The Golf Club 2019 Announced

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It looks like The Golf Club is going yearly for its release cycles, with The Golf...

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This is unbelievably good news today. I can't believe how they've responded to the call for online multiplayer support, and then went beyond all expectations with a platform and world ranking system for online matches that take place on approved courses. We can wager virtual coins on Skins matches... awesome! Oh, and we'll still be able to create private matches of all game types, including alt-shot as well... I'm speechless!

[DaveMN]

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I just hope the greens will behave more like grass and less like concrete.

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I just hope the greens will behave more like grass and less like concrete.

Well, they do speak to new ball physics in TGC 2019. I did see a slight improvement in this area from TGC 1 to TGC 2.

[OPDriver]

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Will the single player mode require an internet connection is what I want to know.

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Will the single player mode require an internet connection is what I want to know.

Probably for a lot of the gameplay options, yes. I'll see what I can find out about this. Jordan Ault spoke on the TGC 2019 update trailer about an in-depth, 40 event career mode option. It would be nice to be able to do that without a connection, but I have a strong hunch it will require it with that many courses.

[creator2700]

Certain aspects of  the course creator in TGC2 were such a mess on console, I just don't trust these guys to release a finished product.  I'll wait til it's half price to consider touching it this time.

[coopsta007]

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This is awesome news. Cannot wait to see what other features HB Studios has planned for this year's offering.

With TGC 2019's release date being slated for Q3 2018, that means we will have a new golf game in our hands between July-September of this year. Can't wait!!!

[Impetuous65]

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Are they still using that god awful "Unity" engine? Bad frame rates and annoying pop in after 2 games from unity or horrible optimization. If it's in the 3rd game, it's horrible optimization.

[kehlis]

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Wow, wasn't expecting this. Amazing news.

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Are they still using that god awful "Unity" engine? Bad frame rates and annoying pop in after 2 games from unity or horrible optimization. If it's in the 3rd game, it's horrible optimization.

On which platform are you playing TGC 2? I'm getting 60 to 70 FPS on my slightly better than average gaming PC at some very high detail settings. It's a bit sluggish (25 to 30 FPS) on my XBox One, for sure, but it seems to cuise along at what feels like about 33 to 45 FPS on the XBox One X.

They'll be using SpeedTrees, which will in turn allow them to do GPU Instancing in TGC 2019 This reportedly take a big processing load off the GPU. I guess we'll see what effect that has on the PC version in what appears to be late April, which was later announced today that the Early Access edition of the PC version would be available for purchase on Steam.

[jbd345]

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Meh, seems underwhelming for me. I’ll have to see more, but I’m not paying $40 for an update. I love this series, but this seems rushed.

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Meh, seems underwhelming for me. I’ll have to see more, but I’m not paying $40 for an update. I love this series, but this seems rushed.

I'm surprised they would rush a preview video to the scene, showing pre-alpha footage. Here's a comment I got from the Executive Producer when asking about this yesterday, after I'd commented about it and the fact that I thought the lighting frequently created a washed out look in TGC 2:

"The trailer footage from in game is not a representative of what the final product will look like. One major factor being you didn't see SpeedTree in game. We will also be doing a general lighting pass as well once everything is in there and we can get a good look at it."

What you can't see in that video is the changes they're making to the swing interface. They're progressing on with the tempo implementation, which I thought was a reasonably good start in TGC 2, to give it more nuance. This is what makes the game feel alive and vital to me.

Even with TGC 2's current, rudimentary 1:1 backswing to downswing tempo requirement for optimum tempo (whereas the average real life ration would be more like 1:4 or 1:5), it still gives the game a new dimension you have to manage to hit a good shot. That element of TGC 2 alone is responsible alone for me still playing the game this far into its life because I find its multiplayer and gameplay types lacking, outside of a reasonably well done tournament mode withing Societies.

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Will the single player mode require an internet connection is what I want to know.

Still no answer on this yet OPDriver, but I did pose the question in its own thread. It now has 65 page views, but no response. It'll get one eventually though.

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Will the single player mode require an internet connection is what I want to know.

Okay, just got an answer from HB Studios on this... here it is:

"I know JC has asked in a couple of places about needing an online connection. The answer to that question is yes, all modes except the course designer and local play require a connection. This is due to the tie into handicap, courses and virtual currency."