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Post by fransslabak on Aug 10, 2023 13:29:10 GMT -5
Played the first two rounds at Merion - what a shame the 2k23 version is so much worse than the original; used to be my favourite course… ☹️
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 10, 2023 13:39:19 GMT -5
Played the first two rounds at Merion - what a shame the 2k23 version is so much worse than the original; used to be my favourite course… ☹️ Worse in what way?. Visually it looks way better than on 2K21, by quite a margin really.
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Post by fransslabak on Aug 10, 2023 13:41:23 GMT -5
Played the first two rounds at Merion - what a shame the 2k23 version is so much worse than the original; used to be my favourite course… ☹️ Worse in what way?. Visually it looks way better than on 2K21 by quite a margin. Not on my screen… Also the bunkers in front of the short par 3 are completely unrealistic. I’ve played the 2k21 version literally dozens of times because it was my home course in a league, and that version looked and played so much better.
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 10, 2023 13:46:19 GMT -5
Worse in what way?. Visually it looks way better than on 2K21 by quite a margin. Not on my screen… Also the bunkers in front of the short par 3 are completely unrealistic. I’ve played the 2k21 version literally dozens of times because it was my home course in a league, and that version looked and played so much better. Maybe a console thing then, Merion looks fantastic on my PC in native 4K and especially HDR lighting. No comparison it is so much better looking course than 2K21 version. Also 2K21 you had to use windows auto HDR which over saturated the greens and over brightened bunkers, then in SDR the colours just looked flat and washed out. Also the lighting in 2K23 is so much better than the last game so courses really shine, much better global illumination used.
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Post by longpole on Aug 10, 2023 14:06:22 GMT -5
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Post by Craig / Hendomedes on Aug 10, 2023 14:14:01 GMT -5
Instant ban for gloating well played New Big Gun! (NBG) Edit: gloating, not floating lol bloody phone
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Post by Craig / Hendomedes on Aug 10, 2023 14:20:28 GMT -5
Worse in what way?. Visually it looks way better than on 2K21 by quite a margin. Not on my screen… Also the bunkers in front of the short par 3 are completely unrealistic. I’ve played the 2k21 version literally dozens of times because it was my home course in a league, and that version looked and played so much better. I'm the same with some courses Frans where the colours or something in 23 (or the depth of field on console, or whatever causes it) throws me totally out of wack compared to 21. Honestly, I don't get that with Merion but I probably get it with other courses that some other people don't. I may have said once or twice I hate the visuals in 23 on console full stop 🤔😂 I'll die on the hill that courses (and greens in particular) looked far better in 21 on console. I think it's just really poorly optimised. Don't start me! Lol Honestly I don't know Merion too much beyond playing it in games so I'm not too sure how faithful this version is at all and I was lucky enough to avoid those bunkers on that par 3. I think you mean the huge bunker in front of the 140ish yard one? I had to play the next two quickly tonight off stream (sorry longpole) but it's tight at the top on Xbox so far and I'm hoping LP is up there after three and I can have a ghost battle for round 4 over the weekend at some point.
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 10, 2023 14:24:15 GMT -5
Not on my screen… Also the bunkers in front of the short par 3 are completely unrealistic. I’ve played the 2k21 version literally dozens of times because it was my home course in a league, and that version looked and played so much better. I'm the same with some courses Frans where the colours or something in 23 (or the depth of field on console, or whatever causes it) throws me totally out of wack compared to 21. Honestly, I don't get that with Merion but I probably get it with other courses that some other people don't. I may have said once or twice I hate the visuals in 23 on console full stop 🤔😂 I'll die on the hill that courses (and greens in particular) looked far better in 21 on console. I think it's just really poorly optimised. Don't start me! Lol Honestly I don't know Merion too much beyond playing it in games so I'm not too sure how faithful this version is at all and I was lucky enough to avoid those bunkers on that par 3. I think you mean the huge bunker in front of the 140ish yard one? I had to play the next two quickly tonight off stream (sorry longpole ) but it's tight at the top on Xbox so far and I'm hoping LP is up there after three and I can have a ghost battle for round 4 over the weekend at some point. What a great rivalry you 3 have so close after 4 rounds. Nothing beats that. Hopefully I can get a rival that I can keep up with on Simulation Tour.Maybe Doyley Had a sh%$ day was sitting on the M25 hard shoulder for an hour an a half with a broken down van that I paid 10 thousand for just 5 months ago, I haven't even done 3 thousand miles in it yet. Cam belt gone which can seriously damage the engine I am told. Lucky it's just under warranty by 7 days Now will Simulation Tour calm me down or the opposite 😧
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 10, 2023 16:21:58 GMT -5
Really good start but really disappointing finish.
