I Tried Playing Session With the MOST REALISTIC SETTINGS!

My last video was talking about my advanced Session settings (or my STATS settings), but in today's video, I really wanted to explore the realism that Session has to offer. I wanted to try experimenting with realistic manual catch, was is pretty essential for any skateboarding simulator, and then I also wanted to mess with my grind alignment settings which can make Session WAY mor realistic, but it also makes it INSANELY more difficult. All in all, I think I found some settings that I really enjoy, and I'm going to continue to use them moving forward!
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[@GarrettGinnerGaming]

I definitely think I’m going to leave manual catch on moving forward. It’s a fun little added challenge to the game

[@hamishlloyd3375]

Also you can put the ‘REALISM’ in the title

[@chetwilson]

Alright here’s a challenge for you play this with Edgar but it’s called drunken sk8 where you play sk8 against Edgar where every letter you get you have to chug an ive

[@SaltySpadwin]

the transition is happening hahahaha

[@TaimaEnenra]

Manual catch will become second nature just like duel stick controls did. now that big drop landing inputs works with this update I have something new to get use to. it's fun on big drops, makes you feel like you have to stomp your tricks. it's a little weird at first but think kinda like doing a 50-50 but your board is the rail. and you can adjust your impact height in the stats to what you feel is reasonable.

[@keithstone6411]

It's fun either way, not sure why everyone thinks it "needs" to be on. Just play the game how it's fun for you.

[@AsmoAstro]

What this game needs the most for me personaly: an online-multiplayer with different servers with individual difficult settings that applys to each player on them.

[@kylegherman]

You can actually flick the sticks any direction to catch, just up to you how you want your ticks too look.

[@Geri5100]

It depends on your settings, I have late flips on and grinds on “no release” (dunno if that affects it) but basically if I flick to the left, it just does a late flip. If I hold to the left then the board is caught, but also turned by 90 degrees to prepare for a tailslide. So depending on your settings it might not be that simple.

[@Maculure]

it’s something about the “battle” you speak of that makes me love Manual. Feels more awarding and as the viewer it looks and feels more entertaining because we both know how tech it can get.

[@QitKatze]

Hardest part of manual catch for me was always letting the board fully flip and not panic catching immediately, once you understand the point in the animation you need to input the catch it gets way easier, one thing that helps me is looking at the feet with auto catch and using that to feel out the catch timing.

[@twistfs]

I think grind alignment on 4 is the most realistic and stable, also recommend turning off “sync flips” under manual catch setting makes flip tricks harder at first, but the extra control on scoop and flick is crazy once you’re used to it.

[@Oizezi]

A few minutes turns into a few hours lol manual catch & low grind alignment are sooo fun & satisfying!!!

[@jahhhh88]

just bought session skate and bro it’s so fun, good game for when I’m done with the skate sesh for the day

[@typingreallyfast]

The thing about 0% grind alignment is that it takes your inertia at 100% value. IRL if you would move towards the rail at the same angle and speed, you can still nail that FS Feeble because you would tilt your body to the right just a bit so that you wouldn't slide all the way to the left of the rail. In game though we don't exactly have that level of control over the skater's body balance so we just slide off the rail like it's bathed with WD-40. You can shift your weight using your legs with the left and right analog stick and that's it.

[@caioteixeira1541]

I play with manual catch and about 3 ticks of grind alignment and pretty unforgiven stats menu settings and love it

[@im.weasel]

The best thing about session is the settings. Playing on what you think looks and feels the best. You don't have to play with a particular setting on or off just because that's what other players do. Its exactly like real life. Its trendy to have a wider board these days, but if you like a skinny 7.75 popsicle stick board then you do you.

[@BeastiezCyZ]

@@rustyshackleford649 bro wut?

[@MrHatchiFuto86]

I hope they add animations for bailing like they do in skate 3 cause it’s just weird seeing your skater go full rag doll mode for not catching a flip trick like can I land on my feet and stumble/roll lol

[@UncleLiberty76]

Hardcore mode with no grind alignment has turned this game into what iv always needed. Definitely hard to get my grinds right but now nosesliding handrails from an angle is so satisfying.

