- New missions in career mode include gaining/losing weight.
- Hardcore violence is better tolerated in match ratings, and losing limbs gets a bigger pop!
- Hardcore gimmicks are less likely without a rivalry.
- Asking to join someone's promotion via the approach method now has the correct dialogue.
- Court fines are paid to the correct company in booking mode.
- Court cases can't be booked within a month of each other (unless you're the one pressing charges).
- Computers can be used to reveal data about other characters, and reading out of books or magazines sustains the reading animation.
- You can't sleep while having an adrenaline rush or a nervous breakdown.
- You're not blamed for fatalities in career mode unless they were your opponent.
- You're less likely to be taken to court for "interfering" if you were a manager or referee.
- Employees are less likely to complain that they've been "devalued".
- Arena damages are more expensive in career mode (relative to how much you're worth).