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Post by Craig / Hendomedes on Aug 11, 2023 3:55:21 GMT -5
I'm the same with some courses Frans where the colours or something in 23 (or the depth of field on console, or whatever causes it) throws me totally out of wack compared to 21. Honestly, I don't get that with Merion but I probably get it with other courses that some other people don't. I may have said once or twice I hate the visuals in 23 on console full stop 🤔😂 I'll die on the hill that courses (and greens in particular) looked far better in 21 on console. I think it's just really poorly optimised. Don't start me! Lol Honestly I don't know Merion too much beyond playing it in games so I'm not too sure how faithful this version is at all and I was lucky enough to avoid those bunkers on that par 3. I think you mean the huge bunker in front of the 140ish yard one? I had to play the next two quickly tonight off stream (sorry longpole ) but it's tight at the top on Xbox so far and I'm hoping LP is up there after three and I can have a ghost battle for round 4 over the weekend at some point. What a great rivalry you 3 have so close after 4 rounds. Nothing beats that. Hopefully I can get a rival that I can keep up with on Simulation Tour.Maybe Doyley Had a sh%$ day was sitting on the M25 hard shoulder for an hour an a half with a broken down van that I paid 10 thousand for just 5 months ago, I haven't even done 3 thousand miles in it yet. Cam belt gone which can seriously damage the engine I am told. Lucky it's just under warranty by 7 days Now will Simulation Tour calm me down or the opposite 😧 I'm not sure it's the right phrase but that was a stroke of luck it was just inside warranty. Was that from a dealership I take it? Still a pain in the arse that hopefully you get sorted soon. I see it didn't affect the golf too much though. Nice start for sure. I had to bash out round 4 last night. Maybe longpole will stream it... Edit: I didn't pull up any trees or anything. We just need more Longpole on the airwaves haha
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 12, 2023 9:25:02 GMT -5
What a great rivalry you 3 have so close after 4 rounds. Nothing beats that. Hopefully I can get a rival that I can keep up with on Simulation Tour.Maybe Doyley Had a sh%$ day was sitting on the M25 hard shoulder for an hour an a half with a broken down van that I paid 10 thousand for just 5 months ago, I haven't even done 3 thousand miles in it yet. Cam belt gone which can seriously damage the engine I am told. Lucky it's just under warranty by 7 days Now will Simulation Tour calm me down or the opposite 😧 I'm not sure it's the right phrase but that was a stroke of luck it was just inside warranty. Was that from a dealership I take it? Still a pain in the arse that hopefully you get sorted soon. I see it didn't affect the golf too much though. Nice start for sure. I had to bash out round 4 last night. Maybe longpole will stream it... Edit: I didn't pull up any trees or anything. We just need more Longpole on the airwaves haha Thanks Craig, they took the van yesterday and I can't get a back up vehicle till Wednesday so I have had to hire a car to get to work Monday and Tuesday as it's about 2 hours and 40 minute with public transport to get there. Noticed on your Sanctuary stream you had HDR on and was able to stream on Twitch. I know Twitch won't actually show in HDR but it's nice that you don't have to turn it off to stream. I have had to upload to YouTube and when using native 4K it takes a long time. You say you got yourself an OLED TV, which one did you go for?
