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  • The Kid 24
    It's Show Time!
    • Jan 2007
    • 14762

    #1

    PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

    I figured it would be a good idea to have a thread to post what settings everyone is using for AI sliders/settings.

    Post away!


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  • bigkev
    Pro
    • Apr 2019
    • 911

    #2
    Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

    AI doesn't mean much, it depends of what difficulty level you're playing. I remember some were complaining that expert AI was not -24 and better a round in TW14. Those guys were obviously not playing sim diagonal swing but with all aids on including putt preview, zoom to aim and mid-air spin. Seeing all those guys playing legend mode in this game unable to break par, I would guess settings would be one of the easiest for career mode.

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    • The Kid 24
      It's Show Time!
      • Jan 2007
      • 14762

      #3
      Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

      Originally posted by bigkev
      AI doesn't mean much, it depends of what difficulty level you're playing. I remember some were complaining that expert AI was not -24 and better a round in TW14. Those guys were obviously not playing sim diagonal swing but with all aids on including putt preview, zoom to aim and mid-air spin. Seeing all those guys playing legend mode in this game unable to break par, I would guess settings would be one of the easiest for career mode.

      Sorry, I meant the sliders that you can do for how AI plays and things like that... I can post with what I’m talking about tomorrow when I have the game.

      MrArlingtonBeach posted in a different thread that there’s a bunch of things you can change for AI and such in career mode.


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      • Wavebird99
        MVP
        • May 2009
        • 1203

        #4
        Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

        Curious to see what people recommend for the AI as well. On "default" (Normal everything), I played two rounds on the Q School Final last night in Career mode. First round I shot a -6, which was good enough for 3rd. (Someone shot a -8). Next & final round, I ended up shooting only a -1 (bumped the difficulty up for this round), but the winning score was -10, so I was pleased to see that someone didnt shoot -8 two rounds in a row or something. (Which is certainly possible but very challenging obviously).

        I'm sure on harder difficulty settings that happens more consistently.

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        • UpTheIrons
          Rookie
          • Sep 2005
          • 96

          #5
          Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

          Simply loving this game and with these awesome difficulty settings, I might be better at real golf than this game (but don’t hit it as far). Super challenge and I feel like it’s GOLF and not meter-watching on swings. Short game ESPECIALLY a challenge with these.

          Difficulty preset: custom
          Swing difficulty: pro
          Swing timing: on
          Distance control meter: putting only (gotta feel the shots)
          Distance control assist: off (makes short game a super challenge)
          Putt preview: 0
          Course yardage: on
          Pro Vision: all off except True Shot and Trajectory “on” (not aim only)
          Scout camera: on
          Lie grid: on
          Green grid: on
          Pin preference: out
          Aim marker: on
          Wind display: meter only
          Distance display: carry

          OTHER
          Show flag marker: on
          Ball trail: off

          CAREER SETTINGS
          Opponent difficulty: Normal
          Conditions difficulty: Normal
          Rounds Per: for Q-School just 1 but will do 4 rounds for everything else.
          CPU Skill: 80%
          CPU Event Skill Deviation: 5%. (Seems like this should be higher, but leaving for now.)
          CPU Round Skill Deviation: 10%. (Ditto.)
          CPU attendance: 90%
          Wind: medium
          Fairway and green firmness: default
          Green speed: default


          I hope this helps others. I’m 0-3 in Q-School but missing only by a stroke each time.

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          • miamikb2001
            Pro
            • Feb 2008
            • 794

            #6
            Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

            Originally posted by UpTheIrons
            Simply loving this game and with these awesome difficulty settings, I might be better at real golf than this game (but don’t hit it as far). Super challenge and I feel like it’s GOLF and not meter-watching on swings. Short game ESPECIALLY a challenge with these.

