Patch Notes - Version 1.01.01

Gameplay

- Movement

• Improved movement responsiveness, including sprint execution and overall fluidity.

• Improved ability of players to change movement direction directly after a pass.

• Refined pass recoveries and movement transitions.

- Passing & Trapping

• Improved ground pass targeting with better passing lane detection and player selection.

• Increased pass speeds and improved first-touch behavior, especially on slower passes.

• Reduced lofted pass dispersion and refined through passes.

• Improved trap execution and fixed several first-touch and trapping issues.

- Shooting & Goalkeepers

• Reduced shot dispersion and the frequency of shots hitting the post.

• Improved low-powered shot animations.

• Nerfed goalkeeper rushing to make aggressive rush-outs less effective, while rebalancing positioning and reactions.

• Fixed rare goalkeeper animation issues.

- Physicality & AI

• Increased resistance to physical challenges while on the ball.

• Standing tackles now scale more consistently with player attributes.

• Tackles from behind are no longer allowed.

• Disabled AI-initiated passive barges, reducing "auto defending" and placing more emphasis on manual defending.

• Reduced AI overtracking, resulting in more natural defensive positioning and support.

• Improved offensive and defensive positioning, run tracking, and support.

Match Experience

• Shortened match introductions to get you into gameplay faster.

• