Does anyone have any insight as to what the golfer attributes really do? There are little blurbs about the ratings in the "Skills" screen, but they don't go into too much detail. Kep in mind, that I'm playing on Tournament difficulty, so there may be some assists that are altered as a result of these attributes that I've never seen.
1. Power
This is the only one that is obvious to me.
2. Accuracy
I could see this working in one of two ways:
A) There is a natural random variance built in to the ball flight, and a higher accuracy attribute will result in less variance. the So even if you hit a perfectly straight shot (according to the swing meter) it may head left/right depending on the amount of variance. I'm not sure if this is the way it works, but I could swear that sometimes from a flat lie with a perfect swing, the ball seems start left or right on its own.
B) Mis-hits are more forgiving and when you make a mistake (according to the swing meter), the effect that mistake has on the ball flight is reduced with a higher Accuracy attribute. If this is the case, I wonder if it applies just to left/right misses, or does it also lessen the effect of under/over swing and slow/fast tempo. This is important to me because I have naturally slow tempo. Rather than try to correct it, I just plan my shots to be a little longer. I'm concerned that as I increase my golfer's accuracy that I'll start to see different behavior as the game starts to automatically make my shot look more like the shot that I planned as opposed to the shot that I executed.
3. Spin
Does this even matter on Tour Pro or Tournament difficult where post-shot spin isn't allowed? Or does it add natural backspin to all shots making it easier to hold greens with long irons or "back up" short iron shots?
4. Recovery
No idea about this one. Is there possibly some additional "random variance" built in to shots out of the rough/sand that a higher Recovery attribute lessens?
5. Putting
No idea about this one either. Similar to one of my theories on Accuracy, but specific to Putting?
1. Power
This is the only one that is obvious to me.
2. Accuracy
I could see this working in one of two ways:
A) There is a natural random variance built in to the ball flight, and a higher accuracy attribute will result in less variance. the So even if you hit a perfectly straight shot (according to the swing meter) it may head left/right depending on the amount of variance. I'm not sure if this is the way it works, but I could swear that sometimes from a flat lie with a perfect swing, the ball seems start left or right on its own.
B) Mis-hits are more forgiving and when you make a mistake (according to the swing meter), the effect that mistake has on the ball flight is reduced with a higher Accuracy attribute. If this is the case, I wonder if it applies just to left/right misses, or does it also lessen the effect of under/over swing and slow/fast tempo. This is important to me because I have naturally slow tempo. Rather than try to correct it, I just plan my shots to be a little longer. I'm concerned that as I increase my golfer's accuracy that I'll start to see different behavior as the game starts to automatically make my shot look more like the shot that I planned as opposed to the shot that I executed.
3. Spin
Does this even matter on Tour Pro or Tournament difficult where post-shot spin isn't allowed? Or does it add natural backspin to all shots making it easier to hold greens with long irons or "back up" short iron shots?
4. Recovery
No idea about this one. Is there possibly some additional "random variance" built in to shots out of the rough/sand that a higher Recovery attribute lessens?
5. Putting
No idea about this one either. Similar to one of my theories on Accuracy, but specific to Putting?
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