Virtual Pool 4

Virtual Pool 4 lets you play 27 cue-sport games, including 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Snooker, Billiards and Pub Pool. You can play against computer opponents, practice alone, play with friends on the same computer or compete online. It includes two career modes, trick shots and video tutorials.

Pro Tour Career

Compete through a season against real pros and top amateurs represented as virtual opponents. Begin on the Local tour and progress through the Regional, National and World tours, with rankings, player statistics and achievements for each tour game. Seasons include several tournaments with formats such as single elimination, double elimination and special invitationals.

Tour games include 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Snooker, Black Ball, 10-Ball, 8-Ball Pub World Rules and Straight Pool. Choose from Easy, Normal, Hard, Extra Hard and Good Luck difficulty levels.

Hustler career

Start in the Garage and wager your virtual bankroll across six locations and hundreds of opponents. Defeat each room boss to advance; opponents get tougher and stakes rise in later locations. Some locations also hold tournaments. You can spend your virtual cash on break cues, jump cues and low-deflection cue shafts. Career setup offers 17 game choices and five skill levels.

Practice and equipment

Video tutorials with Steve Daking cover pool techniques, and you can practice each lesson shot in the game after its tutorial segment. Set up trick shots or play from the pool and artistic billiard trick-shot libraries.

You can customize your play cue and change its shaft to a lower-deflection model for better aiming accuracy. Break cues help you hit the rack harder and make more balls, while jump cues let you jump over obstructing balls.

Online play

Compete in online tournaments or play with friends. Tournaments support single or double elimination, with or without handicaps, and can be played as singles or teams. Online features include player profiles, friends lists, awards, statistics, rankings, an events calendar, shot uploads, and a lobby where players can meet and chat.