GCQ Initial Impression/Early Review

[JoeJoeJoeUrBoat]

I guess the big question is... Was is worth the upgrade? Or does it have some more convenient/cool features that you could probably do without?

[mmlincon]

@RCosta - Any update on this? Has Foresight managed to get your network setup working? I'd still like to see some screenshots or video of the improved ESX.

[RCorsa]

No updates but to be honest haven't really worked on it as I've been slammed at work. Hope to have some updates by end of the week.

[JoeJoeJoeUrBoat]

When is FSX 3.0 going to be available?

[p3eps]

When is FSX 3.0 going to be available?

Very soon! It was supposed to be released last week, but I guess they've got some more bugs to iron out first.

[Js1010]

Here is a GCQuad vs TM4 shootout I found

https://youtu.be/NfFzBI5LWMM

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[wbond]

Who's hitting balls in that video. Mike Myers???

[goatbarn]

A terrorist.

[CBearsSB]

The distance from the TM4 to ball seemed shorter than recommended. Difficult to appreciate depth perception on video but appeared to be about 8 feet.

[mbuck45]

Tough to tell, other than the creepy mask that was great info!

[Dax]

Looks like a pretty good test. While looks like TM might be a little close to be in the sweet spot for accurate club measurement, at the start of the video they seem to indicate that they are a TM shop and have done vids with the TM in he past. As such, inwould suspect they know what they are doing on set up.

[cspin]

I suspect they know what they are doing as well, but one thing that stuck out to me was how every shot the guy hit started left of center. Some faded back but most hung out left. He was obviously a strong player and had to be hitting the ball at his intended target. So, that leads me to believe that there is a good chance that his target line was not what the TM or GCQ were on. What doesn't make sense is that the two pros doing the talking never mentioned anything about it. The guy hitting was going trough a detailed pre shot routine on each ball, and checking his alignment to something. Would have been nice to know if the guy was pull fading the ball on his actual target line, since that is what the flight/data appeared to be showing.

[RCorsa]

So we finally had a break in the weather and I was able to do some more outdoor testing. My pro at the club uses a TM 4 as well so we did some outdoor comparisons. It's interesting but outdoor the numbers on ball data were nearly identical whereas indoors we saw some odd spin data on the TM. Clearly TM shines outdoors for ball data since it's actually watching what the ball does. Indoors we would occasionally question the quad numbers when there was discrepancies. However it's actually more likely the TM numbers are the ones that are off since we know TM is estimating the ball numbers indoors and when we went outdoors the numbers on both were nearly identical.

However the club data points are much better on quad without question. The face point strike location is also key on determining gear effect etc. The alligment works perfectly and given the large hitting area for the ball placement the usability of he quad surpasses anything else I've used.

Overall I'd give the quad an A+. No question it's worth the upgrade for me. If you are just playing courses and not doing game improvement indoor and outdoors then maybe not. Honestly if the TM was better I would simply sell my quad and get it but I really feels we are seeing a changing of the guard.

The biggest obstacle foresight has right now is getting over the trackman name which I agree will be an uphill battle but as far as tech goes, there is no question they've done it.

[onehandicap]

I have a GC2 with HMT, FR1, and TGC software. I would definitely upgrade to the GCQ if they would enable the bluetooth to enable integration with TGC. Heck, I would even buy FSX as prerequisite to them enabling the bluetooth.

[RCorsa]

They are starting to get a little PGA tour love. Ricky Fowler and Russell Knok just signed on to use the quad.

[Ookie]

I have a GC2 with HMT, FR1, and TGC software. I would definitely upgrade to the GCQ if they would enable the bluetooth to enable integration with TGC. Heck, I would even buy FSX as prerequisite to them enabling the bluetooth.

This is the rub for me as well. I can understand the business model. But if you already buy FSX, it's tough to justify not giving consumers what the want. Only remaining angle is to sell courses.

[col forbin]

I'm ok with the bluetooth being disabled at this point because I think their primary market is club fitters and pros right now. In a year or two, when maybe I can afford the Quad, they will realize that there is a demand for people who want different options than just FSX. That is what I am hoping anyways. FSX is pretty solid and great for numbers, but the graphics are not up to par with TGC or E6.