EA Sports PGA Tour: How is your Career Mode going?

[pietasterp]

Re: EA Sports PGA Tour: How is your Career Mode going?

I was wondering how high I would have to bump up the AI scoring to start to get competitive results. I've been bumping it up 10 after each tournament, but I guess there's my answer.

The issue, as it appears to me anyway, is that the "AI" (using that term loosely) difficulty just accounts for what any 1 random player in the field can shoot in any 1 given round. For example, let's say AI difficulty of 75 means the lowest any player will go in a round is 5-under. However, because the rounds appear to be randomly distributed among all players in the field, it's unlikely that any 1 computer player will shoot 2-3 rounds of 5-under, which is why I'm always in 14th or 15th place after day 1, 10th or 11th after day 2, close to the lead on day 3, and then win by 8 strokes on Sunday (without ever really shooting anything other than 4-5 under each day). Because the guys that went 4-5 under on day 1 don't keep shooting that, the -5 scores get 'distributed' to other players in the field, so the lowest anyone's 72 hole score ever gets is 8-9 under (again, on an AI difficulty of 75 or so).

The programmers need to make it so that the "AI difficulty" corresponds to what 72-hole score any given player can shoot, if that isn't already how it's programmed. If that is how it's programmed, then it's not working as intended.

[DarthRambo]

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Honestly us old school gamers just enjoy challenging ourselves purposely more than your average gamer in today's world lol.

Wife and two kids and third due soon I haven't played real golf in a couple years at least. I want to get lessons so bad but just haven't found time yet. Definitely happening one day though.

For my career I decided to punish my rookie PGA tour golfer by skipping the next two events. So no Torrey Pines or Pebble Beach. He saved his money up from doordashing and Jimmy John's delivery, and some possible donations from his parents. He has been in Phoenix for the last week preparing for the Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.

I like this cause the pressure is really on to finish well to get FedEx points, and more importantly, not get cut.

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Dusted off the game and began my career again. Just finished The Players, where I finished 29th with score of -1. Sungjae Im won at -16. Scheffler and Billy Horschel tied for 2nd at -12.

So just to quickly update my season: I've played quick rounds every tournament so far. Only for the 4 Majors I'll play full rounds. AI difficulty is 50. Custom settings, but most importantly is the skill points I purposely do not use to make it the game challenging without messing with AI scoring difficulty.

The American Express: +5 CUT
Skipped weeks 2 and 3 due to "no money"
Phoenix Open: -15 5th place
Genesis Invitational- -3 13th place
The Florida Classic: +2 CUT
Arnold Palmer Invitational: +4 41st place (God awful 4th round)
The Players Championship: -1 29th place

FedExCup Ranking- 32nd
World Golf Rank- 55 (outside of qualifying for Masters currently)


Next up is the Pacific Championship at Bandon Dunes, and then the EA Sports Championship at Chambers Bay.



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[DarthRambo]

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Next three weeks of season one:

Pacific Championship at Bandon Dunes: -11, tied 9th place. Russell Henley wins with -21 score.

EA Sports Championship at Chambers Bay: +10, 49th place. Only 64 with no cut.

Carolina Open at Kiawah Island: Skipped event in need of mental break and keel money to enter the Masters.


FedExCup Ranking- 35th (dropped -3)

World Golf Rank- 44 (up +11)

I was just awful putting and approach shots at Chambers Bay. First time playing there so that was tough. Should've been better at Bandon Dunes. Just didn't putt well enough. Next up IS The Masters! WIll play full rounds. I highly doubt I make the cut lol. Before I do I have 34 skill points unused. I did raise my approach control up to 8/10, and short game control up to 2/10 from zero.

The game is difficult for me. I can win a tournament, but it will take 4 really good rounds from me. So far in 8 events I have one top 5 and two top 10s. Pretty darn good for a rookie.


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[DarthRambo]

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Ended up here after my 2nd shot at RBC Heritage lol. The massive wind kills me in this game more than anything. This bounced and landed here.

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[DarthRambo]

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Next four weeks of season one:

The Masters: +11 missed cut. Winner: Zalatoris (-14)

RBC Heritage at Harbour Town: T21 with -5 score. Winner: Hatton (-16)

Mesquite Classic at Wolf Creek: +7 and missed the cut. Winner was Max Homa (-17).

French Championship at Evian Resort: skipped event with two missed cuts in last three tournaments.


FedExCup Ranking- 40th (dropped -5)

World Golf Rank- 46 (dropped -2)


Up next is the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. EA Sports Championship at Pebble Beach. Then the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Man this game is difficult but I enjoy the challenge! Obviously not near enough golfers on game so you really couldn't miss qualifying for playoffs or majors unless you purposely skipped a bunch of tournaments. I've now skipped 4 due to my own storyline I created. And I am still well within range for playoffs and majors.

