Tiger Woods 09

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:05 am

You're already taking the challenge. Say there's a long drive challenge on a par 5. If your drive is farther than the challenge marker you win the challenge. Obviously, your ball must be in the fairway.

If you beat the challenge, pull the right trigger to upload your drive to create a Challenge for others to try and beat.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:08 pm

PRBoom wrote:You're already taking the challenge. Say there's a long drive challenge on a par 5. If your drive is farther than the challenge marker you win the challenge. Obviously, your ball must be in the fairway.

If you beat the challenge, pull the right trigger to upload your drive to create a Challenge for others to try and beat.

Good enough. I wish there was a way to only see your "friends" challenges.
How the heck am I going to beat these TW maniacs that play 15 hours a day?
Has anyone here ever beat one of these challenges?

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:11 pm

JackB1 wrote:
PRBoom wrote:You're already taking the challenge. Say there's a long drive challenge on a par 5. If your drive is farther than the challenge marker you win the challenge. Obviously, your ball must be in the fairway.

If you beat the challenge, pull the right trigger to upload your drive to create a Challenge for others to try and beat.
Good enough. I wish there was a way to only see your "friends" challenges.
How the heck am I going to beat these TW maniacs that play 15 hours a day?
Has anyone here ever beat one of these challenges?

I beat a handful...One was with a hole in one...

I wasnt looking for them. They just popped up.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:13 pm

JackB1 wrote:Good enough. I wish there was a way to only see your "friends" challenges.
How the heck am I going to beat these TW maniacs that play 15 hours a day?
Has anyone here ever beat one of these challenges?

I have beaten many of the challenges and I only have 15 hours total invested in the game....

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:22 pm

JackB1 wrote: How the heck am I going to beat these TW maniacs that play 15 hours a day?
Has anyone here ever beat one of these challenges?

I just finished the Justin Rose challenge and in total just three of the many players' challenges. Some of them really takes more than a couple of times to accomplish but again, I reiterate, this year's version keeps me coming back to beat a specific challenge instead of getting frustrated and quitting them altogether like in the past couple of versions.

What's the overall skill with everyone's created player? I am at about 7.5 with a good short and better putting game but lack omph in the power department.

Metman24 · Post by **Metman24** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:00 pm

The only problem I see with the Gamernet challenges, is that it seemingly rewards "cheesers". I saw a challenge last night that was a distance challenge, and it was a 377 yard drive! I don't want to power up my character to hit shots that long. I think it takes the fun away when the attributes get to high.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:26 pm

10spro wrote:
What's the overall skill with everyone's created player? I am at about 7.5 with a good short and better putting game but lack omph in the power department.

I am only 2 days in and my created player is around 5.5

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:00 pm

JackB1 wrote:
10spro wrote:
What's the overall skill with everyone's created player? I am at about 7.5 with a good short and better putting game but lack omph in the power department.
I am only 2 days in and my created player is around 5.5

Overall is a bit over7.

What level have we decided on...Ive been doing Tour Pro.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:59 pm

XXXIV wrote:Overall is a bit over7.

What level have we decided on...Ive been doing Tour Pro.

TOUR Pro exclusively here.....

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:04 pm

I finally got through enough to be able to have a 0% sweet spot.

It's too bad they didn't let you adjust distance because at 0% the game feels cheesy because of the 340 yards drive. I might try and "de-juice" my drives under 270 to lower my power. I don't know what effect that will have.

I wish the game was harder. At 0% sweet spot, I shot -9 at Doral and that was with a OB on 18 because I wasn't paying attention. I have 0% sweetspot on everything other than my wedges becuase I haven't unlocked that wedge.

My drive club tuning settings are 100% power, 100% workability, 0% spin, and 10 degree driver. I set the 12% driver to lower distance and it has made the game difficult and brought in wind a lot more.

My quibble over the courses is I wish they could have made the goarse at the scottish courses. St. Andrews is not one big green carpet.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:13 pm

My only quibble with the courses is that I'm disappointed they dropped Firestone.

Otherwise though, I love the game! Had a crazy Tiger challenge last night, the one where you play Natalie Goulbis in match play. I was 3 up with only three holes to play, but couldn't put her away. It took five holes of sudden death to beat her! Good stuff!

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:18 pm

I sure am spending a lot of time with the coach

Tour Pro is not easy for me. It makes it all that more rewarding when a make a good shot.

Good stuff!

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:28 pm

lexbur wrote:My only quibble with the courses is that I'm disappointed they dropped Firestone.

Yeah that sucked. I love that course.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:25 am

JRod wrote:
I wish the game was harder. At 0% sweet spot, I shot -9 at Doral and that was with a OB on 18 because I wasn't paying attention. I have 0% sweetspot on everything other than my wedges becuase I haven't unlocked that wedge.

My drive club tuning settings are 100% power, 100% workability, 0% spin, and 10 degree driver. I set the 12% driver to lower distance and it has made the game difficult and brought in wind a lot more.

I also wish the game was harder. My drives in the fairway rate must be 95%. Would raising the spin% make it harder?

I am guessing you could get rid of your driver and use a long iron or a fw wood of the tee all the time. Find somethiig that gives you the distance you think is right...like 225-250 or somewhere like that. That would make your approach shots harder.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:35 am

So how much different is '09 vs '08? Is it worth the $60 if I still have '08? The impressions seem to indicate there are just new 3 courses and the rest is polish.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:15 am

JackB1 wrote:I also wish the game was harder. My drives in the fairway rate must be 95%. Would raising the spin% make it harder?

