After last playing Ashes and taking Cricket 19 off, I think I am going to take the plunge early doors and pick up Cricket 22.
For me, the cricket pitch is probably the most important part of a cricket game. Simply put, it dictates everything, especially in red ball cricket (which just happens to interest me the most).
Some may be aware of this thread I put together for Ashes Cricket: https://www.planetcricket.org/forums/threads/around-the-world-in-80-pitch-sliders.112469/
I wasn't really sold on how the default pitches evolved over days 1-5 of a test match and wanted a strip to feel different all over the world outside of the limited dry/grassy/dusty etc. settings from the set up menu.
Far from a flawless endeavour that got everything right (interpreting sliders is far from an exact science), I was still happy with the results and what it added to my tests against various opponents. Others seemed encouraged by it as well, which was nice.
As I didn't have Cricket 19, I wanted to ask how pitches played on that game as a potential starting point for Cricket 22. It may be the pitches in that game were much better, fingers crossed anyway!
So to ask Cricket 19 regulars, did pitches noticeably evolve as a match wore on? Either good or bad?
Were they noticeably different across the world using the default settings?
And depending on the above, if I looked into some data on pitch differences now as a starting point, would people be interested in a semi-detailed pitch slider set for Cricket 22?
Looking into this for the next few weeks should help me get into the mood (plus be of interest to me in general, I don't get out much these days).
Thanks guys!
For me, the cricket pitch is probably the most important part of a cricket game. Simply put, it dictates everything, especially in red ball cricket (which just happens to interest me the most).
Some may be aware of this thread I put together for Ashes Cricket: https://www.planetcricket.org/forums/threads/around-the-world-in-80-pitch-sliders.112469/
I wasn't really sold on how the default pitches evolved over days 1-5 of a test match and wanted a strip to feel different all over the world outside of the limited dry/grassy/dusty etc. settings from the set up menu.
Far from a flawless endeavour that got everything right (interpreting sliders is far from an exact science), I was still happy with the results and what it added to my tests against various opponents. Others seemed encouraged by it as well, which was nice.
As I didn't have Cricket 19, I wanted to ask how pitches played on that game as a potential starting point for Cricket 22. It may be the pitches in that game were much better, fingers crossed anyway!
So to ask Cricket 19 regulars, did pitches noticeably evolve as a match wore on? Either good or bad?
Were they noticeably different across the world using the default settings?
And depending on the above, if I looked into some data on pitch differences now as a starting point, would people be interested in a semi-detailed pitch slider set for Cricket 22?
Looking into this for the next few weeks should help me get into the mood (plus be of interest to me in general, I don't get out much these days).
Thanks guys!
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