What are the best FSX Courses

[Detroit Bill]

I have run across peoples opinions of the best FSX courses in different threads . I have several courses and many of them seem the same.
I just upgraded to FSX2018 and got Pebble Beach for free with the Black Friday deal. I played Pebble once and it was OK, nothing great.
I like Doral and Oakmont and Teyton Pines. I do not like Royal Troon, seems to play to hard and has odd situations you can get yourself in, software glitch kind of stuff.

I have been playing on a 55" TV. This year I upgraded to a Carl's 13 x 10 Cage with a Optoma GT1080 Darbee projector. I am still waiting for the screen but it should be pretty good.
I have a group that plays every Wednesday night, the same guys I play with in Golf league over the summer, it is a blast. I set it up in an industrial building so we break out the cigars and beer without problem.

I'd like to add a couple courses. What are the tops picks?

Thanks

Bill

[gnomike]

I don't mean to hijack the theme of the thread, but I was wondering what people thought of the recent course specials. Am I in the minority? I was looking forward to some sort of "great" deal on courses for BF/CMonday like everyone, but I was not impressed. I guess I was expecting something as good as what was offered back in June... what was it? $20 for any course, and as many others as you wanted for $50 each? Now that's a good deal. So anyway I guess having to shell out for FIFTY courses to get the price down to $67 each didn't exactly blow me away. The bundle for ten courses was pretty vanilla, too. I mean, there's been a "Spring Course Bundle" available for $375 for five courses (fixed, no choices) for a long time, and that's not for any 'reason'

Anyway, I don't mean to come off as whiny, but I was disappointed.

[mmlincon]

Well at least there are SOME specials now. There used to be nothin'.

[gnomike]

mmlincon Dude that's awesome info! thanks! On that input alone I think I'll pull the trigger. Nine Lakes sounds a bit like Blue Bayou. OMG that can't be a real life course... one of the gimmicky-est ever if it is! More water than land lol Anyway, thanks again

[mmlincon]

Blue Bayou is fictional. Nine Lake is a real Jack Nicklaus designed course in Florida. It's fun if you are accurate, pretty tough if not.

[Ookie]

Blue Bayou is flat out unplayable. Hence the reason they give it away.

[SNEAK BIRD]

I bought the 10 pack because I just ordered a Quad. I hope to get a better feel for what types of courses I like for sim golf and will make a list so that I ready for a good deal if it comes again. One question I have is if the license is for future versions as well or only FSX 2018? I ask because I see courses disappearing that I would like to try (Teton Pines) that are there one day and gone the other. Honestly, future support for software, hardware, and licenses has me concerned.

[mmlincon]

The courses upgrade for free with the updates. I'm not sure what the deal is with courses dropping off. I have Hazeltine which you can't get anymore but it plays fine. Where did Teton Pines go? It usually installs with the software as it was the free one initially. I wouldn't worry about support -they still support FR1 but you aren't going to get them to fix anything. So, the software is out of support but they will assist you with getting it working. I suspect at some point they will just stop doing that as it's not keeping up with the OS changes and may just not run one day.

[Mxwoodman]

I think

Teton Pines is part of the base install package and not a separate download.

[SNEAK BIRD]

I think

Teton Pines is part of the base install package and not a separate download.

You are correct. I installed FSX 2018 last night and it installed Teton Pines. In all honesty, the experience of coming into the Foresight ecosystem is quite confusing and overly complicated.

[wbond]

And many would say overpriced

[Detroit Bill]

You are correct. I installed FSX 2018 last night and it installed Teton Pines. In all honesty, the experience of coming into the Foresight ecosystem is quite confusing and overly complicated.

Unfortunately they are a hardware company and it appears the software takes a back seat. It is marketed and supported weakly. If they lived and died on the software it would be much better and easier to use.

[Baller]

Based on personal experience, I'd pick perfect hardware over perfect software every single time.

I love my quad. It's the bomb.

[mthunt]

I love my GC2/HMT. I can’t find anything I don’t like about it. I love the freedom of the software options too. IMO the problem with the GC2 is too good to replace.

[qwiklap]

On the topic of courses ... Kingsbarns. It's really fun.

[mmlincon]

I agree, it's one of my favorites