Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jet Sufferer

Does this setting only change for the players default swing? Meaning that if he plays a natural fade that you can change to 6-12 and he will still hit his fade or will he hit it straight? Also if you want to hit a fade will you still need to swing 5-11 or will you just change your stance and swing 6-12 and produce a fade like it was in Tiger 12? Thanks

My understanding is your golfer will hit straight.....and your swing analyzer will show a 6 to 12 o'clock orientation....

[Gerg04]

Am I the only one that can't achieve a perfectly straight line up and back diagonally for the draw/fade? On puts and straight chips it is a solid straight line. But no matter what I do, it's never perfectly straight on the draw/fade.

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[RipCity71252]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gerg04

Am I the only one that can't achieve a perfectly straight line up and back diagonally for the draw/fade? On puts and straight chips it is a solid straight line. But no matter what I do, it's never perfectly straight on the draw/fade. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

Nope. I think EA is trying to replicate the notion the pro's never really ever hit a perfectly straight shot. They're always trying to shape something with respect to their lie, hazards, and hole location.

I agree though with an earlier poster who mentioned that the slight draws and fades shouldn't force the user to swing at such extreme diagonals.

[Gerg04]

Quote: Originally Posted by RipCity71252

Nope. I think EA is trying to replicate the notion the pro's never really ever hit a perfectly straight shot. They're always trying to shape something with respect to their lie, hazards, and hole location. I agree though with an earlier poster who mentioned that the slight draws and fades shouldn't force the user to swing at such extreme diagonals.

Yea I understand that part. What I'm wondering is, on the straight shots, ie chips and putts, my back and forth swing produces a perfectly straight line on the swing meter. However the draw/fades I can NEVER achieve that. Which is fine and realistic. Just wondering if it's only me.

Edit: playing simulation difficulty

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[Love13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gerg04

Yea I understand that part. What I'm wondering is, on the straight shots, ie chips and putts, my back and forth swing produces a perfectly straight line on the swing meter. However the draw/fades I can NEVER achieve that. Which is fine and realistic. Just wondering if it's only me. Edit: playing simulation difficulty Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

It's definitely a fine art. I've hit a few pretty close, never got perfectly straight that I recall, but pretty darn close to the point the ball goes right where it's supposed to. Actually just thinking about while I was writing this, I've never got it perfect on a fade but I have on a draw. I have found its easier to hit a draw for me, and I have also found that there seems to be a little more forgiveness on a draw vs a fade. Seems if I barely mi**** a draw it still goes basically where I'm aiming, but a small mi**** on a fade turns into a slice very quickly.

And I do play on sim difficulty.

[kerosene31]

Quote: Originally Posted by RipCity71252

Nope. I think EA is trying to replicate the notion the pro's never really ever hit a perfectly straight shot. They're always trying to shape something with respect to their lie, hazards, and hole location. I agree though with an earlier poster who mentioned that the slight draws and fades shouldn't force the user to swing at such extreme diagonals.

This is exactly what is killing the game for me. I get that pros never hit a straight shot, but the angles are totally extreme. I don't understand it. I get if you are trying to bend some crazy shot around a bend or something, but a tiny little fade shouldn't be such a low percentage shot.

My thumb simply can't do it with any consistency. I can't even get any kind of a smooth swing going with the thumb. Basically, what I will have to do is turn the controller and try to swing with two fingers.

The past few years I just can't find a good difficulty to play with. Tour pro is mostly too easy, unless I try to draw or fade a shot. Anything above that and I don't think I can ever break par, even with practice. The demo only has perfectly easy conditions. Wait until the wind cranks up and the greens become lightning fast.

[Gerg04]

Quote: Originally Posted by kerosene31

This is exactly what is killing the game for me. I get that pros never hit a straight shot, but the angles are totally extreme. I don't understand it. I get if you are trying to bend some crazy shot around a bend or something, but a tiny little fade shouldn't be such a low percentage shot. My thumb simply can't do it with any consistency. I can't even get any kind of a smooth swing going with the thumb. Basically, what I will have to do is turn the controller and try to swing with two fingers. The past few years I just can't find a good difficulty to play with. Tour pro is mostly too easy, unless I try to draw or fade a shot. Anything above that and I don't think I can ever break par, even with practice. The demo only has perfectly easy conditions. Wait until the wind cranks up and the greens become lightning fast.

This is true about the conditions. I do enjoy the difficulty/reward but I tend to agree with you, I may always find it frustratingly hard. I don't mind having to draw or fad most shots, just wish there was a little more forgiveness. We'll see with the full game, I'm readying and willing to hunker down and be terrible for a little while as long as my game can eventually improve.

BTW if you're playing as tiger and using his default fade, try changing to a drawn its much more comfortable IMO.

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[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by kerosene31

This is exactly what is killing the game for me. I get that pros never hit a straight shot, but the angles are totally extreme. I don't understand it. I get if you are trying to bend some crazy shot around a bend or something, but a tiny little fade shouldn't be such a low percentage shot. My thumb simply can't do it with any consistency. I can't even get any kind of a smooth swing going with the thumb. Basically, what I will have to do is turn the controller and try to swing with two fingers.

Then turn Advanced Shot Shaping OFF in the Gameplay Options and you won't have to worry about it.