[@Nightshade1881]

I thought this dude was playing how it’s meant to be played all this time 🤣 I’ve been thinking I just suck But nope I’ve had my settings at the most realistic all this time I think it’s way more Fun especially getting lines down going from regular and switch is when you know Your getting better and consistent.

[@zillatheripper6195]

You finally said the one thing I was looking for to actually save up and get this game "you have to battle for your tricks for it to look good" I'm bought

[@kylepatterson9389]

The direction you flick the stick in to catch depends on what you wanna do. If you wanna catch into manual, you'd push and hold the stick in the corresponding direction you'd need to hold it for a manual with the foot that you're going to balance on if you're using Left/Right settings.

[@loicvanlaarhoven5096]

its crazy how such a big game has my local skate park peitruss in it when luxembourg is the smallest country in the world. And its the best skate park ever garrett i recomend you come sometime!!!!

[@ryanrowe1975]

Hardcore grinding will take timing and getting into a good particular line of executing and stability to control the balance and holding the board to landing it clean!

[@kernelxsanders]

Especially when they add the balance feature

[@ryanrowe1975]

@@kernelxsanders I think they adding the balance to be a feature about 2-4 weeks that is my guess!?

[@kernelxsanders]

@@ryanrowe1975 I don't think they plan on any updates until the scheduled one in December. Did you see them mention it otherwise somewhere?

[@ryanrowe1975]

@@kernelxsanders no I didn't see somewhere else?

[@tysonkturbo]

bro I've been playing session for years and never thought I needed to make it harder and use manual catch. not many people enjoy playing games on the hardest settings tbh

[@_SXUL_]

For the smith w zero grind alignment it’s kinda like real life, gotta add weight to the back so it’d be kinda like a diagonal manual input

[@tactical1981]

Haven’t played on manual catch yet, still learning the basics. I find clicking the sticks in really awkward though, so happy Session doesn’t involve doing that.

[@AverageTommy]

Sooo wasn’t trying to give you a hard time especially on stream. It’s just sooo much more rewarding with the manual catch. Especially when trying lines.

[@thatpepper1785]

So for those of you who don’t know, zero grind alignment physically doesn’t work at all. You have to have it turned up to at least 1 for it to work. Until the devs add in a “balance system”, all grind alignment does is physically push you off the obstacle you’re trying to grind :)

[@keithstone6411]

But it makes them think they are playing more realistically!

[@thatpepper1785]

@@keithstone6411 yes, but 0% grind alignment doesn’t work. The devs have said this themselves. It won’t work as intended until they add a balance system into the game. Doing grinds on 0% alignment pushes you off of whatever you are grinding, it’s almost impossible to do any grind that isn’t a boardslide or lipslide

[@gnarkilly]

@@thatpepper1785 uhhhh it works the devs never said it doesn’t work they said it’s not finished. I can play 0 all day and I play it for the challenge itself. Just because you can’t doesn’t mean it doesn’t work

[@thatpepper1785]

@@gnarkilly but, the devs have said it. Multiple times in their discord. 0% grind alignment doesn’t work as it’s supposed to. It forces you off of the object you’re trying to grind JL nightmare has a video on it somewhere I think, he shows that it doesn’t work as it’s supposed to

[@gnarkilly]

@@thatpepper1785 keywords “as it’s supposed to” aka unfinished. As it is it works fine you just have to be super precise. Save your jl video every single one of my videos after 0% came out is in 0% ga. Yeah I’m some sweaty try hard or whatever idc I enjoy the challenge thoroughly after playing this game since the Kickstarter. It’s hard as hell but definitely works. Plus that dopamine hit when you land it is amazing.

[@logarhythmic6859]

Manual catch is definitely the way to go. I haven't used auto-catch ever since the first kickstarter build that featured manual catch. And the only thing keeping me from doing 0 grind alignment is certain tricks on curved rails. I may be mistaken, but I don't think there's any way to shift your center of gravity back over the rail. You can rotate your body and shift your foot positioning, but as soon as the rail starts curving away, your center of gravity doesn't move with it and pulls you off the rail.

