How does this make any sense?

[cwattyeso]

Have been playing online against a friend of mine, I’m using a Powerhouse Archtype with 85 Points in their Power Attribute and have also unlocked and applied Power Drive Shot Type in skills.
My friend is using a Technician who has only got 65 points in Power Attribute and has nothing unlocked or applied in Shot Types and Skills beside basic drive.
On every single hole he is able to out drive me and by a comfortable amount. He’s getting about 340 off the tee with Driver and I can’t even get past that with a Power Drive?
What is wrong with my Powerhouse and why is he so weak off the tee? I have my drive maxed out currently with Evo Tools as the game allows currently, so am getting the max distance out of the club currently.
My friend reckons it’s because I very rarely get “Perfect” for swing path and contact on my swing. Whilst that is correct, I’m normally only a couple of degrees off the marker at both ends and the ball is still going plenty straight enough. Does the misses of those markers really nerf the distance that badly off the tee? If so what is the point in me playing as a Powerhouse? My level 99 Technician is only a few yards behind him off the tee and has obvious other benefits to the rest of their game that more than makes up for the distance shortfall.

[Tom Foolery]

I'm a little confused about your post. You state your power is 85 with evo tools maxed. You didn't mention anything about fittings. A power of 80 with your driver with 5 power fittings would give you a rating of 99. I use those settings and easily get 30 yards with power drive. With flat fairways and no wind I hit it about 340. Even with slight miss hits. A tech with power at 80 with power fittings seems to be the best option overall. Once you hit 85OVR.

[Dud]

Failing to get "Perfect" in any of the four swing parts will affect distance, whether that is the only reason for your lack of distance I cant say.

[sowebee2]

My Technician is just hammering on the tee.

[cwattyeso]

Originally posted by Tom Foolery:

I'm a little confused about your post. You state your power is 85 with evo tools maxed. You didn't mention anything about fittings. A power of 80 with your driver with 5 power fittings would give you a rating of 99. I use those settings and easily get 30 yards with power drive. With flat fairways and no wind I hit it about 340. Even with slight miss hits. A tech with power at 80 with power fittings seems to be the best option overall. Once you hit 85OVR.

I don't use any Power Fittings on my Driver, I felt the Powerhouse wouldn't or shouldn't need them. Instead I went with 3x Contact Fittings, and 2x Swing Path fittings to try and make it more forgiving and less penalising on the non-perfect swing elements.

[Crispy™]

There's a bug (or a feature) that sets one player on the black tees and another player (your friend, in this case) on the whites, or, in other words, closer to the green.

You can tell this when looking at the total distance to the pin for your player when he's about to tee off vs. his. His should read less, probably about the distance you're complaining about.

The fix, for now, is, when setting up the round, go into the course settings and "lock out" all the tee box colors except black. That will force both/all players to tee off from the exact same distance.

[cwattyeso]

Originally posted by Crispy™:

There's a bug (or a feature) that sets one player on the black tees and another player (your friend, in this case) on the whites, or, in other words, closer to the green.

You can tell this when looking at the total distance to the pin for your player when he's about to tee off vs. his. His should read less, probably about the distance you're complaining about.

The fix, for now, is, when setting up the round, go into the course settings and "lock out" all the tee box colors except black. That will force both/all players to tee off from the exact same distance.

Oh no we already clocked that one the first time we played, the game gave us different tees and different pin locations. So before every round I as the room creator, make sure to set the tees to the longest yardage and always set the pins to the round 4 or sunday pins, to ensure everything is fair and even in that sense.

The only other difference between me and my friend is he plays on Pro Difficulty Settings and I play on Semi-Pro, but in my head I think that should swing things more in my favour, my swings misses should be less punished then his, and therefore any yardage loss or penalty should again be far less noticeable for me then for him.

[LilyWhitesN17]

What about "Flight" add-on for balls? I think I saw a big jump from ~310 to 340+

[Mondyrocks]

Sounds like you're losing a percentage of your power on the downsing.
It will tell you this as it won't say perfect and will say something like (-0.02 seconds -8%) as an example.

This also works the other way and your friend could be swinging fast and gaining distance....

[Master Blaster]

simple way to test if its your build it to play him Pro Am or and see if you out drive him or not if so...its your build losing to much power during swing

[MP]

All power fittings on the driver and using flight consumable balls to get an extra +10 yards on top at the tee .

[Capt.EO]

lol . pay to get a better one . too bad real life isnt like this game everyone would be tiger woods .

thats why in real golf there are rules regarding equipment so that everyone has pretty much the same thing .

because of that , skill and luck are what makes real golf actually interesting... not who bought the best clubs too bad that this arcade game has hardly any of either of those attributes .

[SpotFord]

totally arcade, i have not nor will i play ranked.

[Capt.EO]

Originally posted by LilyWhitesN17:

What about "Flight" add-on for balls? I think I saw a big jump from ~310 to 340+

i want those balls.

[MP]

Originally posted by Capt.EO:

Originally posted by LilyWhitesN17:

What about "Flight" add-on for balls? I think I saw a big jump from ~310 to 340+

i want those balls.

You already have them ... hehe

[Darren Daulton]

The speed of you backswing affects the power of your shot.