Matches
- The pitch now plays the match: goals come out of the simulation and depend on each player's attributes.
- When the ball reaches you in a chance, the pitch freezes so you can choose: shoot, lay it off, take your man on or keep going.
- Quiet minutes fly by; both teams' attacks and every shot play out at real speed.
- Goals hit the net and get celebrated, and when it's your goal, you pick the celebration.
- The scripted moments that interrupted matches are gone; some of them gave the result away early.
- Your match rating comes from your plays on the pitch and your attributes.
- If you're having a really bad game, the coach may take you off between the 55th and the 82nd minute.
- Each forward and midfielder style has its own role on the pitch: where they stand, how often they run in behind, whether they take players on or drop deep. Each style's card explains it.
- Midfielders decide on the pitch itself: every teammate gets a ring showing the percentage for that pass.
- Proper kick-offs: the team that conceded kicks off, with a forward on the ball and everyone in their own half.
- Offside is now called, with a free kick, a whistle and the linesman's flag up. Forwards hold the line, and balls in behind the defence come more often.
- Corners: the cross goes into the box in the air, and sometimes it's played short. Attackers and defenders take up positions in the box, and the taker no longer shoots from the corner flag.
- No more shots from impossible angles along the byline.
- Forwards no longer stand still in the middle: they drop back with their team and follow play across the pitch.
- Goalkeepers only use their hands inside their own box and no longer walk out with the ball: they play it short or long.
- The referee no longer stands right on top of the ball.
Career
- Awards, records, top scorers and season objectives are recalibrated to the goal numbers of the new engine.
- Injured before a final or a knockout tie? You can now play through the injury or watch from the stands. Before, the final was simulated without asking you.
- When you return from an injury, the medical report says which one it was.
- Injury names now match how long they last: no more broken fibulas that heal in two matchdays or neck strains that take fifteen.
Interface
- The post-match screen explains your rating: what you started from and what raised or lowered it.
- Events now appear beside the pitch, which no longer shrinks.
- The Match tab in Settings has been rebuilt: show or hide the pitch, how fast quiet minutes go by, whether the opponent's attacks play at real speed, and short or full celebrations. None of these options change the match.
- New Report a problem tab in Settings: copy a summary ready for the Steam forums, or save a full report that includes your save.
Fixes
- 12 plays described a goal that the scoreboard didn't count.
- With the pitch turned off, the clock ran at double speed from the first goal onwards.
- Rival top scorers didn't add goals on the matchdays you played: in Full career you finished as the league's top scorer every year, and club records were never announced.
- The pitch could freeze if something went wrong while drawing it.
- The year summary in the hub could hide the pre-match week options.
- The end-of-season screen said your club was going up with the promoted teams even in a year you were relegated.
- The end-of-year verdict said "1 goals" or "1 assists".
- An offside called right after your play lowered your rating.
Other
- The new engine plays matches for forwards and midfielders. Defenders and goalkeepers keep the classic match moments.
- The demo includes everything in this update, still limited to three seasons.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who added the game to their wishlist. There are 300 of you now, and with the full game finally available, I hope you can fully enjoy it—including all the features you tried in the demo, plus several new ones. I never expected to receive so many wishlists, nor did I imagine things would progress this far, but I am incredibly grateful that it happened.
I look forward to seeing you again soon with new updates, and I hope this game can become the best football career simulator possible!