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1440666fd7e443ec
Seasoned Ace
1 day ago

Feels like players are on skates

What is going on? I’m playing VSA — which ought to be the smoothest and most stable DR mode — and it feels like my players are on skates. The physics of the game seem to be broken with my players appearing to slide around the field. To make matters worse, they are at times ignoring a ball played into their path. Sometimes the ball bounces off a player and he acts like a tree stump. It’s absolutely maddening. How can the game have become so broken that not even VSA works anymore???

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  • EA_Pulsar's avatar
    EA_Pulsar
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 day ago

    Hi there, thanks for sharing this! To help us look into this behavior, does this happen in absolutely every match for you, regardless of the formation and squad you are using? Does the gameplay always behave this way on your account, or is it random? If anyone else is experiencing similar observations, please let us know in the comments!

  • alefantos21_007's avatar
    alefantos21_007
    New Vanguard
    1 day ago

    I posted exactly the s(h)ame thing here, with the title “FC 27 ice skating.” I even asked you if you planned to release an Alexei Yagudin card in the box set with a “gold triple toe loop” playstyle.

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    1440666fd7e443ec
    Seasoned Ace
    16 hours ago

    It’s not every single match. It was bad last night in several matches. Today I’ve played four VSA matches and two felt “off.” The match I played just now was pretty darn bad. Inputs felt delayed and player control was “sloshy.” Multiple times I lost possession because player movement was not precise. Bottom line:  really frustrating and impossible to win.

    In the past this never used to happen with VSA. Player control used to feel precise and “light.” Now it routinely feels, at best, “heavy” and, at worst, like I’m playing a poor hockey simulation. I just don’t get how a mode that used to be rock solid (if a little boring and repetitive) has become so unstable/unreliable.

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    1440666fd7e443ec
    Seasoned Ace
    9 hours ago

    Just played another VSA match where I lost two possessions because my player showed total indifference to the ball. On one occasion he just let a pass roll past and on the other it rolled up to and bounced off of him without the player making any attempt to take control. In both cases I’m totally unable to affect the outcome and I lost both possessions. 

    Elsewhere I started a thread about “non-possession” VSA possessions where the ball rolls straight to the defender and my player never even touches the ball (and the “possession” is over in 2 seconds). I’ve experienced 3 such instances in the last couple of weeks. Mentioning this here because it’s all part and parcel of the general glitchiness of VSA at the moment.

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    EA_Pulsar
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    5 hours ago

    Thank you for sharing your additional feedback. I am compiling all of this info and will pass it on to our game team for their review. Please continue to share your experiences if you notice any other patterns!