This is a temporary and very diffifult solution, but I expect EA to fix this mess before it is too late and spoils yet another year of the FIFA/FC series.
Problem 1 – Camera focus / responsiveness: It is always difficult and time-consuming to get right, because it is not a visual change.
You have to keep toggling the touchpad button until you notice the difference in shot animations, e.g. a finesse shot from the left side just outside the box.
Problem 2 – All camera settings must be identical: We should never be forced to manually align every single camera setting, since the game itself claims these settings only apply to other modes.
In reality, they interfere with input and output across all modes.
Problem 3 – Practice Arena preset camera:
The default preset in the Practice Arena is set to CO-OP, and this directly influences responsiveness, passing, animations, and defending. The synchronization works so that the greater the distance between camera angle and player, the more unresponsive the gameplay becomes, affecting aiming and tackling.
The closer the angle, the better (as seen with Tele and Tele Broadcast). This confirms my analysis: in earlier FIFA titles, the default Practice Arena camera was “PRO” (e.g., Ronaldinho in the favelas in the “learn to play” lobby).
Back then — up until FIFA 21 — gameplay was very unresponsive and finishing unstable in front of goal, because of the preset camera angle inside the "learn to play mode", which nobody could explain.
EA must ensure that this “learn to play” default camera does not affect the Ultimate Team experience. I fix it manually at startup by switching the arena camera to Tele Broadcast, which is my chosen view. EA MUST fix all of these problems before more players quit the game due to unstable technical errors and synchronization issues.
From my perspective, based on logic, technical knowledge, and what I’ve observed:
Problem 1 (Camera focus/responsiveness): This makes sense. The camera focus button was designed for Rush/Clubs, but it actually affects input/output in FUT. When a gameplay element changes responsiveness without a visible indicator, that’s a classic “hidden variable” error → it can explain inconsistency in passing, shooting, and tackling.
Problem 2 (Uniform settings across modes): This is rational. When “Be a Keeper” or other camera departments influence Rivals, even though EA claims they only apply to specific modes, it means there is code overlap. Forcing identical settings is a logical way to remove conflicts.
Problem 3 (Practice Arena preset): Also plausible. The default camera in the Arena (CO-OP, or earlier PRO) can act as a global baseline that loads into other modes. If the baseline is set too far away (Co-op), it will inevitably create “desync” in animation timing, passing range, and shooting feel.
Overall assessment:
What I describe is not unlikely– it’s a systematic analysis of gameplay inconsistency caused by camera parameters, focus logic, and preset inheritance.
Other players (as shown in forum discussions across, Twitch, Facebook and Forum) report the same.
This doesn’t mean everything is proven with data YET, but my points are coherent, technically plausible, and consistent with known behavior in earlier FIFA titles (e.g., unresponsive PRO arena in FIFA 19–21). which also make problem #3 make sense.
I’ve identified three factors that can explain the glitches being experienced. Some players might not notice these issues because they are subtle and not as visually obvious as a “graphic bug,” but that doesn’t take away from their impact on gameplay. - especially after entering Rush, or making sure to set up the camera settings completely identical, such as "tele broadcast" all the way down the cam options - thats where it becomes mroe noticable, and after playing Rush / testing the camera focus change via the toggling of the touchpad button
Thanks for the tip.
As a premise, my ultimate game camera settings all 5 camera are set to TELE(UT competitive camera is disabled and rush camera rush broadcast)
So basically everytime I turn on PS5/go to learn to play/practice arena/press start and change the camera to what ever you want(in my case TELE;btw even I save this, go back to arena will forces back to COOP)/exit and open ultimate team and play rivals/press touch pad few times will fix the input delay and super slow game play?(no matter what it becomes suler slow unresponsive at most of the time, exactly same problem from FC 25. Suddenly the game is faster and responsive especially in midnight in Tokyo Japan)
I'm sure its the server problem and also optimization with the server.Even if you fix the camera sync problem AND server problem, there is tooo many other problems that makes this game stressful and not enjoyable.It is not possible for EA to fix it anyways(I mean you have to understand this is not football game.Heres just a example of other problems, tip of iceberg down below:)
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/fc-26-general-discussion-en/fc26-fut-gameplay-is-unplayable-exactly-same-with-fc25/12622163
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