There is a lot of things that needs to be fixed and implemented for career mode IMO to push that step further forwards. A few listed below:
Fixes:
- Points are a bit bugged. At the end of the regular season just before the play-offs, I went in and changed the top 125 players name by adding in their FedEx cup points position to it. When I played the 1st play-off tourney, players without a number (i.e. finished outside the top 125) were playing in place of some that were in the top 125 - not just the last few places but some as high up as inside the top 75 were not included throughout the play-offs.
- Qualification into tournaments should not be by the money list. I can earn money but not making the cut which then allows me to qualify for an event. I think it should all be points based and no points earned if you are cut.
- Cannot see the entry requirements for an event at all!
- Cut lines need fixing - doesn't show the correct cut line until you are on the last few holes
Changes/Improvements:
- Separate all conditions, tees, etc from difficulty. Difficulty should be scoring related and I should be able to play from the back tees, in calm conditions but super hard greens, using medium difficulty for scoring or play from the front tees, in very high winds and soft conditions on Hard
- Add in a AI partner to play with that works similar to me playing a ghost ball. Heck you could then program it to randomly use 1 our ghost balls as the AI partner's round the more everyone plays it to really make it authentic and not have each round similar to their previous.
- Celebrations, trophy/cheque presentation, more immersive atmosphere to build the tension of gunning for a tournament win or bombing at the bottom in a rut
- Make it easier to see what type of tournament a future event is in the season - cannot see this until the event is your current event
- Add in position placed/score in the season overview section to see easier how you've done through the season
- Add in the FedEx Cup points and money earned onto the final leaderboard and event stats so that you can look back at an event and see what you earned when last played
- Functionality to see cut lines or target positions needed to be able to qualify for the next event, major or play-offs on the leaderboard. Would be great if I needed a top 20 finish for the last event to make the play-offs as things stood, but as the event unfolds and others faltering around me, I only need to finish in the top 30 for instance - similar to the actual broadcast of predicted FedEx Cup positions as they play. Commentary also to play into this to get you pumped or determined.
Just a few ideas as run out of time but there are so many more.