I have exactly the same problem with the gameplay changing. For the experiment, I set the acceleration indicator to 0, for myself and the CPU. As a result, my players moved across the field very slowly, as it should be. But the CPU ran very quickly as if nothing had happened. The CPU slider stats simply don't apply to the game. Moreover, over time it works as it should, why it changes and what it depends on is absolutely not clear.
I've been playing some career mode matches with a friend against the CPU and it looks like the game is overriding/not applying the gamespeed setting. I play on slow pace but the matches still feel like normal pace. Or atleast the CPU plays like in normal and the user controlled team plays slow pace.
Game's crashing out of nowhere at random times now. I have not changed anything in the game or in my PC or anything.
