GSPro beta 3.59.5 adds ball physics 2.1 and three course profiles

GSPro has pushed public beta 3.59.5, which brings ball physics 2.1 and a new course profile setting. 2nd Flight Golf tested the build the day after it arrived in a video posted this week, and the short version is that the profiles do change how the ball reacts.

What's in the beta

According to the video, the update layers three course profiles over the existing green and fairway firmness settings:

• Soft Parkland (creeping bentgrass): softer turf where the ball stops and holds more spin.
• Firm Sawgrass (Bermuda): firmer greens that send incoming shots forward.
• Traditional Links (fine fescue, sand-based): big forward bounces and long fairway rollout. Fairway speeds are tuned to about 9.5 on the Stimpmeter so you can putt from well off the green.

Physics 2.1 also adds what GSPro calls a high spin axis tilt effect, where high-spin approach shots deflect left or right as they hit green contours. The tester points viewers to the GSPro knowledge base for the full notes. He says GSPro expects a stable release in November, and that from what he has read it will include some Unity 6 work.

How it played

The test ran in on-course practice at Apple Valley, a GSPro verified course. A few results stood out:

• Cut shots into the green kicked right as the new tilt effect describes. High draws didn't clearly release left, and he wasn't sure whether he was reading the feature wrong.
• Full 56-degree wedges at about 105 yards came in at roughly 8,600 to 10,000 rpm and mostly hopped and stopped, with less spin-back than the previous build.
• Switching from Soft Parkland to Traditional Links made chips bounce forward noticeably more. "The course profile is working," he said.
• On Soft Parkland, short chips still took a big forward hop he didn't like. One carried 22 yards and finished at 28.

He also noted that physics 2.0 arrived only seven to ten days earlier. In his view, 2.0 left short chips bouncing too much and long irons a bit too soft and spinny.

What to do

If you run the GSPro beta, try the same chip on two profiles before you judge physics 2.1. It's still a beta, and the tester repeated that point throughout. If you'd rather not deal with bugs, stay on stable and watch for the November release.