The Reality Check features an all new S84 hybrid cover for this edition in the Reality trilogy. It's everything you would expect in a hybrid Reality, yet it has a shape that is unique to itself and the Reality line. It's much cleaner than the original, and much smoother than the Altered, but is far smoother than anything I expect from an asymmetric ball at the top of the line. I drilled mine 45 x 4 x 65 and it gives me an incredibly clean and smooth motion front to back that is in play on pretty much everything but the extremes of either wet or dry. Versatile is an understatement. Give it a shot and you'll be surprised at how much you find yourself using it!