (this is an important one for me as I tend to check swing quite a bit and having this off allows me to go deeper into counts)
Strike Zone: ON
Hot/Cold Zones: OFF
Camera: Catcher for both hitting and pitching (I just cant get used to the 'Pitcher view' although last year it helped with providing more realistic results. The CPU tended to chase sliders away and high fastballs moreso than with the catchers view)
**Note** All sliders are set from the far left (0-10). Also, bracketed numbers indicate alternative numbers that I think might work.
GLOBAL
Pitch Speed: 3
Fielding Errors: 5
Throwing Errors: 5
Fielder Run Speed: 2
Fielder Reaction: 2
Arm Strength: 4
Base Runner Speed: 5 (4)
Steal Ability: 4
Steal Frequency: 5
Wind: 6 (5)
Injury Frequency: 6 (7)
USER
Contact: 3
Power: 6 (5)
Timing: 3
Fouls: 7
Solid Hits: 5
Starter Stamina: 5
Reliever Stamina: 0
Control: 6
Consistency: 6
**Notes for User**
*If you're fairly good at aiming the left-stick then I highly recommend using 5 or lower for power, timing and contact.
*I might just suck at pitching but I've found that control & consistency need to be at 6 in order to get strikeouts. 6&6 however, has not made my pitching too dominant in terms of allowing hits and homers.
CPU
Contact: 2
Power: 7 (5)
Timing: 1
Fouls: 1
Solid Hits: 5
Starter Stamina: 5
Reliever Stamina: 0
Control: 5
Consistency: 4
Strike Frequency: 0
Manager Hook: 6
**Notes for CPU**
*I'm having a hard time finding a decent balance between CPU hits and K's. It almost seems as if theyre intertwined somehow; where more hits=more strikeouts and less hits=less strikeouts
*Most of my strikeouts come from throwing something off-speed on 2-strike counts. The API calls for too many fastballs.
*Walks are up to you. If I decide to throw what the API has suggested then I tend to aim slightly outside the corners. It might even make sense to play with API off. Work in progress.
**Additional Notes**
*Take the first pitch. Guess a pitch (in your head) and only swing if you see it. The same thing applies to any hitters-count (3-1, 2-1, 1-0, 2-0) except for 3-0 as I always take unless I have runners in scoring position (and even then it needs to be a power hitter at-bat)
*I tend to use a 'timing only' approach to hitting. The only time I'll aim the left-stick is when I'm guessing in a hitters count.
*These sliders are most likely unsuitable for anyone who considers themselves a great to elite player. They work for me because I'm getting older and have troubles picking up the ball out of the pitchers hand. I also sit around 8 feet back from my TV.
*I've played about 15 games with these and have found the stats to be fairly realistic. I'm sure that once I get my timing down that I'll need to tweak the USER hitting but other than that I'm happy. Give them a try and let me know how you make out. The more feedback I get, the better.
*Available for download via Sports Connect (Old Man Realism 2.0)
Thanks
JH
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