jgcruz wrote:
setherick wrote:
jgcruz wrote:
setherick wrote:
Speed is supposedly relative. Acceleration is the equalizer for heavier weight players.
Wouldn't acceleration also be relative? A lighter player will accelerate faster than a heavier player, though both players have the same acceleration value.
Not as far as I know in the game code.
Wow! So players with different weights but the same ACC will accelerate at the same rate until they get to their respective top speeds? I could see that happening in a very short race, e.g., 5 yards, where the difference in speed (or ground covered) would be minimal. But over a longer distance, e.g., 40 yards, you'd think that the lighter player would "out-accelerate" the heavier player and get to his top speed quicker.
A 300 pounder will max out with lower acceleration than a 200 pounder . Same for the fatigue hit it will incrementally hit the heavier guy more due to his weight . Acceleration is mostly used up by 2.5 yards . ...at 5 yards I value speed a bit more. Your talking 10 , 20, 30 and 40 yards . Probably need a really low acceleration rating to effect the players at those ranges . That's why you don't see any effect . Most of it is used up already.
I never even measured 40 yards . An electronic clock is needed and a combine but then we see how slow 80% of the player's are moving. You can put all the guys you want to "race" on kickoff and watch it in super slow motion . At different yard increments you can see guys different speeds.
You see the effects of speed, acceleration and weight , but nothing really moves more than 40 % . ....the fastest guy goes 10 yards and the slowest go 6 yards, but I didn't test guys under 60 speed . .....even if they had 93 acceleration they were still quite slow by then...only going 7 yards .
In the veiwer the guys with low acceleration seemed to delay right off the start, but like I said by 5 - 15 yards they were making pace or catching up to slower but quicker guys.
Its like an overweight DL converted to LB but he's stuck on 258 pounds and has 84 speed with 23 acceleration . Hes gonna be slow, but with enough running room he still run down 68 speed wr with 85 acceleration . The wr definitely will beat him in close space and in short routes but each cut depending how hard it is going to hurt the guy with low acceleration .