PGA TOUR 2K21 August 6 Streaming Content Thread

[OnlookerDelay]

I nearly fell out of my chair when Respawn introduced and demonstrated the swing calibration tool... awesome! I certainly wasn't expecting it!! I'm also shocked at the degree of customization there is in the game difficulty. This is more feature rich than I ever dreamed it would be.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

TheApexHound, starting his PGA 2K21 career mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXiQYdaGtsU

Right off the bat, AI Opponent Difficulty levels in career mode seem a bit crazy...these are the average round scores to beat:

Very Easy, -2 to -3 per round
Easy, -5 to -6
Normal, -8 to -9
Hard, -11 to -12
Very Hard, -15 to -16

One cool thing is that it appears you can adjust the rounds per event based on event type. So you can set up career mode to have regular tour events to be two rounds, majors to be four rounds, etc.

[Freakywwe]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrArlingtonBeach

TheApexHound, starting his PGA 2K21 career mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXiQYdaGtsU Right off the bat, AI Opponent Difficulty levels in career mode seem a bit crazy...these are the average round scores to beat: Very Easy, -2 to -3 per round Easy, -5 to -6 Normal, -8 to -9 Hard, -11 to -12 Very Hard, -15 to -16 One cool this is that it appears you can adjust the rounds per event based on event type. So you can set up career mode to have regular tour events to be two rounds, majors to be four rounds, etc.

Disppointing about the scores. One of the bigger problems in 2K19 was to play from the black tees, you'd need to basically play -10 - -12 under golf per round to even have a chance. Was hoping to see that changed but oh well


Everything else is looking promising. I was really on the fence about this but looks like a definite improvement in pretty much every area. Presentation is MILES ahead from 2K19, an area I really didn't expect to get much love. Colour me hyped

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by Freakywwe

Disppointing about the scores. One of the bigger problems in 2K19 was to play from the black tees, you'd need to basically play -10 - -12 under golf per round to even have a chance. Was hoping to see that changed but oh well

I am watching a YouTube video now by Jim Gem on career mode, and it seems the scores may change based on your other difficulty settings, or perhaps what tour you are on.

Those scores I mentioned above were from TheApexHound video where he began playing in Q-School to get on the Korn Ferry Tour. In Jim Gem's video (watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8jHTqOgdy8), he jumps right into the PGA TOUR and gets the following AI Opponent Difficulty settings:

Very Easy, -1 to -3 per round
Easy, -4 to -6
Normal, -7 to -10
Hard, -9 to -13
Very Hard, -12 to -17

So, perhaps, scores adjust based on other factors, too.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Some not-so-good gameplay news...

Just saw this on the TGC Tours forums:

"At the top of your backswing a 1 second pause through a 4s pause will always produce exactly 96% power. Verified at RespawnTV."

Hopefully that gets fixed.

[wheels2121]

Does this apply to career mode? So if I wanna play a 4-round tournament I’d have to shoot 40-under to win?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheels2121

Does this apply to career mode? So if I wanna play a 4-round tournament I’d have to shoot 40-under to win?

Here's a screen shot, taken from the Jim Gem video that shows AI Opponent Difficulty settings:



The AI Opponent Difficulty was taken straight from the Career Mode setup menu. So, if you jump right into PGA TOUR and set the AI difficulty to Hard, the scores to beat will be, on average per round, -9 to -13.

So potentially, yes - with AI Opponent Difficulty set to Hard, the top AI scores will average from -36 to -52 for a four-round event.

[scagwi]

Is there overswing now?

Apex videos just kept showing 100% power (no 101, 99, 103, etc) -- at least for the few minutes I watched