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Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way

enojy posted:

Hey real golf dorks, what's the use of topspin and backspin? I'm assuming topspin makes the ball roll further when landing, but backspin carries it higher/further through the air and bounce to a halt?

Dunno if it carries the ball further through the air, but good backspin will make a ball literally move backwards after hitting the ground. So you'd shoot past the hole and let the ball roll back into it.

Typically though, yeah, it's used to stop the ball dead in its tracks.

Toaster Beef fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Sep 29, 2017

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Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way
I just now got to Tidy Park, and it feels like the game still has a whiiile to go.

Kinda love that.

Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way

Kaubocks posted:

Apparently holding L/R while golfing are the buttons to add front and back spin to your swing. This is separate from pressing X to pinpoint where on the ball you want to hit it which alters the trajectory but doesn't add any spin to the ball.

this game

gently caress's sakes, this changes EVERYTHING.

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