EA Sports PGA Tour Promises Realism "Down To The Blade Of Grass"; 30 Courses Revealed
EA Sports has announced all 30 courses that will be included in EA Sports PGA Tour when it launches this March and also provided some insight into the lengths the developer went to as part of its effort to accurately depict courses and make them true-to-life.
The roster of 30 courses available at launch includes 28 real-life tracks and two fantasy setups. The real courses include iconic ones like Augusta National, St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, and TPC Sawgrass. The fantasy courses are Wetlands and Lighthouse Pointe. More courses are coming after launch, including Oak Hill, Los Angeles Country Club, Royal Liverpool, Olympia Fields, and Marco Simone.
In a blog post, EA said every course in the game was crafted with «stunning quality» through the Frostbite engine. Some courses got special attention, including Augusta National, which was mapped by photogrammetry scanning, drones, and GPS. EA also collected data from low-altitude helicopter flyovers of the courses, using LiDAR.
«Using these technologies, which are actually designed to discover underground gold mines and oil reserves, we achieved pin-point accuracy down to the blade of grass for many courses in-game,» EA said.
EA also mapped each course's clubhouses, vegetation, bridges, tee markers, water, and other course elements to represent them as faithfully as possible. EA also had developers walk the courses in person and speak with course superintendents.
«We were able to even record the distinct cuts of grass and how the ball behaves on them along with upcoming changes they're making for future seasons to capture a full picture of these courses and how each of them play now and in the future,» EA said.
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