I agree. The club distances in the game have rendered the courses toothless when you reach higher skill levels. EA is considering the feedback on club distances and other swing feedback for a patch. Nothing has been decided, but I will say the majority of the feedback in other forums mirrors the same feedback here.

Thry increasing "Workability" and see if that makes it more challenging. I am using Club Tuner to tone down the distances on my clubs so that the courses have some challenge. Working pretty well so far, but it is becoming a chore when Hank Haney comes up at the end of the round telling me that I need to get my "power" up....

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:18 am

Rodster wrote:So how much different is '09 vs '08? Is it worth the $60 if I still have '08? The impressions seem to indicate there are just new 5 courses and the rest is polish.

Fixed.

Traded 08 in last week. 09 is just a much better game, but it tends to get too easy at the higher skill lvels. At least it is manageable and playable as the swing sensitivity in 09 is better than the military Golf/OB-fest that was 08 in TOUR Pro....IMO.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:54 am

DivotMaker wrote:Traded 08 in last week. 09 is just a much better game, but it tends to get too easy at the higher skill lvels. At least it is manageable and playable as the swing sensitivity in 09 is better than the military Golf/OB-fest that was 08 in TOUR Pro....IMO.

The playability is the biggest difference for me. 08 was incredibly frustrating for me, even on balanced, while playing 09 on TOUR is giving me a great game of golf. I have to concentrate on every shot but am not getting punished with an OB every time I mess up.

What is the ideal level for challenge/realism for you guys--my golfer's rating is ~5 right now, should I just jump into a PGA Tour season at this point?

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:36 pm

TW09 patch announcement:

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jsp ... &tstart=15

Hello Everyone,
The upcoming Tiger Woods 09 update will make minor improvements to online including the EASW website, game play and addressing the issue’s with Custom Drills. Additionally we have added a Powercap password system to help balance gameplay drive distance. The target release date for the patch is the end of September.

Here is a breakdown of the issues that will be addressed in the upcoming patch:

Coach Drills Crash

Reversal of green and fairway speeds

Photoface Timeout on EASW

Unable to obtain “member’s fees” and “big spender” achievements for a created character on the same boot.

Incorrect Gamertag receiving gamernet post achievement

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:38 pm

DivotMaker wrote: Reversal of green and fairway speeds

Meaning?

Some of those putts that kept rolling shouldnt have?

?

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:42 pm

XXXIV wrote:
DivotMaker wrote: Reversal of green and fairway speeds

Meaning?

Some of those putts that kept rolling shouldnt have?

?

When the speed said Slow, it was very fast and vice versa...

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:36 pm

DivotMaker wrote:
JackB1 wrote:I also wish the game was harder. My drives in the fairway rate must be 95%. Would raising the spin% make it harder?
I agree. The club distances in the game have rendered the courses toothless when you reach higher skill levels. EA is considering the feedback on club distances and other swing feedback for a patch. Nothing has been decided, but I will say the majority of the feedback in other forums mirrors the same feedback here.

Thry increasing "Workability" and see if that makes it more challenging. I am using Club Tuner to tone down the distances on my clubs so that the courses have some challenge. Working pretty well so far, but it is becoming a chore when Hank Haney comes up at the end of the round telling me that I need to get my "power" up....

The answer would be to allows for distance set-up in the club tuner screen.

And the shot stick needs refinement. On tour mode, any slight deviation from a perfect shot results in a slight push/fade/draw/pull. This would result in greens and fairways being missed.

Right now Tiger is more focused on distance control then accuracy. This makes the long iron game slightly easy if all you do it nail down the distance. It's a lot like links in that regard, if you could get the right iron and spin you could shoot lights out. I would love to see Tiger get miss shots right. Not all missed shots are OB, most are hitting in the wrong places; on the short side of a green, too far on a dog-leg, pushes and pulls.

As for the short game, the producer's make Sunday's pin hard by putting then in the smack middle of a shelf. Huh? Even the crazy USGA doesn't do this.

I think the short game camera should be change. Instead of the behind the golfer view, the camera should focus on a top down view. You should only see the putter and the pull. This would making putting harder for tour mode players, and it eliminate the animation problems.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:53 am

Finished my 1st PGA event last night...which was on the easiest (IMO) course in the game....and I shot a -1 for the 4 rounds. Tiger won the event at -14. Looks like the rubberband AI is pretty much gone. I finally got enough cash to get some "real" clubs last night. I feel like a punk using "EA" irons...come on, I am a pro! I picked up a set of Pings for like $8000 of my earnings. Highlight of my round was a 106 yd PW that I spun back in for an eagle in round 4. It got me to -4 for the tournament but then I triple bogeyed the 72nd hole to go to -1

I am liking the game a lot more than last year. That being said, it will be going on the back burner for a bit once NHL 09 and RB2 arrive. The fall always kicks my ass with games.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:20 am

Didn't see this posted. Pretty cool.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil ... olf,106157

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:36 am

DivotMaker wrote:
Thry increasing "Workability" and see if that makes it more challenging. I am using Club Tuner to tone down the distances on my clubs so that the courses have some challenge. Working pretty well so far, but it is becoming a chore when Hank Haney comes up at the end of the round telling me that I need to get my "power" up....

Good idea. I will try increasing "workabilty". In theory, that would make the club less forgiving and cause imperfect swings to hook or slice more. The driving distance problem is an easy fix...ALWAYS use a 5 or a 3 Wood. Or trade your driver in for an extra wedge (does it allow this?). Another way is to ALWAYS use the 3rd putter. I know its a pain to always move that pointer back, but it makes putting more realistic IMO. Just set the putter horizontally first to adjust for break and then move it straight back until you reach near 100% for the 3rd putter.