[@RubyRoks]

I'll switch to manual catch when i figure out why my flip speeds are inconsistent. This game is really good at picking up on the tiniest nuances of my inputs that i can't even detect. I'll feel like i'm doing the same thing over and over, but because i'm moving the stick a few microns farther in one direction when rotating the board or a milimeter per second faster flicking a trick, the entire thing comes out differently. It's frustrating because i've played with my stats and board setup as well. Trial and error, just like real skating 😅

[@fuadrahman2783]

Turn off the input speed feature thingy

[@KharonYT]

Session isn't mean to be played on 0GA. Keep it at 2-4 for best results.

[@leventeszaffenauer4142]

lets goo, the video part looking amazing. I like him and his videos a lot more since he is playing session and shares the struggle and fun with it. A fun fact or dont know what to call it, you can catch with both feet and you can catch it with one on auto as well the same way as you would do on manual. :)

[@r1thm489]

Yo GARRETT!! since you skate goofy. Try doing a hard flip, then bringing the analog sticks toward each other for a steezy catch, it looks so much more realistic

[@ljnuke371]

I was actually thinking ghetto bird and then you did a ghetto bird 💀

[@iSammie2]

Siick . Ur getting better n better each stream and vid u post . It’s dope to see the progress . I also started a new skater playing Manuel catch . And my grind alignment at 3 . And it’s rewarding asf when u land tricks . And like u said when u pop the board right u know u got it . Is such a good feeling with u pop and land it clean asf . Good Shit Garrett. Let’s Gooo!!!

[@padraicsmith3928]

Was crazy jumping from session to xl and back the games look completely different then I remember

[@eternalrewind2190]

I only play with realistic settings and manual catch.. makes it so much more rewarding to land lines..

[@kernelxsanders]

Flipping into grinds, you really don't even need to think about "manual" catch. It's the same input as auto because when you flip into a grind on auto, you still have to catch the trick and do an input for the grind. So nothing really changes there. It mostly changes when doing flat ground, gaps, etc. Also, you can flick either way (up or down) to catch the board, but if you flick the other way, it just puts pressure on the nose/tail, which makes more sense for tricks where you want to catch the nose/tail (manuals, nosegrinds, tailslides, bluntslides, etc.). Also be on the lookout for the upcoming "balance" feature they will supposedly be adding, that'll be a new twist on the grind alignment. And regarding the ghetto bird thing: It's rarely thought of as such, but all a ghetto bird is, is a nollie bs bigflip but the 180 is late. But since the game doesn't count late 180's, it doesn't register as a "ghetto bird". But a "modern" ghetto bird doesn't require the 180 to be late, just like irl, so the game registers it as such. That being said, I'd love the game to register late 180's lol

[@UnForgivenFury]

I prefer the manual catch controls for session over SXL. Flip tricks just get turned into 3 inputs like kick flips are down on back foot up to the side with front foot then up on the back foot. So basically down, up to the side, up. Tres are down scoop, up to the side then down on front foot, Also Ghetto bird is Nollie Hardflip late 180, modern is all at once and any stance.

[@kevinherronjr3998]

Just an FYI to all. If you have your grinds set to no release, it will make manual catch partially auto catch. Example: if you skate goofy and pop a kick flip, you can keep the left stick down the whole time and it will catch automatically. You can fix this by playing partial or full release on grinds.

[@MattePurple1]

I'm staa-ruuggling with manual catch. But I'm on a new save dedicated to finishing the story in hardcore mode, solely for the Steam achievement, lol. But once that's done I think I'll go back to auto. Manual is more realistic, but auto is just more fun imo. One less thing to worry about.

