About to pull the trigger and buy GC Quad.... good move? Need your help!

[poundpp]

I am not a research nut to be frank, just enough to be dangerous. I was looking at Trackman 4 until a buddy put me onto GC Quad. My main goal is for a garage simulator for me and buddies to have fun and play and practice. We are bogey golfers wanting to improve and have fun. To me, important features are good multiplayer course playing, good graphics and yes good data/ stats to help me improve but I am not a professional. I am very intrigued by the FSX Play as the graphics look much nicer compared to the 2020 software. I say all that to say this, would you recommend I buy a GC Quad with FSX Play and be happy with it? I like that its half the price of a TM4 and also the Sim In A Box includes everything. Open to all opinions, thank you for your time, I have a lot to learn.

[GullLakeMi]

If you want to get better, club data is essential. With GC Quad, it will be a bit difficult to do this with friends as they will need stickers on their clubs. Also, switching between left and right handed players will be clunky. However, I have found the reliability to be great and data to be amazing. I love it. I bought TGC 2019 to play online with a friend. Comparatively, I can't stand FSX 2020 courses. I have never played more than 3 holes of one before switching back to TGC 2019. I find TGC 2019 graphics to be better and love that there are so many courses, particularly local courses I have played. Additionally, I designed my home course and another local course. For me, it really helps bring the simulation to life when you know the course. The known issue with TGC is updates are unpredictable and in no means guaranteed. Furthermore, I find TGC to be a bit forgiving on yards offline left/right (distance is good), so I don't use it for range work. I have not played the more updated competitive option that we are not supposed to mention.

[Snipe]

I love my GC Quad - but if I had it to do other - I'd probably go a different direction as my experience with Foresight Sports has been awful.

Not a popular opinion here - but they take a one-and-done approach to customer loyalty. Once they have your money on hardware - they no longer value you as a customer as they know you're unlikely to buy more hardware and extremely likely to buy their overpriced software.

If I had it to do over - I wouldn't buy from Foresight as a company again.

[Sixmudd]

If you buy the quad new, you’re gonna have to buy fsx2020 and then pay the extra upgrade to get fsx play. So all in it’s gonna cost you $11k for the quad, $4k for club data, $3k for fsx2020 and $500 for fsx play

In your case though if youre just gonna use it mainly for sim golf, I’d get the $7500 gc3.

[sinkingputts]

The best. Do it

[Tom Howarth]

I agree with Deuce. I have a GC Quad. I got it earlier this year. The club data is amazing. I wanted the data to enable me to improve. If I were just going to play sim golf, I would go with the GC3 and spend the extra money on more FSX Play courses or get E6 for more sim golf.

[Deuce]

If you're just looking to play rounds with friends, I'd go with the cheaper version (Bushnell Launch Pro or GC3). For $7k (unlocked version), you can get the monitor and software with 10 courses (Bushnell Launch Pro), or $9k for 20 courses and FSX Play as well (GC3). Just be sure not to make friends with anyone left handed!

If you're a serious golfer, I'd go with the GCQuad. There is no substitute for club data.

Wouldn't get TM4 unless using it outdoors.

[chollier986]

Can’t beat it. I assume you are getting the club head data as well? If not, save your money and get a GC3.

FSX Play still has a ways to go, but is okay for sim play. I spend most of my time on the FSX2020 range when practicing.