When you run the ball, how many of you hold the speed burst button down from the second you get the handoff? I'm asking because I read an article on here yesterday where the guy was saying it's better NOT to use it like that and to use it only when you are in open field? I don't understand that. No disrespect to the guy that wrote the article but I just don't see it that way. I hold it down from the get go because I want to hit the holes, the corner, whatever as fast as possible. I'm not an expert at the game but I've had decent success running the football this way forever. I just don't see an advantage from making your running back slower if you can speed him up a tad by just hitting a button. What are ya'lls thoughts?
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the game seems to cheat when you hold speed burst.
what i do is get the ball on the handoff, right stick juke to pick a hole, then accelerate as i hit the LOS. that works best for me. -
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Well when you don't press the sprint button all of your moves as a running back are more effective. Your jukes, spins, stiff arms and highlight stick are all more effective and you can cut and see cutback lanes better. The game also seems to be programmed to have the d-line break their blocks if you sprint by them.Comment
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in previous versions, doing what you do, holding sprint button from get-go, has worked well and hasnt been a problem or a reason not too.
however, i've noticed that in this year's game, when i just hold it from the start i sometimes cant get to the cutback lanes or bounce outside when they open. if the original hole is there it is fine, but if the d plugs that hole and forces me somewhere else, im not able to get there.
but if i wait just a second to see the hole before i hit sprint, i have more success. i can see the holes better. once i see the hole, i hit the button and run through.Comment
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still trying to kick the habit of instantly holding down speed burst. I have noticed my running is more effective when I don't sprint from the get-go.Huskers | Chelsea FC | Minnesota United | OmahaComment
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I thought the Right Trigger / Sprint button cast +2 Spell of Visibility on my runner. B/c I'm pretty sure he's invisible until I press that button.Last edited by Redskins Pride; 07-17-2009, 02:29 PM.Xbone gamertag: horsehockey75Comment
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I usually try not to use the Sprint button until there is a clear path. I love the running game from I-form this year. just played a game where ran the ball 54 times for 270 yards on default Heisman against an equal team. nothing longer than 25 yards, but did get a few over 15. i mixed in a bunch of inside runs with a few outside runs.Comment
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If you've ever seen Jaquizz Rodgers from Oregon State run, that's who you should emulate to have a lot of success in this year's game. Just stick behind a guard or a tackle for as long as possible, and then hit the burst when there are wide receivers throwing blocks downfield. I'm averaging 7 yards a carry on Heisman with sorry Stephen Simmons of Northwestern.Comment
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I hold sprint from the get go and it works like a charm imo. When I dont hold it, the RB moves extremely slow and the D just seems to swallow him up even easier. Most of the time you can even get into the open without getting an explosion through the hole. So sorry, Im not buying the dont hold sprint button, because I have video highlights galore of breaking long runs with fast and slwoer RBs, on Heisman using this technique. I'll stick to holding sprint. I will say that sometimes you need to let it go so that you can make a cut back or what not, but if you got stick skills you can maneuver your RB in and out of traffic just fine holding sprint!Comment
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Its worthless to compare this game to real life players because it plays nothing like real life football, it has a long ways to go. And Ive never hid behind lineman to gert free, I find the hole and hit, all while setting up blocks and taking what the defense gives me. You cant break em all, so sometimes you gotta just take the 3 or 4 yards and be happy you didnt lose any.Comment
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It depends. On plays where I've got to hit the hole & go I may use turbo fairly quickly. I broke a 30 yard TD last night on an outside zone play where the hole was right there and I just accelerated through it. On plays where I might need to wait for blocks to develop like tosses & power o plays, I'll be a little more patient.Comment
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the speed burst is my least favorite part of this game. the way the game is coded is that once you you hit the burst so does the D. you can let off but the cpu doesnt. and they can make cuts while still in burst. last year i had to put rb ability on 15 just to combat the speed of hb's and make the speed burst button more realistic. this year is much better. still got to drop that ability sliders some when they get it working.Comment
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open field running, and when im trying to bounce outside..thats itComment
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This is how I approach running:
If I see a hole on an inside handoff, I hit speed burst right away (I'm looking for a hole while the QB is handing the RB the ball)
If I don't see a hole, I don't and hope that one will open up, or I just try to go up the gut anyway and force my way through and get a couple yards.
On counters and off tackle runs where a guard is pulling I wait until he engages a block on a linebacker coming from the playside and split that side's tackle and the pulling guard.
On tosses and off tackles without a pulling guard I just speed burst right away.Comment
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