FC 26 Career Mode Feedback Thread!
First off, i want to state how appreciative we are of you trying to fix this mode, the last few years it has fallen way behind where it should be, but we're finally starting to get back on track. But here are a few Career Mode related issues including things from previous years I've noticed that STILL haven't been addressed, which really need to be in imminent Title Updates.. • STILL no option for Pitch Colour & Pitch Wear inside the Career Mode Gameplay settings, please add this. • Transfer Fees & Wages need MASSIVELY improving, especially for High Potential stars, i shouldn't be able to buy a Young Talent who has a 90 Potential for £5m! It should be 10x that.. • Players with only 12 months remaining say "they're happy with their current contract", this shouldn't be possible, they should either agree to sign an extension or say they're NOT interested in renewing and want a new challenge at the end of this one, so you have the decision to make whether to sell them ASAP or lose them for free the following Summer. • When transfer listing these players who have 12 months remaining and refuse to sign an extension also say "they're confused and surprised, and it if was up to them they'd want to stay", when you transfer list them.. Even though they've refused a new contract extension as they said they're happy!? • Possible Lineup STILL only shows 7 subs for tournaments that can have 9 subs, even though 9 subs ARE named during gameplay (visual bug) • When using Sim/Quick Sim for pre-season friendlies, we get an e-mail telling us to remember to use all our our allotted subs? But we've simmed.. So it's the CPU who should be using all of them! • We need the option of selecting 12 subs for International & Champions League matches, as this is a real life rule • Bring back the Manager Unveiling cut-scene that you have removed! Why have you removed it!? At least make it an option, "cut-scene or contract signing screen". And may i also suggest, stop removing things people like, instead make them optional? I thought you'd learned this with the removal of the pre-match intros.. • Please add the option of being able to search for a player based off their Strong Foot, that way we can look for left footed CBs for example.. • We STILL have no Short Tape option for Wrists in Create/Edit Real Players? Even though we have a Long option? Once added, Short Tape should be the default for 99% of players as they wear this is real life, instead of players currently wearing Sweatbands instead.. This isn't Tennis? • There is STILL a bug of when a player wears coloured wrist tape then he wears the home kit's colour for the away & 3rd kits too which looks ridiculous and is also illegal! Please see the following post on how to fix it: https://x.com/GenericEAFC/status/1956800836736024612?t=vY6FBcjhx1FjlFhZEpJZpw&s=19 • STILL no Undershorts option in Create/Edit Real Players? Instead it's strangely defaulted to players ONLY in Cold Weather? • STILL no Cold Weather Gear option for players in Create/Edit Real Players, even though Data Reviewers have access to this option? PLEASE add this into the actual game.. • Add the holes in socks that Bellingham wears into the socks options so we can give Created/Edited Players the same socks option? • Please add the Generic stadiums from FUT into Create Your Club in Career Mode • PLEASE add back the old Low Socks option that you have replaced this year, the new ones are more 3/4 length than Short! Add the old ones back and rename the newer ones "3/4" • Please add the option to turn TIFOs On/Off/Big Games Only.. I don't need to see a big TIFO of Diogo Dalot before my cup match against Barrow.. • Secondary Positions STILL take to long to complete! For example, Luke Shaw is a LB, but in-game hes set as a CB and it says it will take 81 WEEKS to assign as a LB? Even though its named as a secondary position? It shouldn't take time AT ALL.. It should ONLY take time for training in NEW positions! • I was playing as Portugal and had 2 friendlies against Qatar within 4 days? You shouldn't be playing the SAME team in the same week.. • The Clean Sheets tab doesn't show GKs with Clean Sheets, but shows outfield players instead. • Unexpected Events - Great idea and i love them, but maybe add an option to specifically choose the frequency of EACH one just like you can for them in the first place? For example, id want an option to turn the option of a player randomly retiring OFF, but turn the chance of seeing a player getting injured in training to HIGH... • Press Conferences are STILL a mess and make absolute zero sense. Why would i humble a player who had a good game!? This would massively lower his moral in real life.. (Consider removing them until you can address them) • STILL no Player Interviews in Player Career like we had in The Journey? • STILL can't request a Transfer or Loan n Player Career? These are basic feature requests.. • When you search for a player their Potential is shown but once you shortlist them you can no longer see it, so you have to search for them again to see it? Which is counter-intuitive as you have already shortlisted them, so should be able to view it there too.. • When viewing your players in Squad Hub the competition name isnt viewable due too being too long to fit into the scrolling bar, thus the bar needs enlarging to fit the whole competition name on view to be able to see it • When viewing the CPU's squad, you can see after only 10-12 games they have played all 3 GKs the same amount of games? GK's don't rotate this much in real life, only when injured or for lesser cup competitions, please make it so the number one GK is played more often for CPU teams.. • Please add the Generic stadiums from FUT into Create Your Club in Career Mode • Please add Tattoos you can apply for the Right Arm, also for the Left Arm, so we can actually create matching Sleeve Tattoos! Why would there be different options for Left/Arm & Right Arm!? • Please add ALL the new hairstyle options that players with Cranium faces have into Create a Player! (I've seen MANY that aren't selectable!?) • Please REMOVE the bright screen flash that occurs during menu transitions! • Please show the Stadium Preview image when selecting your team in Career Mode just like you can see when selecting a Stadium in Kick Off. • I can't see the text during Player Negotiations due to the colours • We need the option to start a New Job at the End of the Season! (So you can finish the current season with your current team, the team you accept a job offer from will place a caretaker manager in charge until you take over) • Loans - Players in real life can't play against parent clubs. They should be unavailable and we should get an e-mail before the game to tell us so we have to make adjustments to our squad just like we do for Injuries/Suspensions.. Same for Loaned out players playing against us too! • Around The Grounds needs to pause on the screen so you can actually view and take a look at other scores/results, currently it flashes up for a few seconds and automatically moves to the next screen too fast so you can't actually look at them, also a Skip button prompt needs adding so you have the choice to view them or not! Thanks for reading, i will try to update this list if i find anything else worth mentioning. May i also suggest liaising with your Career Mode community more, especially on X, maybe inviting some of them to Vancouver to playtest for you? Instead of YouTube influencers that have zero knowledge of the mode and/or what needs addressing/adding.. You can find me on X: @GenericEAFCCreate/Edit Real Players Mode Needs Open Heart Surgery!
