Altitude Effects
#1
Posted 07 March 2016 - 06:02 PM
Just thinking aloud about the mention of a practice range in the public forum for testing effects at different altitudes.
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#2
Posted 07 March 2016 - 08:51 PM
If a range was created with say 5 holes all at 1000ft intervals, would the ball flight be affected the higher you went or would all 5 holes play the same?
Just thinking aloud about the mention of a practice range in the public forum for testing effects at different altitudes.
That's a pretty good question, wouldn't know but will be impressed if it should work like that.
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#3
Posted 07 March 2016 - 08:54 PM
I am not certain, but I believe they would
all play to the maximum height of the course.
Hope I'm wrong as it's a cool idea.
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#4
Posted 08 March 2016 - 01:40 AM
I'd suggest maybe reducing the altitude effect by about 25-30 percent, perhaps more. To me it feels like it might be a little bit exaggerated.
Since I moved to Colorado I've become probably one club longer overall. The one time that I really noticed a significant change in distance was when I went up to Breckenridge to play the Nicklaus course, which is over 9,000 feet.
I feel like I only need to play at about 2500 feet in Perfect Golf to get a one club reduction. At one point I had tried playing Sapphire Lake set at one mile high (i.e. Denver) and I felt it was so pronounced that the game was almost impossible to play.
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#5
Posted 08 March 2016 - 07:29 AM
I'd suggest maybe reducing the altitude effect by about 25-30 percent, perhaps more. To me it feels like it might be a little bit exaggerated.
Since I moved to Colorado I've become probably one club longer overall. The one time that I really noticed a significant change in distance was when I went up to Breckenridge to play the Nicklaus course, which is over 9,000 feet.
I feel like I only need to play at about 2500 feet in Perfect Golf to get a one club reduction. At one point I had tried playing Sapphire Lake set at one mile high (i.e. Denver) and I felt it was so pronounced that the game was almost impossible to play.
This is why we need to be able to test the elevation effect on a driving range that is set up in the mountains... to ensure that A: we know what the heck to expect at varied elevation changes; and B: whether or not these changes are even being applied realistically.
#6
Posted 08 March 2016 - 05:23 PM
Way overboard IMO. Even the best of us are not gonig to need atmospheric pressure variables to make the game more difficult or more realistic in Pro and Tour Pro levels.
#7
Posted 08 March 2016 - 05:26 PM
Way overboard IMO. Even the best of us are not gonig to need atmospheric pressure variables to make the game more difficult or more realistic in Pro and Tour Pro levels.
The developers have decided to instate elevation variables. So, it only makes sense that temperature and pressure would have an impact as well, since their impact alone can negate elevation effects, or amplify them.
Either way, we need to be able to test the game-play altitude adjustments... because, it's unrealistic to assume that every possible environmental factor will be included in the "feel" of these shots.
#8
Posted 08 March 2016 - 05:56 PM
...it's unrealistic to assume that every possible environmental factor will be included in the "feel" of these shots.
Many other things to focus on in this game's development other than atmospheric variables. I think that's enough discussion on this topic, at least it is for me.
#9
Posted 08 March 2016 - 06:18 PM
It is just something else to be considered as PG strives to be the best golf game out there, something which IMO they are already well on the way to doing.
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#10
Posted 10 March 2016 - 03:45 AM
As the earth rotates on it's axis the speed changes in the afternoon and speeds back up at evening time so I hit my ball accordingly - all you noobs out there should do the same ....
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#11
Posted 10 March 2016 - 07:59 AM
I don't remember which one it was, but when one of Pete Dye's courses opened, they said it was so long "you needed to figure in the curvature of the Earth" to play it..... might have been Kiawah.
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