Tightrope:
CommanderIan:
I think the point is being missed entirely.
I think not. The equipment have become better, the "pro's" are becoming more and more familiar with the courses, how to calculate wind and spin. They have notes for each hole. As lvietri said - real golf has so many parameters that is simply impossible to simulate without very special equipment, so the scores are pretty realistic when you take that into account. WGT could make the scores go up by adding some (more) random parameters, but would we really like that? If we calculate everything perfectly and hit a ding, do we want WGT to mess that shot up so it goes into the water?
No, the satisfaction in this game is when you ding a shot and it ends up exactly where you had planned. Take that away and the game is suddenly just a game of chance and I do not think anyone would be happy about it. This is always a dilemma with simulations - high realism demands special equipment. In this case, nothing less that a full set of clubs with the same weight and balance as our virtual ones would do. These clubs would need to be packed with sensors, just as the wireless USB ball we'll hit. The ball would probably have less durability than a Nike...
Would be a lot cheaper, and more realistic, to play real golf. Outside.
Maybe I've hit an old never with some members, but again you've misunderstood the original post. I mentioned the scores were getting unrealistic - which they are. 49 is not realistic no matter how you spin it - neither is 50 or anything in the 50's for that sake, or even 62. I also mention the game is great, and in further posts that is by far the best game out there. Then I mention how intense the competition has become. That's it. I'm not knocking the game, or the programmers, or the players, or anything...
I understand with practice you get better, I understand with better equipment you get better, I understand that it is virtually impossible to make this game exactly like golf (as I also mentioned in a further response). However, no one can tell me WGT is not trying to make this game - somehow - more realistic all the time. Whether it is bug fixes, enhancements to the game play, different logic for the tiers, etc... Otherwise they would have dumped their developers.