HB Studios Next-Gen golf game: The Golf Club

[J_Cauthen]

Since the single round daily tournaments have been getting low turnouts, understandable with it being tough for some to log on every day to play a round with work and life getting in the way, I am thinking for the next season of making a Monday thru Wednesday tournament with 2 or 3 rounds then everyone can just log in once in the first half of the week to knock out their rounds in one sitting or play one round a day if they prefer, will still keep the weekend tournaments Thursday thru Sunday at 4 rounds. Thoughts?

It sounds like a good idea to me. I know it would enable me to complete more tournaments with my rotating shift work schedule.

[DivotMaker]

Weekend results, Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!

I simply didn't have time to get my last two rounds in with all the Christmas appointments I had to make. I'd have finished over par anyway... I think I was +3 after two rounds, and trending for even higher scores.

-29 was a heck of a total Tim... that course had my number!

Thanks John. That course had a nice organic feel to it from a gameplay challenge perspective. It also ran and looked really good on the X.

Like you, I prefer to play on the X now even though it runs far better on my PC, the whole feel of playing on a 65” 4K HDR tv seems to immerse me far more than sitting at my desk looking at a 2K 32” screen.....

[DChaps]

Do any of you insiders know if there are any plans by the developers to give TGC2 the VR treatment like they did with the first one?

[J_Cauthen]

Do any of you insiders know if there are any plans by the developers to give TGC2 the VR treatment like they did with the first one?

At this point, they've officially state they have no plans for a VR version of TGC 2. I think they would have to build TGC 3 with the idea of VR in mind if they really want to make a mega hit out of it. There hasn't been that much interest or discussion about the current VR version, even though I hear it plays decently. There hasn't been a post in the VR forum room at HB Studtios since November 18th.

It seems the current VR players feel like they are playing a three year old version of the game. I'm sure it would look and play better with TGC 2, but with only 11,800 copies of The Golf Club VR sold, and the current The Golf Club 2 only selling 25% of the number of copies they sold of The Golf Club 1, I don't see where it would be economically feasible for them to produce a VR version of it.

[J_Cauthen]

Thanks John. That course had a nice organic feel to it from a gameplay challenge perspective. It also ran and looked really good on the X.

The course does have an organic feel and look to it. I had no problems with it per se. I'm in a funk where I continue to fall back into a groove where what feels like a good swing results in a left shot cone boundary tracing hook. When I try to correct it with an outside-in swing, I get a pull hook. If I move my thumb to 5 o-clock and slow the swing down a bit, I can get a straight shot, or one that fades reasonably. I can't make that swing feel natural to me and I eventually slide back into the hook swing.

Like you, I prefer to play on the X now even though it runs far better on my PC, the whole feel of playing on a 65” 4K HDR tv seems to immerse me far more than sitting at my desk looking at a 2K 32” screen.....

I'm playing on 2010 vintage 55" LCD display with mine and it looks and feels markedly better than my original XBox One. Looks and performance wise, it's still a league behind my PC, which I play on the same screen, it's mostly a matter of having the game on the same platform as the majority of my TGC 2 friends that sells me on playing this version the most.

If I'd never played the game on my gaming PC, I'd have no idea the XBox One X would be that far behind the PC version in performance. Still, I think if HB Studios made some code changes to the game to take advantage of the X, with The Golf Club 2 could be made to both play and look better via the X, than my gaming PC; but not likely your PC, which IMO is a hoss!

[Rodster]

Like you, I prefer to play on the X now even though it runs far better on my PC, the whole feel of playing on a 65” 4K HDR tv seems to immerse me far more than sitting at my desk looking at a 2K 32” screen.....

Why not hookup your PC rig to your 65" HDR TV? My PC gaming rigs have been hooked up to my HDTV's for years. In fact that's how my Steam PC is rigged up on my HDTV albeit a 1080p TV.

