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The weakness of the sim

By aquarius - 28-03-2025 01:08

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The problem with the sim is, that it produces too many 100% goal chances, which conversion into a true goal is then artificially prohibited by the sim, thus avoiding unrealistic game results. So it seems. This leads to tons of situations where the striker is alone before the goalie (sometimes even before the empty goal) - in real life you would jump from the sofa shouting out "yes, make it!", and in most times it really happens and you can turn the hope into jubilation. But here you have learned to stay calm, no shouting, no excitement, because you know the goal will only happen if the sim has decided that it fits into the probability calculations. That creates an unrealistic feel while watching the game in 2D or 3D. There is practically no midfield play. Every ball possession leads to either a direct shot on the goal or a misplaced back pass into the hands of the opponent, which is very ugly to watch. The results may be realistic and may reflect the strengths of the teams. But this doesn't arise from realistic simulations of events, but because of retroactive concealment of the sims irregularities. This is something that must be looked to if there should be any intention to re-write the sim.The problem with the sim is, that it produces too many 100% goal chances, which conversion into a true goal is then artificially prohibited by the sim, thus avoiding unrealistic game results. So it seems.

This leads to tons of situations where the striker is alone before the goalie (sometimes even before the empty goal) - in real life you would jump from the sofa shouting out "yes, make it!", and in most times it really happens and you can turn the hope into jubilation. But here you have learned to stay calm, no shouting, no excitement, because you know the goal will only happen if the sim has decided that it fits into the probability calculations.

That creates an unrealistic feel while watching the game in 2D or 3D.

There is practically no midfield play. Every ball possession leads to either a direct shot on the goal or a misplaced back pass into the hands of the opponent, which is very ugly to watch.

The results may be realistic and may reflect the strengths of the teams. But this doesn't arise from realistic simulations of events, but because of retroactive concealment of the sims irregularities.

This is something that must be looked to if there should be any intention to re-write the sim.

 

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Re: The weakness of the sim

By waffle (RA) (NC) - 02-04-2025 16:54

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I agree with you. However such a change would require a complete rewrite of the sim. As this is not a realistic option short term, I'd just like to hear some planning in regards to sim development. Are there even plans to do it? What kind of approach are they taking? I mean I am happy to play another two yeards with this sim if there's a genuine long term plan for future improvements. It's true that this is a game far away from the realistic world of football, but I agree with you when you say that more resamblance would be appriciated. I think the first problem of the sim is that one tactical approaach is preferable by the experienced managaers. It should be strived at that all three approaches have their own strenghts and weaknesses against each other, but are somewhat equal in strength to each other. I am not saying that wing tactic is necessarily superior, I'm just saying that it is preffered by most experienced managers so something must be to it. I'd like to know what CREW's thinking is on this and wheather they are completely happy with current sim status or do they see any improvements? Where do they see it in five years? I understand changes like this cannot happen overnight, but if they will at some point, at least a very loose timeline would be appriciated.I agree with you. However such a change would require a complete rewrite of the sim. As this is not a realistic option short term, I'd just like to hear some planning in regards to sim development. Are there even plans to do it? What kind of approach are they taking? I mean I am happy to play another two yeards with this sim if there's a genuine long term plan for future improvements. It's true that this is a game far away from the realistic world of football, but I agree with you when you say that more resamblance would be appriciated. I think the first problem of the sim is that one tactical approaach is preferable by the experienced managaers. It should be strived at that all three approaches have their own strenghts and weaknesses against each other, but are somewhat equal in strength to each other. I am not saying that wing tactic is necessarily superior, I'm just saying that it is preffered by most experienced managers so something must be to it. I'd like to know what CREW's thinking is on this and wheather they are completely happy with current sim status or do they see any improvements? Where do they see it in five years? I understand changes like this cannot happen overnight, but if they will at some point, at least a very loose timeline would be appriciated.

 

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