Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf Available Now on Steam, Soon For Consoles

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Seems unlikely.....unless they want to incorporate the existing game into their simulators somehow to further 'game-ify' golf practice/simulators?

I think you're right!

[scagwi]

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Just a note that Virtual Golf 2 was released today by Trackman.

VG2 is built on (basically is) what Perfect Golf 2.0 was going to be...before Trackman purchased Perfect Parallel and the Perfect Golf IP.

So, PG1 is officially the old and essentially abandoned game at this point (sadly).

I’ve remained hopeful there’d be some bone thrown to PG1 on PC users, and maybe one day there will be, but as of now it looks like the future of this software has moved on and it, unsurprisingly, is for Trackman hardware users only.

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Just a note that Virtual Golf 2 was released today by Trackman.

VG2 is built on (basically is) what Perfect Golf 2.0 was going to be...before Trackman purchased Perfect Parallel and the Perfect Golf IP.

So, PG1 is officially the old and essentially abandoned game at this point (sadly).

I’ve remained hopeful there’d be some bone thrown to PG1 on PC users, and maybe one day there will be, but as of now it looks like the future of this software has moved on and it, unsurprisingly, is for Trackman hardware users only.

VG2 looks awesome, but sadly I don't think we'll ever see it made for a desktop PC. It is what a next-gen golf game should look like in 2019!

[scagwi]

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VG2 looks awesome, but sadly I don't think we'll ever see it made for a desktop PC. It is what a next-gen golf game should look like in 2019!

Yeah - I was holding out hope for some curveball of a quiet simultaneous release of PG2 in some form or another, but that was honestly dreaming..

This has gone as any good prognosticator would assume it would, unfortunately.

It's very bittersweet to see the evolution of the PG1 base and not be able to play it.

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I was applying the Dodgeball movie catch phrase the JNPG 1 at this point: aim low.

[scagwi]

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The fragments that are left of PP have assured the remaining players that the existing PG1 software and online play will continue to function in perpetuity as long as Steam supports it -- so that's good at least I guess..

Mac players already got the boot as something changed on Apple's end with their latest macOS Catalina and there's no staff or budget to do anything to make PG1 keep working for Mac users, which sucks for people who'd been playing it there. Those people are SOL on their purchased game and have to move on.

Ultimately, it's just a bit painful to know there's "the next gen" of the same game out there and you'll never get to play it.

Sucks.

I can't believe what a crappy situation sim oriented virtual golf is in given where it looked to be trending in 2014/2015.

It's done a complete nose dive and, to our knowledge publicly, there is nothing even being actively developed other than something like World Golf Tour.

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The fragments that are left of PP have assured the remaining players that the existing PG1 software and online play will continue to function in perpetuity as long as Steam supports it -- so that's good at least I guess..

Mac players already got the boot as something changed on Apple's end with their latest macOS Catalina and there's no staff or budget to do anything to make PG1 keep working for Mac users, which sucks for people who'd been playing it there. Those people are SOL on their purchased game and have to move on.

Ultimately, it's just a bit painful to know there's "the next gen" of the same game out there and you'll never get to play it.

Sucks.

I can't believe what a crappy situation sim oriented virtual golf is in given where it looked to be trending in 2014/2015.

It's done a complete nose dive and, to our knowledge publicly, there is nothing even being actively developed other than something like World Golf Tour.

And the absurdity of this situation is to think that a picture mosaic, pay to win game like World Golf Tour currently has over one million active subscribers I really do hope that Mike and Andrew are continuing to push for a PC version of Virtual Golf 2.

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And the absurdity of this situation is to think that a picture mosaic, pay to win game like World Golf Tour currently has over one million active subscribers

Somehow I doubt this number, but I do know that's where a lot of old TW arcade gamers are playing.

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Somehow I doubt this number, but I do know that's where a lot of old TW arcade gamers are playing.

WGT says they have over 5,200,000 registered owners, of which it is estimated that >1,000,000 are active. Either number blows me away! I guess the face that it's "free" is the reason for this, but with less that 20% remaining active, it shows me that the 'pay to play' aspect of it turns over 80% of those how download it off.

[scagwi]

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I wonder if we can count the active PG1 users on our hands and toes?

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I wonder if we can count the active PG1 users on our hands and toes?

Not quite... there were 22 players in the multiplayer lobby when I went in there Thursday night, of course some of them have probably been logged in since May, 2016!

[daflyboys]

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I'm in there off and on. Not really into league play any longer, especially ladders. I'm typically up for a friendly and I'll play most any conditions, just not in the rain ... I can get that **** in real life . User name is "Gordo". PM me here or look me up there.

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I'm in there off and on. Not really into league play any longer, especially ladders. I'm typically up for a friendly and I'll play most any conditions, just not in the rain ... I can get that **** in real life . User name is "Gordo". PM me here or look me up there.

I'll look you up there the next time I get on. I rarely play JNPG any more because I prefer the more responsive mo-capped golf animation in TGC 2019 to Hacker Harry of JNPG. It'll be next week before I can play JNPG again, but I'll definitely give you a shout when I do.

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Here it is almost three years after the announced release date, and FINALLY we see the next incarnation of Perfect Golf, using NVIDIA's Turf Effects for 3-D rough and HDR graphics - Virtual Golf 2. The only problem is you have to have a Trackman 4 launch simulator to play it :o It really looks better than I imagined it would. Check out the first gameplay video I've seen of it in action. The guy is playing approach shots on the practice course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=114&v=lPa3WBY8jZI&feature=emb_logo

Behind the scenes, the creators of Perfect Golf and Virtual Golf 2 are pushing for a PC version release, with possible console releases to follow. Not much to go on at this point, but it seams to be a shame to have course graphics that were created with Unity on a PC, playing before such a small, limited audience!

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Here's something closer to complete tee to green play (the golfer has auto-putt enabled) at Silverleaf Golf Club. The desert mountain backdrop is easily the best looking I've ever seen in ANY golf game or simulation! I questioned the poster and he says he's only interesting in ball striking and that's why he has it in auto-putt. I'd love to see how the full putting experience goes with this though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkPwto9xxs