[dbdynsty25]

Since the single round daily tournaments have been getting low turnouts, understandable with it being tough for some to log on every day to play a round with work and life getting in the way, I am thinking for the next season of making a Monday thru Wednesday tournament with 2 or 3 rounds then everyone can just log in once in the first half of the week to knock out their rounds in one sitting or play one round a day if they prefer, will still keep the weekend tournaments Thursday thru Sunday at 4 rounds. Thoughts?

Agree with this...too hard to do it daily, but if I have 3 and 4 days to complete each, I'm in.

[DivotMaker]

Like you, I prefer to play on the X now even though it runs far better on my PC, the whole feel of playing on a 65” 4K HDR tv seems to immerse me far more than sitting at my desk looking at a 2K 32” screen.....

Why not hookup your PC rig to your 65" HDR TV? My PC gaming rigs have been hooked up to my HDTV's for years. In fact that's how my Steam PC is rigged up on my HDTV albeit a 1080p TV.

Nah, that’s Family Room and I’m not going to move my PC there.

That being said, my next purchase is likely the LG 4K HDR OLED 55” for my office that will replace my two monitors I have for my X, laptop, and PC....It will be a while before that happens though.

[DChaps]

The PC version of TGC2 is on sale on Steam for $15.99 (60% off)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/55451 ... lf_Club_2/

[DivotMaker]

Vader,

Another great course to add to the rotation....

http://www.hb-studios.com/forum/index.p ... icseen#new

Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, Idaho, USA

[pk500]

Vader,

Another great course to add to the rotation....

http://www.hb-studios.com/forum/index.p ... icseen#new

Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, Idaho, USA

Looks pretty and probably plays well, but I'm calling a bit of BS on the design. A seaside course ... in Idaho?

[DivotMaker]

Vader,

Another great course to add to the rotation....

http://www.hb-studios.com/forum/index.p ... icseen#new

Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, Idaho, USA

Looks pretty and probably plays well, but I'm calling a bit of BS on the design. A seaside course ... in Idaho?

Have yet to play it, and have not looked too closely at the pics, but if that’s the case, I agree. There are limitations in the designer, but I think the course could have been done using the correct theme.....

[DivotMaker]

Not sure this has been posted, but Valhalla has been released. It is by friendBOMBER and is spectacular.

The correct naming for it is Valhalla GC.

[J_Cauthen]

Vader,
Have yet to play it, and have not looked too closely at the pics, but if that’s the case, I agree. There are limitations in the designer, but I think the course could have been done using the correct theme.....

I played the first 5 holes and I think he went with the seaside theme because Lake Coeur d'Alene is 2 1/2 to 3 miles wide in places, and they just don't have the ability to create lakes that big in the game.

[Rodster]

Not sure this has been posted, but Valhalla has been released. It is by friendBOMBER and is spectacular.

The correct naming for it is Valhalla GC.

Based on a search I found Valhalla GC courses both by TGC Member? The first course had a 41/2 star rating and the other had a 3 star rating.

[DivotMaker]

Not sure this has been posted, but Valhalla has been released. It is by friendBOMBER and is spectacular.

The correct naming for it is Valhalla GC.

Based on a search I found Valhalla GC courses both by TGC Member? The first course had a 41/2 star rating and the other had a 3 star rating.

Choose the newest one. You might want to “friend “ friendBOMBER so you know it is his course.

[vader29]

Played Valhalla last week, was pretty good. Will check out Coeur d'Alene later tonight, just got a new Yamaha Atmos receiver and front Klipsch Atmos speaker add-ons and am in the process of getting everything connected, just waiting for some banana plugs coming through the mail.

[J_Cauthen]

There's something funky going on with the graphics for Coeur d'Alene. I've played the first five holes on both the X1 and PC versions of the course, and the pine trees and birch trees have some otherworldly pixelation going on with them at certain angles and 30 to 50 yard distances. The pine trees distort so bad at times that it's hard to identify them as pine trees. You can turn the camera a few degrees and the problem goes away in one spot, but then may reappear in another spot.

