EA Sports PGA TOUR Impressions (Console)

[scagwi]

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I have also noticed that gdog has used the "Finesse" shot type on almost every single hole.

In real golf -- what is a "finesse" shot?

Does one sort of lightly massage the grip?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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In real golf -- what is a "finesse" shot?

Does one sort of lightly massage the grip?

Sure looks like it's what I could usually call a "pitch" shot...at least it acts like one, with a quick stop and backspin.

Also, he's -6 thru 9. He's driven 3 of the par-4s off the tee due to massive golf ball rollout.

He's playing what he calls the "middle" difficulty, with boost/spin and tracers turned off manually.

[jbd345]

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Turn off controller vibration from the system settings. Swing feels much more fluid albeit still slow.

[golfnut67]

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Sure looks like it's what I could usually call a "pitch" shot.

Also, he's -6 thru 9. He's driven 3 of the par-4s off the tee due to massive golf ball rollout.

He's playing what he calls the "middle" difficulty, with boost/spin and tracers turned off manually.

That's what I was playing, then changed the swing difficulty to "harder". I don't really notice much of a difference yet.

Everything just feels so slow. It's running smoothly and looks great, but the actual swing and just everything about how it feels is...sloooow. I saw something in the beginning when setting my my player about choosing how fast of a swing you prefer. It's on normal now, I'll change it to faster and see if that actually speeds up the actual swing mechanic, or if it just compensates the fast/slow feedback reading after the swing.

Feeling very deflated here...

[scagwi]

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@golfnut67

What platform are you playing on?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Switched to another stream...someone was looking at the "Challenges" part of the game.

There are over 500 of them in total, divided into specific events or tours. So, for example, there are LPGA ones, Masters ones, etc.

And I assume they will be adding more of them as new moments happen in real life golf.

Back to gdog...he hit into the rough again at St Andrews and the lie was again 98-100%. That seems really bad and would need to be fixed. There's no penalty for hitting into the rough...Respawn chimed in on the chat of the stream, and he also said he's had no lie of less than 100%, even out of the rough.

[Freakywwe]

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Back to gdog...he hit into the rough again at St Andrews and the lie was again 98-100%. That seems really bad and would need to be fixed. There's no penalty for hitting into the rough...

Yeah that's gotta be a glitch or something. Why introduce lie % effect if it's not going to be affected by the rough?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Yeah that's gotta be a glitch or something. Why introduce lie % effect if it's not going to be affected by the rough?

Gdog was wondering if it was because this was an amateur event and conditions might be set to super easy?

But yeah, the tall grass having no penalty is silly.

[scagwi]

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Guy on reddit nailed it:

"I had a hunch it would feel like s*** and look like heaven."

https://www.reddit.com/r/EASportsPGA...t_all/jess4ld/

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Drives are rolling way too much. I just had a 265 carry, slightly uphill, that rolled 63 more yards(!) after touchdown. Uphill. Sheesh.

Gdog just had a 267 carry drive end up 355 total...I know it's at the Old Course, but almost 100 yards of roll?

[ataranto2]

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Graphics are incredible, the flyover shots before each hole are absolutely jaw dropping. Commentary and presentation are fantastic as well.

I’m really confused about the impressions on difficultly being too easy, I’m a pretty solid player on 2k, I’ll usually shoot -5 to -10 a round, and I’m really struggling to hit fairways and greens on simulation difficulty right now. I shot +6 at Augusta and +1 at Pebble. If my swing path is off on the swing stick, I’m paying for it. If my down swing is fast, I’m paying for it. This applies to the putting as well. Not really sure how every one is chipping in and holing out every single shot clearly that’s not on simulation difficulty..

[Freakywwe]

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Gdog was wondering if it was because this was an amateur event and conditions might be set to super easy?

But yeah, the tall grass having no penalty is silly.

mmm that's possible, didn't realize he was in career in the Amateur championship.

[golfnut67]

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@golfnut67

What platform are you playing on?

PS5.

Does anyone know how to reset the difficulty? It asked me once at the very beginning, I chose Tour, but I want to go to Sim and make everything as hard as possible. I've been in every menu 10 times and can't see how to switch it?

[Oba]

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These impressions aren't giving me much hope

[Freakywwe]

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Graphics are incredible, the flyover shots before each hole are absolutely jaw dropping. Commentary and presentation are fantastic as well.

I’m really confused about the impressions on difficultly being too easy, I’m a pretty solid player on 2k, I’ll usually shoot -5 to -10 a round, and I’m really struggling to hit fairways and greens on simulation difficulty right now. I shot +6 at Augusta and +1 at Pebble. If my swing path is off on the swing stick, I’m paying for it. If my down swing is fast, I’m paying for it. This applies to the putting as well. Not really sure how every one is chipping in and holing out every single shot clearly that’s not on simulation difficulty..

Yeah, seeing multiple takes that it's too easy, and multiple takes that it's too hard lol. So as usual with all video game releases, you won't actually know until you sit down and play the game