College Football 25 - Launch Weekend Notes + Updates
Hey College Football fans, What a weekend! Coming off of the worldwide launch weekend of EA SPORTS™ College Football 25, we wanted to say THANK YOU! It has been a very surreal feeling for us to see the reception to our passion project. We have been taking notes over the weekend as we watched all the content and read all the feedback we possibly could on what all of you are saying, doing, and sharing with College Football 25. Last week, we shared a behind the scenes story about the tech that was built to bring College Football 25 to life, check out the College Football 25 Launch Week Kickoff Campus Huddle to learn more. This week, we’re here to let you know that our team is hard at work preparing updates and content for post launch to ensure delivery of the most authentic college football experience ever. For full details of future Title Updates, be sure to check out our Campus Huddle - your home for news on College Football 25! Before we share some known issues the team is tracking below for future updates, we wanted to talk about Rosters and Likenesses. As mentioned in the Campus Huddle above, there are some slight inaccuracies with rosters and likenesses that our team is looking to update as soon as possible as we work through summer roster movement that is natural to college football. For our very passionate Dynasty fans, you can hop in and play this week or wait for a roster update around college football kickoff for the most up to date experience. Also, one more question we want to answer: Yes, ratings updates for rosters WILL happen as we move through the college football season, so stay tuned! Our team is consistently tracking top issues and listening to player feedback. Below are some of the top known issues the team is working toward. AUDIO Incorrect commentary when playing as the first game of the season in Dynasty at Utah Florida State’s War Chant and Tennessee's “Rocky Top” are not audible when playing only on Xbox Series S LOGOS The following teams/conferences have incorrect logos: Stanford, UMass, Western Michigan, Jacksonville State, FIU, New Mexico, SEC, Conference USA, and the Sun Belt UTEP and Wyoming display incorrect athletic branding on their equipment in Dynasty Visual issue with conference patches when changing a small subset of teams Conference in Dynasty DYNASTY Before we talk about some things we are tracking in Dynasty, we wanted to provide some things to consider and clarity on the design intentions. There are many factors at play in Dynasty that can create ripple effects: Injuries, players going pro early, transfers, strong or weak recruiting classes, upsets, and more! The beauty of the mode is that two different users can begin playing Dynasty as the same school, but over multiple years, their College Football 25 worlds can develop notable differences. Dynasty is intentionally designed in a way where the backend systems will create organic and dynamic situations that lead to branching stories. We didn't want to have a rigid system that leads to all users experiencing the same situations and stories 5, 10, or 15 years in - the world of college football is dynamic and so is Dynasty in College Football 25. As for player feedback, we do see the feedback about the Super Sim Logic. We have been looking into tuning Super Sim Logic, including FCS schools potentially creating more upsets than intended. As for wider Super Sim Logic tuning, we will continue to monitor player feedback and the telemetry data from all users’ Dynasties as we gather more data. Our team has been thrilled to see so many fans share the stories they're experiencing, so keep it coming! Super Sim Logic Tuning: The team is looking into tuning of the Super Sim Logic, including FCS schools upsetting too many Power 5 schools Note: As we continue internal testing on the tuning of Super Sim Logic, Top 25 Polls & the College Football Playoff seedings will also see an improvement. Issue when adding additional teams to the PAC-12 conference when using custom conferences does not generate a new conference schedule as intended. Workaround: After adding teams to the PAC-12, open the Conference Rules and set Divisions to ON. Users will see they can now set the number of conference games by toggling back and forth. Users can then disable divisions and edit other settings as desired. Issue with modified conference rules not saving Workaround: Users can re-enter the Conference Rules screen to ensure their settings were saved and are valid. If they did not save, then the rules are not valid with their current setup. Occasionally, when a recruit reaches their Top 5 stage, it will not display the recruit is “Ready for a Visit” despite meeting the requirements. Recruiting Tuning: The team has planned additional tuning to recruiting logic. Small chance of a freeze when simulating individual plays quickly after exiting “Super Sim” Workaround: Wait a couple seconds in between simulating the individual plays before exiting Super Sim. Issue with the Practice Tile not initially appearing in the “Team” tab Workaround: Exit the mode and then re-enter. Current maximum cap of 20 created coaches instead of the intended 32 created coaches Note: The team is targeting Tuesday for an issue fix that limits Dynasty’s to 20 created coaches. A current work around is using existing coaches in the remaining spots to reach 32. Issue with some player's jersey numbers and/or OVRs changing when editing certain players gear. Online Dynasty: A high priority for the team right now is the issue of some players being unable to load into a previously established online dynasty. Updates on this issue will be threaded on THIS post from @CFBDirect as we get them. TEAM BUILDER When using a Team Builder team in Play Now, cleats are defaulted to Adidas regardless of selected brand apparel. Note: This does not impact Team Builder teams used in Dynasty Second custom image layer not appearing on the field Workaround: Add a second layer, then select a generic image, and then re-select your custom image. As mentioned above, this is just some of the top issues the team is tracking toward for a future update. A majority listed above will require an update to your console, or as we call them Title Updates - and we will be back with a full Campus Huddle for our next Title Update! Also, be sure to follow the channels below to stay in the know: @EASPORTSCOLLEGE | @EASPORTS_CUT | @CFBDirect - The College Football 25 Team
Anyone Truly Happy?
