🏟️ Marketing Center (new)
A brand-new facility: your own coordinator, fan programs (reach, database, loyalty), sponsor programs with industry perks, a real merchandising inventory (including the PlasticPalace wholesaler and star-rated quality tiers), plus one-off and season-long promotions. The center can be built and expanded in its own tab.
🤖 AI clubs now work weekly
Computer-controlled clubs get real behavior: their own character, coach and sponsor choices, pricing, loans and repayments, player loan deals, early contract extensions, training plans tailored to the specific opponent, and their own approach to transfer signings. Rivals' squad-building work is now visible, in every language.
⚽ Youth Academy (new)
Talents now go through three performance tests and a triage decision (including possible dismissal) before joining the squad. The pool of prospects refreshes weekly.
🏁 New season start
Three weeks of preseason and three weeks of winter break as their own screens, with a decision in every break week. Contracts now run for a full season.
🎨 Interface & accessibility
A major overhaul: a shared component system across all screens, a custom font instead of OS emoji, every dialog switched to the native <dialog> element, consistent labeling for screen readers, plus numerous visual fixes (header, gradients, title screen).
⚡ Performance
The crowd in the stadium now renders noticeably faster (about 2.5x), including new detail sliders in the settings (seat density, refresh rate, detail level).
💰 Economy
Season tickets now show revenue and demand transparently, the wage curve was reworked (tier-3 leagues now pay noticeably more), and a bug was fixed that slowly skewed the world economy over seasons.
Various smaller fixes to text, translation, and display.