            Difficulty preset: custom
            Swing difficulty: pro
            Swing timing: on
            Distance control meter: putting only (gotta feel the shots)
            Distance control assist: off (makes short game a super challenge)
            Putt preview: 0
            Course yardage: on
            Pro Vision: all off except True Shot and Trajectory “on” (not aim only)
            Scout camera: on
            Lie grid: on
            Green grid: on
            Pin preference: out
            Aim marker: on
            Wind display: meter only
            Distance display: carry

            OTHER
            Show flag marker: on
            Ball trail: off

            CAREER SETTINGS
            Opponent difficulty: Normal
            Conditions difficulty: Normal
            Rounds Per: for Q-School just 1 but will do 4 rounds for everything else.
            CPU Skill: 80%
            CPU Event Skill Deviation: 5%. (Seems like this should be higher, but leaving for now.)
            CPU Round Skill Deviation: 10%. (Ditto.)
            CPU attendance: 90%
            Wind: medium
            Fairway and green firmness: default
            Green speed: default


            I hope this helps others. I’m 0-3 in Q-School but missing only by a stroke each time.

            Gonna try these I have yet to make it


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            • dazzer169
              Rookie
              • Sep 2019
              • 18

              #7
              Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

              CPU AI in this game being now "seeable" via the Pro's, has me excited firstly, but dubious about how genuine they are secondly.

              I know they have put sliders in so we can choose the Skill Level of the CPU AI before starting our Careers....................but I really do need to find out if the shots that pop up occasionally, showing some of their shots as "just happened"............how do we know that these are not all pre-recorded in terms of the ball lie, ball physics, ball path, where the ball ends up, i.e. most times in the hole. All they needed to do was create about 1000 of them, and of course as shots come up to show us, they change the Pro playing the shot, and make it all look genuine, make it fit the course they are on, the look of the weather etc.

              I do hope I am wrong, and that there is some genuine CPU AI going on in the background playing their shots using parameters similar to ours.

              What kind of makes me feel my gut feeling is correct is due to them being reluctant to show us all their shots being played, as Rory's did, as the Tiger games did.

              Why put a coder on this game to create a genuine CPU AI in the background if all the game shows is one off shots, mostly for the ball ending up in the hole? I don't go along with the theory that the modern gamer "has no interest in watching AI shots", because I damn well do, in fact if it had an option to watch CPU playing all the shots, I would be all in on that, this game looks beautiful on PC and deserves a genuine CPU AI to be in it.

              If this CPU AI is 100% genuine and every shot we that we witness from the Pro's was organically having already been played live in the game, in the background before we see it.......then THIS GAME is one of the greatest sports games ever created.

              I just need to find out for sure!!!
              Last edited by dazzer169; 08-23-2020, 03:34 AM.

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              • UpTheIrons
                Rookie
                • Sep 2005
                • 96

                #8
                Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                Originally posted by UpTheIrons
                Simply loving this game and with these awesome difficulty settings, I might be better at real golf than this game (but don’t hit it as far). Super challenge and I feel like it’s GOLF and not meter-watching on swings. Short game ESPECIALLY a challenge with these.

                Difficulty preset: custom
                Swing difficulty: pro
                Swing timing: on
                Distance control meter: putting only (gotta feel the shots)
                Distance control assist: off (makes short game a super challenge)
                Putt preview: 0
                Course yardage: on
                Pro Vision: all off except True Shot and Trajectory “on” (not aim only)
                Scout camera: on
                Lie grid: on
                Green grid: on
                Pin preference: out
                Aim marker: on
                Wind display: meter only
                Distance display: carry

                OTHER
                Show flag marker: on
                Ball trail: off

                CAREER SETTINGS
                Opponent difficulty: Normal
                Conditions difficulty: Normal
                Rounds Per: for Q-School just 1 but will do 4 rounds for everything else.
                CPU Skill: 80%
                CPU Event Skill Deviation: 5%. (Seems like this should be higher, but leaving for now.)
                CPU Round Skill Deviation: 10%. (Ditto.)
                CPU attendance: 90%
                Wind: medium
                Fairway and green firmness: default
                Green speed: default


                I hope this helps others. I’m 0-3 in Q-School but missing only by a stroke each time.
                Minor update...NO tweaks to these sliders and I've now passed Q-School (birdie on last hole to make it) and in my first KF Tour event I'm currently in 35th place after two rounds. VERY challenging -- I'm fighting on every hole. I feel no need to make slider tweaks at this time. Hope this helps.

