I make it a habit to check my controller settings before each game. So for direction, distance and openness, I leave it as is.Īlways check your controller settings before each game On top of that, I'm not sure I'd notice a lot of difference or that it even works anyway. I'm more of an icon passing player anyway. I know some people use some custom numbers but I like default here. That being said, I sometimes forget to check and I run at 50 box out assist strength without being aware of it.

I think it has the added issue of giving up some control of your guys when the number starts increasing closer to 100. I always felt that both players needed to have the same setup so there was no assistance from the CPU. We wanted as much of league play on manual control as possible. The reason was because it's basically cpu assistance. In fact, when I played in our league, we use to require these two options to be set at zero. With regards to defensive assist and box out assist, I like to set these at 0. Here's a good thread with a video in it that explains how it works.ĭefensive assist and box out assist strength It's just advanced way to 'lead' pass to your target which ironically a lot of people use to complain about lead passing into the paint. Once you let go of the icon, the pass will be made. With icon passing set to full receiver control, you can take control of the man you want to pass it to by holding his player icon.

I always know that up is contest shot and I don't have to worry about where my defender is on the court. I set pro stick defense to absolute so that it's easier to play defense. I like pro stick function on default instead of dribble moves because I shoot with the stick. But mostly, I set it at user timing (and still sometimes struggle from the line!)

I sometimes change free throws to real player percentage in games vs the CPU since it can be pretty easy to shoot a high percentage from the line on user timing. If you never play online, and you want to use real player % that's more than ok. I typically always recommend shot timing over real player % since you can't use real player % online. Because of that, I now set that to shots and layups.

We now have the ability to control shot timing on layups as well as shots. Let's talk about which one's I think are most important and why. OK, here is a rundown on all of my controller settings.

Best shot on 2k16