Tennis World Tour

Features Added new animations to further reduce unwanted effects and added new smash possibilities. Balancing Improved the accuracy on easy shots. Slightly slowing down the ball speed during rallies and the speed of the most extreme movements. Reducing the angles that can be obtained with cross-court strokes. Reducing the power and angle of half-volley strokes from the baseline. Bug fixes Fixed unwanted player groans during sprints. Fixed a case where players were forced to abandon while there was still a chance to catch the ball. Fixed a bug with most of the official players’ passive bonuses. They have now all been applied correctly. Fixed some rare crashes in the equipment menu. Fixed some rare crashes during clay matches. Fixed a bug where the animation of end points could be played twice. Fixed a curved effect (“banana shot”) which could be applied mistakenly to some slices. Fixing missing SFX on the ball’s bounce. Specific for PC Fixed an issue where the game would run faster on some monitors at more than 100Hz. Fixing a freeze after minimizing the application.

Features Added new swing animations: - Powerful strikes that allow you to punish opponents if they throw defensive lobs at you (often nicknamed “penalty” strikes). - Quick counters to add hard-hitting options when receiving a fast ball. Hundreds of animations have been adjusted to feel more dynamic. The inertia of many animations has been reduced to allow quick come backs in the rally. Added a new “3D View” to official players’ profiles that allows you to have a close look at their 3D models, outfits and animations. Players will automatically let the ball go out instead of volleying it when they are close enough to the bounce. New texture added for the clay courts’ grounds. Added clay FX on slides and cutscenes on clay courts. New cutscene animations at the start of points, some dedicated to clay courts. Improved graphics (lighting and shading has been reworked for all venues). Balancing (gameplay) Greatly increased the overall pace of the game. All shots have been reviewed and tweaked to provide higher ball speeds, and speeds that are better suited to stroke motion. Serves are more powerful and will pass the net at high speeds more often. Smashes & volleys are much more agile

Features Slide animations have been added on clay courts. A new style of forehand has been added to the character creator: the “whip” forehand, with a whole new set of animations. New serve preparations and serve styles have been added to the character creator. The Season mode can now be accessed when a cup is being played. You can go play ranked matches in-between your Cup matches. Added an introduction to the Training stadium. Balancing Updated the order in which players are displayed in the Character selection screen, to better reflect current ATP rankings. Updated Agassi and McEnroe’s skills set. Speeding up the rally and serve pace (about +5%). Improving the global accuracy on difficult ball, because Attackers were making too many unforced errors on difficult shots or difficult positions. Lowering the height threshold for the “low-arc” malus on shots, from 60cm down to 40cm. Increasing the regeneration of stamina between points and between sets Bug fixes Fixed a bug that could make players teleport during shot preparation. Fixed a bug that was causing the players to hit the ball without making any contact with it. Improvements to the shot selection engine to remove most of the

Features New Online Mode Added: Online Tournaments.This mode allows the creation of online tournaments by players. Added more character customization options in an updated version of the player creator. Event added to Career Mode in December, that allows the further customization of existing characters. Added animations at end of a point where a lucky win is achieved with the help of the net. Added animations to avoid the ball if it goes out and the player is on its trajectory. The AI will no longer volley those balls (both opponent and player AI). Added more animations to the inside out forehand preparations. The “replay” button is now accessible even if the cutscenes are disabled in the options menu. Balancing Added a substantial bonus to power and accuracy of inside out forehands. The feedback “GREAT” is also displayed if using the “Display shot quality” option. Animations during cutscenes have been improved. Tuned the AI’s chance of unforced errors according to player archetypes. Added a “BALANCED” threshold to the Serve help feedback between “SAFE” and “OPTIMAL”. Bug fixes Fixed a rare bug that could force the charge gauge to remain empty during a shot. Fixed a rare case of th