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                • baconbits11
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2014
                  • 2595

                  #9
                  Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                  Originally posted by dazzer169
                  If this CPU AI is 100% genuine and every shot we that we witness from the Pro's was organically having already been played live in the game, in the background before we see it.......then THIS GAME is one of the greatest sports games ever created.

                  I just need to find out for sure!!!
                  It would be interesting to find this out, because as you said, it true, would be one of the greatest things in sports gaming ever. Even better than NFL2K5 which showed highlights of other games. As we know now, the ones in NFL2K5 were just scripts and not organically created. These are the only two games I can think of where you can see gameplay of other CPU opponents.

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                  • bmf395
                    Rookie
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 123

                    #10
                    Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                    Why are all the Korn Ferry tournaments set to easy or easiest? I have my settings on hard. Is there a way to change this?

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                    • UpTheIrons
                      Rookie
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 96

                      #11
                      Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                      Originally posted by bmf395
                      Why are all the Korn Ferry tournaments set to easy or easiest? I have my settings on hard. Is there a way to change this?
                      I think the easy you are seeing is the course setup, not your set difficulty level.

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                      • Hunkerdown
                        MVP
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 5415

                        #12
                        Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                        Korn Ferry: I am doing pro am custom settings, and easy for AI scoring, playing 4 rounds per tourney.

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                        • raffybigscoops
                          Rookie
                          • Aug 2019
                          • 42

                          #13
                          Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                          Originally posted by UpTheIrons
                          Minor update...NO tweaks to these sliders and I've now passed Q-School (birdie on last hole to make it) and in my first KF Tour event I'm currently in 35th place after two rounds. VERY challenging -- I'm fighting on every hole. I feel no need to make slider tweaks at this time. Hope this helps.
                          Just applied these sliders. I preorded but I’ve been doing a course create because I’ve never played an HB Studios golf game and I’m scared to actually start lol. Doesn’t help that my right stick is faulty and I can’t even shoot half the time. Regardless, have you made any adjustments to the CPU Event/Round Skill Deviation?

                          Also, if anyone is hesitant to create a course because it’s confusing, this guy Crazycanuck1985 makes great tutorials. This is his 2k21 playlist:

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                          • talucchesi
                            Pro
                            • Nov 2012
                            • 509

                            #14
                            Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                            Originally posted by raffybigscoops
                            Just applied these sliders. I preorded but I’ve been doing a course create because I’ve never played an HB Studios golf game and I’m scared to actually start lol. Doesn’t help that my right stick is faulty and I can’t even shoot half the time. Regardless, have you made any adjustments to the CPU Event/Round Skill Deviation?

                            Also, if anyone is hesitant to create a course because it’s confusing, this guy Crazycanuck1985 makes great tutorials. This is his 2k21 playlist:

                            https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...9kORMJ4jacde0P
                            I'm going with similar settings.

                            My adjustments are 79% cpu skill, 12 cpu event deviation, 10 cpu round deviation, 90 attendance.

                            Ive simulated a few seasons. Getting solid results like a high of -29 and a low of -7. I need more testing though. I'd also love more insight from others because there doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there currently on what the most realistic settings are

                            Edit: I stand corrected. This reddit posted has some great finding through rigorous testing - https://www.reddit.com/r/PGA_Tour_2K...nd_heres_what/
                            Last edited by talucchesi; 08-28-2020, 01:21 AM. Reason: Stand corrected
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                            • MrArlingtonBeach
                              MVP
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 4522

                              #15
                              Re: PGA Tour 2K21 Career Mode AI Settings

                              Originally posted by talucchesi
                              Edit: I stand corrected. This reddit posted has some great finding through rigorous testing - https://www.reddit.com/r/PGA_Tour_2K...nd_heres_what/
                              Oof...that's some pretty damning research there about how the career mode sim engine is essentially broken - or at the very least, super heavily skewed toward the licensed golfers winning tons of times on Tour. I know the old TW games really boosted Tiger's ability and made him win a lot, and it seems 2K is doing the same thing for Justin Thomas here...

                              Looks like, from that Reddit research anyway, I will be changing my settings to 80% CPU skill, 40% CPU Event Skill Deviation, and 20% CPU Round Skill Deviation. Eventually, I can adjust the course settings to make things a little harder, and maybe bump up CPU skill, if needed.
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