If I miss two of three cuts again I'll force skip the next two events. The game needs money that is used to enter events and other things. The mode is a great start to something they hopefully build upon with a lot more depth.

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[Stroehms]

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Are you guys playing each round in full? I'm struggling to gain traction in year 1 with the speed up version of the tournaments. Currently, I'm about 10 events in and have 1 round under par.

Also, I'm open to any mode hacks or settings recommendations that I may have missed.

[pietasterp]

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Are you guys playing each round in full? I'm struggling to gain traction in year 1 with the speed up version of the tournaments. Currently, I'm about 10 events in and have 1 round under par.

Also, I'm open to any mode hacks or settings recommendations that I may have missed.

I always play full 18 holes, all 4 rounds. I sort of use the first 2 rounds as my "practice rounds" to get to know the course, and assuming I make the cut (not always a given!), I'll start dialing in on the weekend. Sometimes this results in me winning going away. Sometimes I never catch back up after what are usually slow starts to rounds 1 & 2.

I really dislike the "quick rounds" feature, because I can live with it if I play poorly and miss a cut, but I feel totally cheated if the computer just randomly puts me in a bad spot trying to make a cut or win a tournament. But I understand why people would want to do that - it does get tedious trying to play all the holes for all the rounds all the time.

I think other than dialing down the computer "AI" (difficulty) until you're competitive, perhaps adjust the gameplay settings? Have you identified why you're having difficulty - is it the putting, is it driving the ball OB off the tee, something else? I think tweaking the settings to a place where you're competitive if you play well, but not winning by 9 strokes every week is sort of the sweet spot, but it does take some fiddling with the game and figuring out where you personally are losing strokes.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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I use Quick Rounds for non-major/lesser events. I play all 4 rounds at the following tournaments:

The Players
The Masters
PGA Championship
US Open
The Open
FedEx St. Jude Championship
BMW Championship
TOUR Championship

It seems the simulated scores you get in Quick Rounds are ultimately based on your created players' attributes. I am a 99 overall, maxed out player, and I usually get put in the mix of things by the CPU, but do still get the occasional stinker of a round.

In my current season, which is my 3rd, I have had 17 top 10s entering the FedExCup Playoffs, and have won 3 events (The American Express, the PGA Championship, and the Kiwi Championship at Tara Iti.

The events I've played poorly have been at the Famers Insurance Open, where I finished at +4 and in T48, as well as the EA SPORTS Championship at Chambers Bay, where I finished T26 at +3.

I have AI scoring difficulty at 95, swing and putting difficulty at Hard, the swing meter is off, boosts are off, shot shaping is off (so I don't need to hit diagonal fades or draws), zoom is off, aim arc is off, putting aim point is at the cup, and putt read preview is off. I have no beads on the grid, and I only get the wind direction and the elevation direction - no specific wind speed of feet or elevation.

[DarthRambo]

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Are you guys playing each round in full? I'm struggling to gain traction in year 1 with the speed up version of the tournaments. Currently, I'm about 10 events in and have 1 round under par.

Also, I'm open to any mode hacks or settings recommendations that I may have missed.

Quick rounds except for the four majors. 75 overall golfer (purposely) and 50 AI difficulty. Honestly the sim helps my scores more than not lol. I feel like I play more than enough holes in 2 rounds where my own play determines whether I make the cut or not. I definitely miss a ton of birdie chances and par saves etc on my own. Never feel cheated by the sim. A lot of ppl prefer 2k method of one full round for entire tournament. I always hated that. Really love the Quick rounds and be able to see all four rounds with different pin locations, and the presentation the game has each round I still am blown away sometimes how good it is.

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[pietasterp]

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Ended up here after my 2nd shot at RBC Heritage lol. The massive wind kills me in this game more than anything. This bounced and landed here.

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This game simply cannot get the temporary immovable objects rule correct. There's no reason I should have to hook a ball around a TV tower or flop it over the grandstands, but this happens to me all the time. So silly.

Also annoying me: why can't career mode get the morning/afternoon round splits and weekend start times correct? If I tee off in the AM on Thursday, I should be in the PM groups on Friday (and vice versa), and while the game text states 'morning' or 'afternoon', the graphics/course settings are always the same no matter what. And if I'm in the last group on Sunday as the tournament leader, even if the leaderboard states I have a 3PM tee off time, the round will still take place with the morning graphics settings. It's so annoying that they can't get this simple thing right.