I dont mean this to sound rude, but Create/Edit Real Players has been the same for 10+ years now and its getting rather embarrassing! Were on PS5 consoles in 2025 not PS4 in 2013.. I make a thread on your Official Forums each year on how this mode can be improved that gets ignored EVERY year. But again, here i am with a list i feel can dramatically improve the creation side of the game that i ask for you to PLEASE look at: • Cold Weather Gear: Please add this setting that Data Reviewers get as an option IN GAME! This is needed for so many reasons that i will post below.. • Short Wrist Tape: We have a Long Tape option, but no Short? Short should be the default as that is what 90% of players actually wear yet its missing from the game? Instead, you have players running around wearing Sweatbands, this isn't Tennis! We need LOTS more accessory options, see MLB: The Show, they have an option for Short/Medium/Long Wrist Tape.. • Wrist Tape/Accessories Bug: Regarding Wrist Tape etc, there is STILL a Bug of when if a player wears coloured Wrist Tape then he wears the Home kit's colour for the Away & 3rd kits too which looks ridiculous! We need a 'Same As Kit' Colour option for accessories! • STILL no Undershorts option? Instead it's strangely defaulted to players ONLY in Cold Weather? This is why we need the Cold Weather Gear setting, as you could select Undershorts then choose On/Off/Cold Weather Only) so please make them selectable! • Grip Sock option: 90% of players have been wearing this sock option for YEARS now • Add the holes in socks Sock Type that Bellingham wears in-game into the socks options so we can give Created/Edited Players the same socks option? It's literally in the game.. • Please add Tattoos you can apply for the Right Arm, also for the Left Arm, so we can actually create matching Sleeve Tattoos! Why would there be different options for Left/Arm & Right Arm!? Also add LOTS more Tattoo options, just look at all the ones you had in The Journey that came out 8 years ago!? You literally have the assets.. • Please add ALL the new hairstyle options that players with Cranium faces have into Create a Player! (I've seen MANY that aren't selectable!?) • Ankle Tape: Should only be an On/Off setting only, as by law the colour HAS to match the sock anyway, so im not sure why we have blue ankle tape / red ankle tape etc.. (When set to On it would be the same colour as whatever kit they are playing in, just like Undershirts do) • Undershirt lengths: Please add different lengths for Undershirts such as 3/4 and rolled up • Shorts lengths: Please add Short & Long options for Shorts, the current ones would be Medium.. • Compression Pants: Please add these long Undershorts that players such as Robben/Giggs used to wear in Cold Weather (again a Cold Weather Gear setting needed) the assets are already in-game as they were in VOLTA! • Arm Sleeves: That Pogba etc wear • Potential Stat: This should be editable under Attributes • Composure Stat: This should be editable too, in fact make everything editable! • PlayStyles: These should have their own tab that we can be manually added/removed from players • Please show a players Star Head as his Profile Photo instead of a black silhouette • Bring back Game Face • Cranium: If Game Face can't be used, then let us upload photos so Cranium can make a player likeness for our Created or Generic player • Gloves: Why are they are so basic? Add Adidas, Nike and Club Logo branded ones • Colour Wheel: Add a colour wheel instead of having multiple different colours for each item, there should only be 1 item, for example: Wrist Tape, then you choose the colour.. • Manager Cold Weather Gear: Another reason for needing Cold Weather Gear, as currently in Manager Career you edited attire is automatically overwritten when playing in Cold Weather by coats/jackets that aren't selectable!? • We can only Create a Player with the Burth Year of 2005 so they are automatically 19, this needs changing to 2008 so we can create 16 year olds..Player Career Mode Bug – Incorrect Overall Rating & More
I’m experiencing a major issue in Player Career Mode in EA FC 25. My player's overall rating, skill points, and physical attributes are completely broken, and I’ve seen many other players on the EA forums reporting the same problem. Main Issues: Incorrect Overall Rating: My player’s overall rating keeps changing randomly. Sometimes it shows 71 OVR, but after editing my player, it drops to 64 OVR. In the top-right corner, I briefly see that my player should be 90 OVR, but then it glitches back to 64 OVR or 71 OVR. Skill Points Not Applying: Even though I assign skill points, my player’s attributes don’t increase at all. The upgrades simply don’t work. Height and Weight Not Updating: My player is stuck at 181 cm and 55 kg. Whenever I try to change these values, they either stay the same or cause my overall rating to drop even more. Additional Details: I’m already in my third season, and this issue makes Player Career Mode completely unplayable. At this point, playing is no longer fun because progression is broken. EA needs to fix this issue instead of ignoring it. Many players are experiencing the same problem, and we deserve a response and a patch. This is a serious bug that ruins the game mode, and I hope EA acknowledges it and provides a solution !Player Career AI