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 12, 2023 9:32:01 GMT -5
Kinsley Manor was a real test of endurance, good course management and patience. Tough pin positions a firm course of which requires precise scrambling, makes any score near to par very good scoring. A real test of not making too many mistakes to undo good holes. Palutena played 4 rounds of great golf to win by 5 strokes, MR LONGPOLE edged past his XBOX rivals horuspheonix and Hendomedes by 1 stroke with a superb 4th round to finish 2nd. Low rounds were brilliant 62's by Hendomedes in round 1 and Palutena in round 2. Special mention of 2 superb final rounds of 70 by MR LONGPOLEx and booze2407 in extremely difficult conditions.
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Post by colly45 on Aug 12, 2023 16:32:26 GMT -5
Round 2 was a little less up & down 🏌️
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Post by Craig / Hendomedes on Aug 13, 2023 2:47:30 GMT -5
I'm not sure it's the right phrase but that was a stroke of luck it was just inside warranty. Was that from a dealership I take it? Still a pain in the arse that hopefully you get sorted soon. I see it didn't affect the golf too much though. Nice start for sure. I had to bash out round 4 last night. Maybe longpole will stream it... Edit: I didn't pull up any trees or anything. We just need more Longpole on the airwaves haha Thanks Craig, they took the van yesterday and I can't get a back up vehicle till Wednesday so I have had to hire a car to get to work Monday and Tuesday as it's about 2 hours and 40 minute with public transport to get there. Noticed on your Sanctuary stream you had HDR on and was able to stream on Twitch. I know Twitch won't actually show in HDR but it's nice that you don't have to turn it off to stream. I have had to upload to YouTube and when using native 4K it takes a long time. You say you got yourself an OLED TV, which one did you go for? That puts into perspective just how small Northern Ireland is. I'm on the road a fair bit for work and when I have to drive an hour to get somewhere I'm raging lol Yeah funny I meant to mention that HDR thing. I'm fairly certain that used to be locked off on performance mode on Xbox. Unless I maybe just didn't enable it because the HDR on my old monitor wasn't up to much. I think it makes the stream look a little washed out but it's nice on the TV for sure and - maybe my imagination - I felt I could read the greens better with it enabled. I got the LG C2. I've had it a few months now and love it.
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Post by hammers1man on Aug 13, 2023 5:26:51 GMT -5
Thanks Craig, they took the van yesterday and I can't get a back up vehicle till Wednesday so I have had to hire a car to get to work Monday and Tuesday as it's about 2 hours and 40 minute with public transport to get there. Noticed on your Sanctuary stream you had HDR on and was able to stream on Twitch. I know Twitch won't actually show in HDR but it's nice that you don't have to turn it off to stream. I have had to upload to YouTube and when using native 4K it takes a long time. You say you got yourself an OLED TV, which one did you go for? That puts into perspective just how small Northern Ireland is. I'm on the road a fair bit for work and when I have to drive an hour to get somewhere I'm raging lol Yeah funny I meant to mention that HDR thing. I'm fairly certain that used to be locked off on performance mode on Xbox. Unless I maybe just didn't enable it because the HDR on my old monitor wasn't up to much. I think it makes the stream look a little washed out but it's nice on the TV for sure and - maybe my imagination - I felt I could read the greens better with it enabled. I got the LG C2. I've had it a few months now and love it. I have the LG C2 42 inch for my PC, changed from an IPS 4K 400 nits HDR monitor. I had a stuck pixel and argued the case with Amazon that I am not accepting dealing with manufacturer so they gave me a refund. Paid about £150 more than the monitor price.for the C2 and picture quality in games and movies is on another level to the IPS screen. You have to be carefull with a PC on an OLED as burn in issues on a static screen but I do look after it. The auto dimming protection can be a bit annoying but I don't spend long hours on the desktop. I like the TV so much I bought the 55 inch LG C2 for the lounge and got an amazing deal for £800, that's £250 less than the 42 inch cost me. Regarding HDR calibration for XBox there is an option to calibrate for games in the console's menu. I set 2K23's HDR brightness setting to 234 and I find a big improvement over the more washed out SDR setting. You don't need to calibrate the C2's HDR settings I find and it switches automatically to game optimiser when playing games which is great and has Gsync and Freesync. I have calibrated it for SDR content as I wasn't happy with the factory settings, there are great YouTube guides if you want to do that.
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