[daley9]

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Where do you setup your player attributes for your career ?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Where do you setup your player attributes for your career ?

Under the "Golfer" tab on the main menu.

[DarthRambo]

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Next four weeks of season one:

The Masters: +11 missed cut. Winner: Zalatoris (-14)

RBC Heritage at Harbour Town: T21 with -5 score. Winner: Hatton (-16)

Mesquite Classic at Wolf Creek: +7 and missed the cut. Winner was Max Homa (-17).

French Championship at Evian Resort: skipped event with two missed cuts in last three tournaments.


FedExCup Ranking- 40th (dropped -5)

World Golf Rank- 46 (dropped -2)


Up next is the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. EA Sports Championship at Pebble Beach. Then the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Man this game is difficult but I enjoy the challenge! Obviously not near enough golfers on game so you really couldn't miss qualifying for playoffs or majors unless you purposely skipped a bunch of tournaments. I've now skipped 4 due to my own storyline I created. And I am still well within range for playoffs and majors.

If I miss two of three cuts again I'll force skip the next two events. The game needs money that is used to enter events and other things. The mode is a great start to something they hopefully build upon with a lot more depth.

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Back at it! Still season one lol Next two weeks:

Wells Fargo championship:T21 (-3). Winner: Cameron Young (-15)


EA Sports Tiburon Championship:T56 (+1)
Winner: Tommy Fleetwood (-17)

Entering the PGA Championship at Oak Hill:

FedEx Cup ranking - 38th (+2)

World Golf rank - 42 (+4)


Up next is the 2nd major of the season, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill . I am doing full rounds on this. Already finished round one.

Front 9: 33 (-2). Birdies on 2, 4, and 8. Bogey on #6.

Back 9: 34 (-1). Bogey on 12 after a horrible drive far right. Bogey on 15 after missing green in the bunker on the infamous par 3. I eagled 13 after a terrific second shot with the 4 iron finesse shot. I put in the 12-foot eagle. Birdie on 14 as well. I was feeling great, then hole 15 got me.

Final round one: T8 (-3). Leader is tied (-5) between Jason Castro, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert Streb, and Hideki Matsuyama.



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[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Just had an amazing final round at Pinehurst in the US Open. Started the round two back of Tom Hoge...he was 7-under and I was 5-under, and we were in the final pairing of the day.

He pushed his lead to 4 strokes at one point on the front nine, getting it to -10, while I was stuck a bit in neutral at -6.

Then, all of a sudden, Hoge started to choke it away. Stepping up to the tee on Hole 15, I had the lead at -7, while Hoge fell back to -6. But Hoge birdies the par-3 15th and we're tied at -7!

He then dropped a shot on Hole 16, while I parred, giving me a one-stroke advantage again. We both par the 17th, so I have a one-shot lead heading to 18.

I hit a good tee shot, but sail my second over the green. I'm feeling at least an up and down gets me into a playoff, depending what Hoge does. I hit a shot from just off the green to about 4 feet away...which at Pinehurst is no gimmie. But my putt finds the bottom of the cup, and the leaderboard shows me that Hoge also made par, giving me the win by a single shot!

I'm in my 5th season, and this is my second US Open title - 5th major overall. I have yet to win the Masters in my career, so I am still in search of the elusive career grand slam.

[tarheelguy4736]

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Just had an amazing final round at Pinehurst in the US Open. Started the round two back of Tom Hoge...he was 7-under and I was 5-under, and we were in the final pairing of the day.

He pushed his lead to 4 strokes at one point on the front nine, getting it to -10, while I was stuck a bit in neutral at -6.

Then, all of a sudden, Hoge started to choke it away. Stepping up to the tee on Hole 15, I had the lead at -7, while Hoge fell back to -6. But Hoge birdies the par-3 15th and we're tied at -7!

He then dropped a shot on Hole 16, while I parred, giving me a one-stroke advantage again. We both par the 17th, so I have a one-shot lead heading to 18.

I hit a good tee shot, but sail my second over the green. I'm feeling at least an up and down gets me into a playoff, depending what Hoge does. I hit a shot from just off the green to about 4 feet away...which at Pinehurst is no gimmie. But my putt finds the bottom of the cup, and the leaderboard shows me that Hoge also made par, giving me the win by a single shot!

I'm in my 5th season, and this is my second US Open title - 5th major overall. I have yet to win the Masters in my career, so I am still in search of the elusive career grand slam.

Did you upgrade your golfer with the SP? I currently have my golfer upgraded, use no special specs, and have 3 click swing on with hard and I can still win a lot of tournaments. I also dont have wind speed on or the elevation.