[@Thebiggest490]

stream + upload. what a start to the day

[@michaelcollins234]

Manual catch makes the game SO much more fun. Takes like an hour to really get it and then you’re skating like a boss

[@SaltySpadwin]

so your right that you input foot towards centre of board...but you can catch either back foot or front foot depending on how you prefer/want it to look...think you got it by the time I finished writing this but you asked for comments anyway....so...... keep killing it with irl and session content dude also thanks for the sick individual comment...I'm a 0%ga nerd

[@StupidJunbo69]

you got me a new addiction!

[@bizarrapmusic]

The OG ghetto bird is going fakie backside while doing a hardflip, you did fakie fronside.

[@Sumunuhriginal]

The hardest thing for me is timing the catch into grinds or letting it flip too long on gaps/bumps and accidentally doing double flips.

[@chrisivy8915]

Tbh the double flips are way more annoying than catching it early 😂

[@Mewster2331]

You know something, he said think of a trick and I said Getto bird… he proceeded to say “oh you said Getto bird” 😂

[@kieranorr8777]

Sick video dude, love the content! Totally didn't leave this comment before watching the whole video.

[@ryanhowell8103]

I think on a 180 it doesn't matter because the controls flip at some point during the rotation

[@ryanwarner4704]

manual catch gets so fun when you get the hang out it

[@themostdiabolicalhater5986]

So for the thing with the (modern) ghetto bird: the OG ghetto bird was switch, not nollie

[@Its_iQ]

When you asked for a trick I was literally thinking hardflip but then you did Ghetto bird😂😅

[@jamesjaramillo5670]

Lmao I actually said ghetto bird when you said name a trick 🤣

[@Kawaii_ET]

Manual catch with like maybe 3 notches of Grind Alignment is preem.

[@the_last_mou]

when u use no release in grinds u DON'T need to release the input to flips and 180 flip variations, just FLICK IT an MOVE the stick to de grind position. 360 flips variations need to release the input and then catch it. try no release grinds its a good path to full release

[@MechaShredZilla]

There's a mod by vato where he changed sessions manual catch to skater xl, feels alot better, especially if you're use to skatet xl

[@UnForgivenFury]

I played manual catch before 1.0 I will soon be switching back once I get more comfortable again

[@rivercritter959]

That controller overlay though!!

[@semperxfix10]

Laser flip. I don’t see enough of those

[@hamishlloyd3375]

Always a good day when Garrett uploads 😊

[@Kevthefirst]

my grind alignment is set to 4. feels the best to me, but ooooof manual catch is rough

[@5star_Hud]

can you drop a detailed tutorial for manual catch

[@Thrasher_Magazine]

Cant wait for someone to confuse the GGG on the overlay for the devils number again lmao

[@angelnevarez6791]

Hardflip sex change is the OG ghetto bird, thats exactly what you did when it said modern ghetto bird

[@seansoper6757]

This was a good ep

[@rame6613]

u turned ur body the wrong way on the „old“ (nollie) ghettobird… ur supposed to turn frontside not backside. at least i think so:)

[@thatpepper1785]

Nah, OG ghetto bird is still backside, but it’s a late 180

[@NotATable]

@@thatpepper1785 I think because of the weird nollie having switched frontside/backside terms, it’s technically “frontside” but looks like backside in any other stance. I also could be wrong, that was my understanding haha

[@StupidJunbo69]

love the videos and streams

[@KingChew22]

You need to do more dark slides I wanna see that grip trashed

[@TheBrainlessMemo]

doing smith grinds on ledges is hard, have you noticed that?

[@kotashop3618]

From stream, and yeah skaterxl feels so much different now

[@chetwilson]

Hey Garrett I’m sorry I missed the stream but I joined once you ended it so thank you

[@ChariotFighter]

Great stream today homie

[@ryanfenlon94]

Think you're doing the wrong input for Smith's. You need to go more up-diagonal with the right sick

[@csauce22]

nollie front shuv front blunt back big spin out

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

OG ghetto bird = nollie hardflip late FS 180

[@theowainwright7406]

It’s backside

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

@@theowainwright7406 m'kay

[@mindofjosh279]

wish it there was an indicator that tells you what each setting is on.

[@mikedimarino1990]

Fakie varial back lip or switch laser 180

[@KiibaSkates]

Your catch will never change if you do a 180. It will always be the same input.

