Obviously there's going to be a ton of people creating their own version of Augusta National. I'd like to try to the best Augusta clone out there. As you find Augusta clones, post their names here and also tell us if they're any good.
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CLV ported over Firethorn.Comment
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Firethorn was apparently removed as a searchable course. Perhaps someone could republish it with a different name?Comment
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Sounds like a "secret society" is needed to discuss any potential Augusta clones if they are out there policing for the presence of one.
(frustrating but understandable)Comment
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If anyone on your friend's list has Firethorn National, and they've favorited Firethorn, you can find it under "Friend's Favorites" and play it that way. If anyone wants to get the course that way and you're on the XBox One, just send me a friend request ("J Cauthen"), and you can get it that way. Once you play it, you'll be able to find it in "My Played Courses" or "My Favorites", if you favorite it like 95% of those who do play it seem to do.Duke Football? Hell yes it's Duke Football! --- Coach CutcliffeComment
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Anyone have it on PC?
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I do, here are my thoughts I posted on it in the official forum:
I now have the PC version installed and went through enough of a setup phase to where I was able to play a round last night. I spent a little time in the character creator trying to get a reasonable likeness of myself because I've always found doing that makes me feel more invested in the game. I tried to play a few holes, just to get an idea what res and graphics settings I needed to use to hit 60 FPS, without sacrificing too much in the way of appearance.
The first thing I realized was that I hadn't done a swing calibration. I set the res at 1440p, turned off DOF and bloom, used TAA for anti-aliasing, went 100% on course object detail, Utlta on grass textures, and everything else to high. This allowed me to get 60 FPS on the practice range and I went through the swing calibration. I gotta say, it felt more fluid for sure, at 60 FPS, but my senses are adjusted to a heavy week of 30 FPS and I didn't get comfortable with it. I was spraying stuff right and left.
After I got back home last night I tried playing a round at TPC Boston, since I'd just played two rounds there in the last 16 hours for the XBox One DSP Society. I found that those graphics settings list above, which had yielded 60 FPS on the practice range, resulted in 42 to 45 FPS on the course, and since I had the vsync set to 60 Hz, I was getting some screen judder. It was a mess. Even at those settings, I was surprised at how washed out and lacking in detail and vibrance it was compared to the XBox One X version 8O. The lighting looked so much more natural on the XBox One X.
I finally had to go back down to 1080p, set the grass detail down to "high", and back the course object detail slider down to 84, to hit 60 FPS at TPC Boston. It honestly started looking more like the stock XBox One version with those settings, although it was locked at 30 FPS. I will say that the swing felt more fluid and responsive, but out on the course I was spraying it wildly because I was having trouble tuning my senses to 60 Vs. 30 FPS. Even the putting was tougher to regulate and for some reason, I was leaving most of my putts well short. I've got some experimenting to do before I really know what I've got here, but I'm disappointed that my recently upgraded gaming PC can't handle it any better than what I saw last night. Here are my current system specs, FWIW:
Intel Core i5-4440 3.1 GHz
Geforce GTX 1070 8 GB
16 GB PC-1600 DDR3 RAM
Windows 10 64 bit
This same system was running TGC 2019 at 1440p at 60 FPS, on most courses, so I don't know what about 2K21 has thrown it such a curve. Anyway, after I turned in my 92 at TPC Boston on the PC, I fired up my XBox One X for the 3rd round of the DSP tournament at Boston. I'd had just enough exposure to 60 FPS to screw up my senses yet again, and this one turned into a hacker fest. I put up an 85, after going 74 and 75 in rounds 1 and 2. :oops: I couldn't find that little groove that I'd just started to feel only a day earlier. If I had known my PC wasn't going to be able to run 2K21 at least with the same settings I ran TGC 2019, I'd probably have kept my money in my pocket. It's just hard to look at 2K21 on my PC at the res and settings needed for 60 FPS, after seeing how more naturally vibrant and detailed it is on my XBox One X, albeit at 30 FPS.
I'm not giving up on it as a gaming platform yet, as there are other factors to consider. OTOH, I have a LiDAR course (Rock Hill Country Club) I was working on with TGC 2019, and now I'll be able to import it to 2K21 and continue working on it a lot sooner than I had planned, as Chad's LiDAR tools are obviously working great with 2K21.
So there you have it... in retrospect, I should have kept my money in my pocket and waited for the price to fall to $40, as originally planned, but you live and learn and it's certainly not a total loss
I'll just fight the urge to buy two $10 VC packs to make up for it 
UPDATE: I did update my Geforce driver yesterday and it helped a bit with the frame rates, improving them 8 to 10%. I was able to update a couple of settings to "Ultra" that were at "High" before. For some reason, I still enjoy playing and looking at the XBox One X version more.Duke Football? Hell yes it's Duke Football! --- Coach CutcliffeComment
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You can join Jimgem's Club online society and he has an event where you can play the course running from September 1-7. After you play it you should be able to stick it in your favorites and play it whenever you want. I don't have it yet myself but I will tomorrow!Comment
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Anyone have is for PS4, whether through friending/favorites or through a society event?Comment
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Thanks for this
Played a round yesterday and didn't take it seriously, was just wanting to go through the course. Paid for my lack of business attitude with a +16 round! Those greens brutalized my with the undulation and speed. The marshalls would escort my *** of that course. lolGO 'HAWKS!
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