So I have had 2k9 for a few months, and I have always played offline against friends and my roommate. When I started playing online, I couldn't make a single free throw, even with Yao at the line It would keep saying very late release when I timed them perfectly, and even when I take jumpshots with Tmac I will brick wide open shots that I normally hit offline. I don't like to be cheap and keep feeding Yao/Scola but its the only way I can stay competitive online. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to eliminate the lag, or some tips on how to time my releases to get use to the lag???
I think what you are experiencing is very common with playing sports games online, especially NBA 2K9. It's almost as if you have to develop a whole different "timing" for playing it online. The football games aren't as bad, IMO.
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You just have to get use to it. You have to time things slightly earlier. Like on your freethrows, instead of shooting on the release, shoot as he goes into the start of the motion. It gets kind of hard to get it perfect with everyone's different shooting style. I lost a couple close games due to the harder freethrows to make online *so frustrating*. Once you get the hang of it online is pretty fun. Playing the computer is so borrring. The thing I hate most about online is when you press the jump button twice to get an offensive rebound, he'll travel with the ball Also look out for the cherry pickers, I usually don't play the cavs and lakers.
TV settings have no impact for online games! And "game mode" deals with HDMI sound lag/cutout and sometimes changes the PQ settings or refresh rate. But primarily it only deals with sound...
