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Midaslandar
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2 months ago

Major Gameplay and Performance Issues After Latest Update

Hello,

I’ve noticed that Madden has been acting strangely since the latest update.

  • When I switch players after the snap by holding L2 and moving in a direction, my player doesn’t respond properly.
  • The triangle button no longer triggers a catch attempt.
  • When I play as a safety and try to move into the box after the snap, it feels like there’s an invisible wall — my player gets stuck and won’t move.
  • When I play as an edge rusher and try to move after a power or swim move, I also get stuck.
  • When I play as a linebacker and try to leave the box because I’m in man coverage, I get stuck as well.
  • After kickoffs, my player just freezes and won’t move.
  • When I press A or X to quickly get to the play selection screen, my offense suddenly performs a spike play (as if I were holding A or X) — this never happened before.
  • In defense, when I try to adjust coverage to “Underneath,” my DBs start running backward as if I pressed up on the D-pad, even though the D-pad menu doesn’t even appear when I press triangle.

The game is currently almost unplayable for me. On top of all this, there are also stutters, lags, and performance drops. Before the update, I had over 120 FPS, but now I have to enable VSync and disable Show Play Art just to get smooth gameplay.

Please look into this — it’s really frustrating.

Thank you.

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  • Sir one of the issue is what im experiencing and its because you have "AUTO PASS" on in the settings, this feature use to be COACH MODE on previous maddens.  but its not suppose to work this way.  it says if you dont take control of the qb after the snap but like you said we dont have any control.  i hope they fix it.

  • I am experiancing the same thing game is unplayable rn, so much stuttering, I have a 5060 graphics card and the game still runs like crap plz fix this asap 

  • Fixed_Income72​ thanks I will try it, now I have this:

    So, the update completely broke everything for me, and I've had enough.

    I had to change a lot of settings and I still have stuttering while playing, but it's somewhat playable. However, something new has come up, which is that occasionally the game seems to think my right stick is constantly being pushed in one direction. I noticed this when I was in the Franchise menu, and the stats kept scrolling non-stop without any input from me. I swapped my controller for a new one—same problem. Then I restarted the game, and it worked again.

    I barely start a game, and as soon as I press Triangle, the D-Pad doesn't even open; it just does something else (probably because of the right stick bug). It's the same when audibling. It's just incredibly annoying.

    But today was the worst: I'm playing, and suddenly after an offensive play, a Fake Spike. I thought, 'Okay, maybe I pressed the wrong button?' No, after my play, I put the controller down, and again, a Fake Spike... Game restart, resumed the game, and after two offensive plays, the same thing happened again...

    Alt+F4, I'm done

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