Pros:
Richlands-Steed Park is a well kept multi-use facility where, overall, the disc course fits nicely alongside the other uses. At the current time, during summer and with enough rainfall, the course is entirely vibrant green grass fairways, shady trees and dappled sunlit forest.
The course seems to have matured quite a bit since it was last reviewed in 2013. When I look at the pictures that were taken then, I can see the bones of the course that exists now, but the young trees have all matured quite well and the course plays as wide, grassy fairways that are lined by a a maturing mixed pine and some deciduous forest. Holes 1 through 3 play much more open, but from 4 on you will have trouble on each side of your line, whether trees or OB. The OB that is present in the course pictures that is defined by scrubby trees and long grass is not listed on any course signage, and it's not clear to me that it was ever actually intended to play that way. Rather it seems to me like these were no-now areas intended to let the forest areas grow up.
The rough in the forest is fairly well beat in and you shouldn't have issue with finding discs and should be able to scramble most of the time, although you also probably won't find yourself in the rough too often. The lines are more than a bit generous. That said, there a definitely a few holes that present more challenging lines. A few examples: #7 is very tight tunnel tee shot, albeit quite short, and #16 is well designed to look much more open than it plays and only a precise low ceiling tee shot is likely to make it to the green.
The course actually plays fairly long overall, at least for a white level course. If you were to play the short tees, the first four holes would give you the sense that this was an exceedingly easy pitch and putt, without a line to hit, but then almost every hole after this doesn't have a short tee and you are mostly playing holes that play between 250 and 400 feet. You will likely enjoy trying to rip some shots here if you don't have a big arm, simply because the lines are so generous.
The other feature is that a significant number of the holes, roughly a 3rd, have significantly elevated greens. Sand mounds have been built for the baskets, ranging from roughly 3 to 10 feet high, with varying overall sizes. These moguls make approaches trickier and present a risk-reward calculation when putting.
Tees are decent sized concrete pads, and the ground around every tee is nice and level, so run ups will not be a problem. Baskets are Discatchers in good condition.
Cons:
The first 3 holes, at least from the short tees, play more like baskets in a field. #1 has nothing around it, #2 has just a few moderately sized trees that vaguely block an errant shot and #3 just has a slightly elevated green. It really is a very boring start to an otherwise good course. 1 and 2 are better from the long tees, but see the notes on safety later on.
Overall the lines are probably too generous. You aren't usually going to be punished very much as long as you avoid going into the road which one has to assume is OB.
This brings up another downside, which is that the signage is generally lacking. There is no kiosk or course map. The tees are marked with posts that have metal plaques that list the hole number and the length, except for a few holes where the plaques are just attached to a tree. Each basket is numbered, however there are no directional indications indicating where the next tee box is, and a few places where the course routing is far from obvious, as there are many basket and tee posts in view. There is no indication whether the tee pad is the long pad, the short pad, or that there is only one pad. Using uDisc to find the next tee pad will save a lot of time. The par 5 as listed on #16s post makes no sense, at it isn't what is listed here or on uDisc.
The course also seems to suffer a little bit from an identity problem. The lengths of the holes doesn't really match with the generosity of the lines. The lines are more suited to beginners, but the holes are early mostly too long for beginners. Although, one could look at this as a stepping stone course that encourages people to develop length, and perfect upshot distance, to enable playing long end tougher courses.
Hole 10 followed by hole 11 really illustrates the dichotomy of the course. Hole 10 plays either as a 350 foot par 3 where the basket is blind from the tee on a significant mound, with woods left and OB on the right threading any hyzer flip that doesn't come back. Or, to the long pin, it play as a 600 foot par 4, it's the same issues in the second shot. Hole 11 is an 87 foot jump putt that theoretically wants to challenge you by putting 10 mature crepe myrtles between you and the basket. But it's really just a jump putt.
Finally, this is in a mixed use facility and that always represents a trade-off with safety. There is a playground, basketball court, walking trails, etc. They've done a fairly good job at keeping the disc flight lines separated from the rest of park, but there are definitely a few issues. The long tee for #2 is the most egregious. You are throwing up over a ridge that blinds you to both the basket, which plays around a few trees, left to right. There is a walking path which runs parallel to the hole, going 5 feet left of he tee pad. You are blind to anyone approaching the ridge on that path. The obvious plays here all have a likely mistake going right at the face of anyone coming towards you on that path. There is no concrete tee pad here, but there is a metal sign deformed around one of the trees that apparently mark the teeing area. It's unclear to me whether this was actually in the original design.
That said, generally speaking, the holes are separate from other uses and otherwise you will have a lengthy and full view of anyone who might be coming into your line.
Other Thoughts:
I didn't play the optional A, B and C holes, but they looked like more of the same.
Overall, I enjoyed this course much more than I thought I would. On a Friday morning the park was lightly used and quite pretty. Overall the round was relaxing, but just stimulating enough.