Please consider a serious look at the AI in Player Career mode when controlling only the created player. The two main issues: Teammate AI is horrible. Defenders are poor at marking and let attackers constantly cut through the middle. They also can’t tackle when there’s an obvious opportunity. Worse is the attacking AI. Players carry the ball straight to the touchline and cut back a pass directly to the defender. Wingers carry the ball to the corner and launch a cross directly into a defender one foot away. Your player has to move out of position and force passes to progress the attack, but then your player rating goes down for being out of position. It makes the game boring a lot of the time, and really frustrating the rest of the time. AI opponents never foul, even when turning up the slider. It removes free kicks from the game, which is one of the best parts of controlling the created player. Improving these would go a long way to saving Player Career mode (in addition to bigger things like training on the manager’s tactics rather than relying on the color of the match rating to direct you).
Player Career - Teammates
Really disappointed to see that yet again in player career mode, your own teammates play worse than your opposition. People play career mode as they want an authentic experience playing as a footballer, yet on any difficulty that's a challenge, your teammates are useless meaning you have to literally cover the entire pitch yourself. If you're a defender, you need to be scoring goals or your team will never get past the halfway line. If you're a striker, you need to be pulling off last ditch tackles in your own box. Your teammates don't press, they don't tackle, they can't make or receive passes, you have to do everything. It's been like this for years and it is so frustrating. Your team should be able to still play football without you needing to be involved in every single play.
EAFC26 Career Mode Wishlist
Manager Career Wishlist: Endless Career (current is only 15 seasons) Ability to edit stadium and kits of licensed clubs at beginning of new season Trophy Room or Past Achievements section Create a Club: League name/number fonts (or just ability to change font) Full Player Editor (Can change looks and Identity of generated youth players) Past Club achievements section (just like 2K my league) More frequent Job offers from other clubs while managing current club Player Career Wishlist: New transfer system (current “goals/career path” doesn’t work half of the time even when you tick all the boxes of your destination club) contract offers and free agency more frequent transfer offers (make it easier to get offers like fifa 22 and 23) trophy and medal room GOAT Tier list and Club/league records section Jersey collection Jersey swapping and collecting Ability to view your house, car, wife and kids as you grow and age through career mode Endless Career (current is only 15 seasons) Ability to edit stadium and kits of licensed clubs at beginning of new season
The cheating scandal in the game. fc 26!
In FC 26, cheaters are continuing just where they left off. On top of that, the game is giving server errors, and then EA penalizes me by deducting my match coins. How can a game be this absurd? Someone else is cheating, but I'm the one getting the coin penalty! It's a disgrace considering the money we've paid Username of the cheater : max1movic
Stop Forcing Women’s Football into Career Mode
I do not support the inclusion of women’s football in Career Mode — especially not in the men’s youth academy. This feature ruins the authenticity and realism of the game and completely kills the immersion for players like me. We bought this game to enjoy a realistic football management experience, not to be part of a forced diversity agenda. You’re pushing features that your core community never asked for, and worse, you’re not even giving us the option to turn them off. That’s disrespectful to your loyal players. This isn’t about hate. It’s about choice. If you want to include women’s football, fine — make it separate and optional. Forcing it into the core gameplay of men’s career mode is unacceptable. If this continues in FC 26, it will be the last EA football game I ever buy. Sincerely, [A player who’s had enough]Career mode
I’ve started a Career Mode as a striker, but no matter what I do, my team can’t string two passes together. I’ve tried clearing space, not calling for the ball, and even changing the difficulty, but nothing helps — my teammates always seem to give it away after a couple of passes. Meanwhile, the opposition plays like prime Barcelona regardless of who they are. It feels almost unplayable because whether I ask for the ball or not, my team just ends up kicking it straight to the other side.