Is anyone here truly happy with this game? It seems like the only people who are happy are those on a nostalgic kick and the YouTubers/other sources who are either A) nostalgic or B) bought out by EA. I really wanted to love this game. Truly did. I bought MVP for God's sake. But it just seems like one big F up. For people who said they absolutely love college football and wanted to do a service for it, and had YEARS to create a decent product, they screwed up big time. EA, doubt you bother to read anything from the community after the game sells (who could blame you when a lot of it is negative- deservedly so) but you all should be completely ashamed of yourselves. And if this mess doesn't get fixed, NEVER call yourselves fans of the sport again.College Football NCAA25 is Broken
I have been playing EA College Football NCAA25 relentlessly over the last 2-3 weeks. As much as I'm happy college football is back in the video game space, it is sad to see that as you play more of the game, it just feels like an enhanced Madden reskin. Here are the noticeable issues and things that need to be fixed in updates ASAP, otherwise EA will continue to keep their reputation as a company that can care less about the customer base....see below: - AI logic blocking, both pass protection and up field - LB's and DB's not reacting to QBs scrambling until they are 5+ yards past the LOS - CPU pass coverage prevents medium to long passes, if you try they are intercepted or nearly intercepted 95% of the time - Play Action is impossible. Always leads to a CPU sack - AI logic on pass catching and DEF zone coverage. Too many times the defenders don't flow toward traffic - DEF man coverage just leads to streak 75 yard TDs for fast receivers - Defenders take terrible routes to ball carries as they blow by them to he never seen again - Heavily animation based and not physics based (as claimed). I see the same animations on tackling and from my WRs. I can tell when the ball is going to be dropped based on the same animation they use to catch a ball 10,000 times by now. - Commentating is getting repetitive quick and contradicts things they say only seconds away from one another - Dynasty simulation logic is trash. Way too many huge upsets - Low tier Conference winners getting top 4 spots in CFP bracket with ease - Glitch where I need to constantly reset my kicking to "Tap and Tap" - I don't get frequent points to upgrade my staff or coach abilities - No where to decide how to develop talents in my players, it's all just decided by CPU This list can continue. Did you all even have the developers talk with players, coaches, or have people test this game for thousands of hours before releare? Probably not, only care about the money. Please send out updates and fix all of these things. Thanks!
Formation Subs
Something I really loved about the old NCAA games that I’ve missed in Madden is the ability to set any player at any position in each formation in dynasty mode. Maybe you want your backup HB in for certain formations by default. Maybe you want a TE out wide as a blocker in a specific set. Maybe you want to sneak a backup QB in for trick plays. Formation subs allow for lots of creativity, but it doesn’t seem to be in the game. Is this something that could potentially be added in a future update?
College Football 25 - Title Update August 19th
Hey there CFB Community, Today, you received an update on all platforms for College Football 25. The team wanted to provide you with some notes about changes that came with this update. Fixed an issue where the scoreboards would disappear during a game. Fixed an issue for Offline Dynasty files where Freshman Players were not shown in the player list for position changes. Fixed an issue where the game would freeze when performing an Onside Kick in both Online and Offline Dynasty Mode. Fixed an issue where changing your schemes or playbooks would affect your players archetype and OVR based on your choice in Offline Dynasty files. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to share your feedback with us. We appreciate your passion for College Football 25 and joining us here on Answers HQ!