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Testmonat: Juli 2009
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Rating von 1 (flop) bis 10 (top) auf den Konditionen:

Stärken: The strength from the midlane to the pins is what gives the Virtual Energy that "wow" factor. Once it starts to make its move, there is no stopping it.

Schwächen: The Virtual Energy is simply too strong of a ball for drier lane conditions. Those with lower rev rates will be more successful with this one on drier conditions, compared to Tweener and Cranker types, but their success will be short-lived. There are far better choices in Storm's lineup for drier conditions.

Insgesamt: The Virtual Energy takes the best of the Gravity Shift and Virtual Gravity and puts them into one ball. This one is definitely the most versatile of the three. It has the ability to work on anything from a medium-light to a medium-oily lane condition.

Comments: The  is the follow-up release to the popular Virtual Gravity. Both of these use the same Shape - Lock HD core, which offers a low RG and high differential, giving each one a fast revving and continuous ball motion. The difference between the two is in the cover. The Virtual Energy uses a Hybrid version of Storm's R2X, while the Virtual Gravity uses a solid version. This Hybrid cover is comprised of two parts pearl and one part solid. This cover gives the Virtual Energy more continuation at the back end than the Virtual Gravity, while maintaining some of the strong midlane the Virtual Gravity offered. All three testers preferred using the Virtual Energy on the medium test pattern. The overall ball motion was perfect for this condition. Moving deeper into the oil pattern was never a problem for the Virtual Energy. The extra back end continuation was a major plus, once we had to move deeper to find more oil. The oily test pattern offered the second best look for both Tweener and Cranker. They didn't have any trouble getting it to the pocket from a more direct line. Stroker's lower rev rate didn't offer the same entry angle and pin carry that Tweener and Cranker experienced on the oily test pattern. The drier pattern found all three playing a full arrow deeper than they were on the medium test pattern. This type of pattern will offer better luck for those with lower rev rates. The Virtual Energy is simply's too much ball on the short and dry stuff for those with medium to high rev rates. Tweener had the best look on our sport pattern, which is considered to be of medium length and volume. All three agreed that Virtual Energy would perform best on a medium to oily sport pattern that has already seen some play.