[@InputZB]

The session character looks so big compared to the spots idk why

[@justafrnchfry]

from stream lol

[@misterros94]

I agree that zero grind alignment isn't actually very realistic, while sure there's no "grind alignment" in real life, the fact is that in real life you have much more precision with your feet and weight than you do with a controller in the game. A decent skater could lock in a feeble with much more consistency in real life than a decent Session player with zero grind alignment. Slipping off constantly like the rail is made of ice doesn't feel real. 2-4 is the sweet spot imo. Glad to see you in manual catch, I played about an hour on auto and then switched to manual knowing I'd want to do it eventually and its so worth it. Way more satisfying to nail even the most basic lines.

[@skriblzsavage87]

you're rotating the wrong direction for the ghetto bird. a ghetto bird is a nollie hard flip and the 180 rotation you do is opposite the direction of the flip trick if that makes since

[@zagar_]

I;ve wanted to write, and u did ... like AK would say, Fiiiirst try !

[@AverageWalmartCashier]

Anybody else having issues with flip speed since the last update? My kickflip and heelflip often dont follow the input speed and are way too slow. It’s driving me crazy.

[@ohstirfry]

Og ghetto is not big spin it’s a late Bs 180 after a nollie hardflip

[@user-xq2xf3fd3q]

Yo can some one plz help?? Im trying to do a 180 ollie into a smith grind but i keep messing up the input and ive tried every input i could think of including the one in the trick guide but no luck. Basically starting the trick on regular stance, then 180 into goody and smith grind. Help plz?

[@thatpepper1785]

You have to do the input for a switch smith, as you’re doing a 180

[@user-xq2xf3fd3q]

@@thatpepper1785 thank u bro, ima try it

[@theowainwright7406]

Basically put the sticks the opposite way

[@cripstick4336]

good vid man

[@BECK_4D]

you can catch tricks with 50 50 input

[@spookysock]

Love the content 👍

[@ichrism]

@14:02 me too bro, me too

[@jameshutton17]

The real ghetto bird is nollie hard front 180 you just didnt nollie back big flip bc you ans the board are turn the same way

[@PhantomEyce]

Ps u Can catch it anyways you want just the timing

[@ashton.harris]

A ghetto bird is half cab. You are doing it fakie frontside.

[@koltbonta8876]

Yo, how did you get to that skatepark under the bridge

[@simonedonati8552]

"I hate when it slips out"

[@robinhankd8929]

Zero grind alignment is bugged, as stated by the developers

[@gnarkilly]

Not bugged, unfinished

[@mr.mustard9881]

hi dose anyone know if the bord brake mod is free...btw loke you Garret keep it up and i loved the stream

[@Thebiggest490]

i think board break doesnt work rn

[@mr.mustard9881]

@@Thebiggest490 ok thx

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

I disagree with starting on max grind alignment, honestly I think the default settings the game gives you when you launch it for the first time are good enough to learn the game and how to play it, starting off with max grind alignment just adds an extra layer of frustration as soon as you lower it a little bit for very little reward & you're just delaying your understanding of core game mechanics from the beginning.

[@Duho_]

I feel like im the only one who hates rag doll. I want animations where you roll out of a fall or walk it off instead of face planting always

[@Gw67891]

Is there a way in this game to don't make it look like skating switch when goofy?

[@toast4975]

Nope. No proper animations to decipher between goofy or switch. Devs haven't fixed that issue thats been in game since day 1

[@Gw67891]

@@toast4975 Ok thanks! Kinda crazy for a game that looks as good as this. That should have been done from day 1 imo

[@ZetaReticulian]

i cnat find these so called "settings" on the discord... seems the discord is generally dead?

[@joeschmoe5009]

Realism/realistic counter=14

[@ankkahd8507]

Lmao i actually said ghetto bird

[@ohstirfry]

Most people can’t scoop 540 shove, so scoop speed should not cause them to happen….

[@jordananthony8219]

You should lower your high pop it’s a little too high