The Golf Club is the only game in town right now for golf fans, so it helps that it’s actually pretty good, and that HB Studios are making hay with the PGA Tour license. They’ve announced two free DLC updates, the first of which is being brought to the game later this week on 4th October.
It sports a new PGA Tour course, the Atlantic Beach Country Club, which will be integrated into the game’s acreer mode schedule, as well as other modes. There’s also some new character customisation options and a bunch of tweaks that you’ll find in the patch notes below. Later this year there will be a second update to bring even more character customisation, including Under Armour and PGA Tour branded stuff, and a bunch more improvements.
2K and HB are going to be making the most of their position by taking the otherwise digital only game to retail, with a North American launch on 13th November and worldwide on 16th November.
OK, are you ready for some lovely patch notes?
The Golf Club 2019 DLC Update #1
General
- Fixed the menu background moving unnecessarily when switching between the main menu and the character editor
- Added support for viewing the clubs of ghosts from the View Golfer menu
- Added support for editing local guests directly from the Character Editor button in the main menu, when there are local guests in the user’s golf group
- Added support for local guests to edit and customize their clubs in the character editor, via the Edit Golfer button in the popup when clicking the guest’s name in the match setup screen
- Fixed hangs related to rapidly navigating leader boards
- Fixed incorrect capping of handicaps
- Expanded character customization options
- Available skin tone options expanded
- New licensed clothing added including PGA TOUR and Tattoo Golf Hats
- Improved stability throughout gameplay and course designer
Gameplay
- Fixed a framerate hitch that could occur shortly after entering gameplay
- Fixed the hole cup casting a shadow on the ground
- Fixed certain cases of terrain shadow flickering on hole 9 of Kipahulu Reserve
- Fixed the “Club Only” shot suggestion setting not working properly
- Improved lighting and wind effect on trees
Societies
- Fixed users not being able to join private online societies
- Fixed the display of Society Purse payout for first prize
- Fixed issue of Online Society restrictions carrying over and overwriting the round 2 settings if advancing from the end of round screen
- Fixed mini leaderboard not showing the users score if they’re outside of the top 5
- Fixed mini leaderboard between rounds displaying totals for the event
- Fixed mini leaderboard to properly display the users rank for the round/event
Career
- Fixed FedExCup Points not being rewarded correctly in the season Championship
- Users will now play in the final groupings throughout Career and Solo Societies
Matchmaking/Private Match
- Added Support for Wagers Playlist for users to play Skins matches in matchmaking
- Fixed awarding of points in points-based skins when there is a carry-over skin from a previous hole
- Fixed users in a party being split up when playing team based matchmaking games
- Fixed Skins matches ending when one user quits before the end of the round
Course Creator
- Fixed entry/exit flows when transitioning between tools
- Replace incorrect sign icons
- Updated button callouts to address missing icons
- Fixed the green grid to refresh when making height edits on a course
- Fixed alternate surface’s secondary options to be correctly based off of the primary surfaces type
- Fixed brush dragging to create a smooth look after generating
- Fixed scale speeds when toggling between advanced mode and normal mode for objects and brushes
- Fixed brushes to no longer have their scale reset when entering and exiting brush tools
- Fixed height brushes to no longer have their height value change when entering and exiting the tools
- New Course flow sets the values for a theme properly before your first edit
- Fixes issues of disappearing water on some themes
- Fixed the overwriting of course thumbnails with every save
Source: The Golf Club
ico
Loved Tiger Woods for several years in the early days then lost interest m the Rory edition was shash. Tried Golf Club 2 and it seemed uber punishing but may give it a second chance when 2019 comes to retail. A really good gold game can let me sink hours into it. Not fussed about online. Just enjoy a good career mode. I still fondly recall PGA Tour Golf 2 on the Mega Drive with the pros comments typed up pre play. Funny side note: used to play with my brother and he was such a numpty he would literally fall asleep between the 3 clicks of the swing. How can someone fall asleep in that time mid game?!?! It’s like half a second. Saying that he also used to fall asleep in bed with an open book in one hand and half a mug of tea in another. Daft aputh!
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