The course otherwise looks and plays great, but this is a blemish that sort of throws a wet blanket over it for me. I've never seen anything like it on any other course

[DivotMaker]

Played Valhalla last week, was pretty good. Will check out Coeur d'Alene later tonight, just got a new Yamaha Atmos receiver and front Klipsch Atmos speaker add-ons and am in the process of getting everything connected, just waiting for some banana plugs coming through the mail.

I’ve got a Denon 7.2 Atmos receiver, but my Klipsch speakers are not Atmos.....color mr envious!

Love to hear your impressions of them when you get a choice.....

[vader29]

Played Valhalla last week, was pretty good. Will check out Coeur d'Alene later tonight, just got a new Yamaha Atmos receiver and front Klipsch Atmos speaker add-ons and am in the process of getting everything connected, just waiting for some banana plugs coming through the mail.

I’ve got a Denon 7.2 Atmos receiver, but my Klipsch speakers are not Atmos.....color mr envious!

Love to hear your impressions of them when you get a choice.....

I had 2 front floor standing speakers, a center, 2 bookshelf surrounds and a 10 inch sub for a 5.1 system, all Klipsch speakers, added these today on top of my front floor standers: https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Surround ... B073VV9TTK and it does make the overall sound much better with sources that have Atmos, just need more sources that support it.

Played a round at Coeur d'Alene and it was a good course, definitely will add it to a future society event.

[vader29]

There's something funky going on with the graphics for Coeur d'Alene. I've played the first five holes on both the X1 and PC versions of the course, and the pine trees and birch trees have some otherworldly pixelation going on with them at certain angles and 30 to 50 yard distances. The pine trees distort so bad at times that it's hard to identify them as pine trees. You can turn the camera a few degrees and the problem goes away in one spot, but then may reappear in another spot.

The course otherwise looks and plays great, but this is a blemish that sort of throws a wet blanket over it for me. I've never seen anything like it on any other course

I didn't see anything out of the ordinary on this course, did have a graphical glitch with grass on a course a month ago, don't remember the course but it was just this one hole at the tee where turning ever so slightly made the high grass and bushes flash in front:

[J_Cauthen]

I'm not sure Vader, but the image you posted doesn't appear to be from Taulo Palo's Coeur d'Alene course. Here's an image of the 4th tee, illustrating what I'm talking about:



See that garish pine tree right in the middle of the screen. Taulo said that it was because he was right on the borderline of the planting limit, or so he was told by HBS.

[DivotMaker]

Played Valhalla last week, was pretty good. Will check out Coeur d'Alene later tonight, just got a new Yamaha Atmos receiver and front Klipsch Atmos speaker add-ons and am in the process of getting everything connected, just waiting for some banana plugs coming through the mail.

I’ve got a Denon 7.2 Atmos receiver, but my Klipsch speakers are not Atmos.....color mr envious!

Love to hear your impressions of them when you get a choice.....

I had 2 front floor standing speakers, a center, 2 bookshelf surrounds and a 10 inch sub for a 5.1 system, all Klipsch speakers, added these today on top of my front floor standers: https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Surround ... B073VV9TTK and it does make the overall sound much better with sources that have Atmos, just need more sources that support it.

Played a round at Coeur d'Alene and it was a good course, definitely will add it to a future society event.

Thanks Vader....Klipsch Atmos speakers is my next entertainment center investment.

[vader29]

I'm not sure Vader, but the image you posted doesn't appear to be from Taulo Palo's Coeur d'Alene course. Here's an image of the 4th tee, illustrating what I'm talking about:



See that garish pine tree right in the middle of the screen. Taulo said that it was because he was right on the borderline of the planting limit, or so he was told by HBS.

Just played this course again with 10spro and now noticed the Minecraft tree graphics on a few holes.

[Danimal]

For some reason on the 1X 95% of my swing have slow tempo on the downswing. Could this be a result of the 1X controller?