Drive and Range

[Danke]

2 questions:

How to use the Drive properly (the club not the cart)? My shots always go super low and land almost right away.

Is there a practice range? I did find the simulation screen, which, first, why? We have VR, why have a fake range screen. And 2, it has a tree right in the middle of it, so I can't use it.

[The Loafer]

Read the many threads on the tree. Quick possible answer (unsure since it’s been a while): it was likely put there to prevent the range from working as they don’t have the license anymore

[Dark Raye]

For using your driver (club): when I started playig this game I couldn't hit ♥♥♥♥ too. Watching actual golf instruction video's on youtube, there's a lot of them, helped me learn to hit every club & different shots. Most of it really works in the game! Thats why imho this game is far more awesome then it sometimes gets credit for.

[Hooker]

Two things that make hitting the ball work correctly for me. Keep your left elbow perfectly straight on the back swing and make a full follow thru. With those the game becomes much easier, except for that danged 4 iron.

[Dark Raye]

Originally posted by Hooker:

Two things that make hitting the ball work correctly for me. Keep your left elbow perfectly straight on the back swing and make a full follow thru. With those the game becomes much easier, except for that danged 4 iron.

Dude, whats up with that friggin 4 iro right??? For months my 4 was my trusty, consistant 150. Now for at least 1,5 years cant hit that club for ****! It's a weird club

[Hooker]

Originally posted by Raye B47:

Originally posted by Hooker:

Two things that make hitting the ball work correctly for me. Keep your left elbow perfectly straight on the back swing and make a full follow thru. With those the game becomes much easier, except for that danged 4 iron.

Dude, whats up with that friggin 4 iro right??? For months my 4 was my trusty, consistant 150. Now for at least 1,5 years cant hit that club for ****! It's a weird club

I've had the game for about a year and have never been able to hit the 4 iron more than 140 yards. I hit the 3 iron about 200 yards which is what I expect. So I don't have a clue what's up with the 4 iron. The 5 iron is almost as bad, but I average about 167 yards with a 6 iron. Go figure. Unfortunately the gap between the 3 and 6 irons really hurts my game.

[Dark Raye]

Originally posted by Hooker:

Originally posted by Raye B47:

Dude, whats up with that friggin 4 iro right??? For months my 4 was my trusty, consistant 150. Now for at least 1,5 years cant hit that club for ****! It's a weird club

I've had the game for about a year and have never been able to hit the 4 iron more than 140 yards. I hit the 3 iron about 200 yards which is what I expect. So I don't have a clue what's up with the 4 iron. The 5 iron is almost as bad, but I average about 167 yards with a 6 iron. Go figure. Unfortunately the gap between the 3 and 6 irons really hurts my game.

Yup, I play this game A LOT for I think 3 years now and I can confirm almost everything you said! I can use the 5 iron occasionally but for me it sits distance right between 7 and 8 iron, so hardly ever makes sense... 4 iron is mostly total **** lol.
For between 6 iron and 3 iron though, my 3 wood does a good job! Plus you can affect distance quite a bit by moving the bal forward/backward in your stance and lofting/delofting your club by pressing your clubhandle forward or backward.

Hey a friend of mine and me play together a lot, it's really fun and laughs and we're ALWAYS looking for more players to spice it up!
Up to four players can play together, so if you're ever interested just let me know or friend-request me! We play purely fun and laughs and love for golf, so no pressure or weird fanatic ****.

Anyways, stay healthy guys!

[Fargin' Bastige]

For you guys with distance inconsistencies, is there a way to reset the clubs and have the game relearn from the training pad? You'd probably get more consistent yardages if you teach the game in a one-off practice session using each club a few times.

[Hooker]

Originally posted by Fargin' Bastige:

For you guys with distance inconsistencies, is there a way to reset the clubs and have the game relearn from the training pad? You'd probably get more consistent yardages if you teach the game in a one-off practice session using each club a few times.

I've wandered through all the local files that are editable (mostly xml) and haven't found any way to reset anything. I'm presuming all the club data is hardcoded. It would be nice to have an option to at least reset all the statistics. They are really unrealistic because of the data recorded during the learning curve.

[BookerGrimm]

I reset the floor height by putting my controller flat on the floor and made sure that the club was exactly flat to the grass and that got me a couple of 100% contact strikes. I managed 260 with the driver then. Other clubs are kind of hit and miss - I can get more distance with my 5 wood (220) than my 3 wood (185)! It seems that contact and speed are the real factors. My 4 iron goes about 2 feet. :)

[Mr Tee]

I created a Practice Driving / Chipping / Putting Range for my own use. I just published it if anyone is interested. Just search "VR " (space after VR). I also created a Par 3-4 Practice Corse for myself. I hope you like it.

[BookerGrimm]

Originally posted by Mr Tee:

I created a Practice Driving / Chipping / Putting Range for my own use. I just published it if anyone is interested. Just search "VR " (space after VR). I also created a Par 3-4 Practice Corse for myself. I hope you like it.

Thanks for this. I created a course called Castle Coch Remastered. Which is a 9 hole par 3 course in Wales near me. I published it too.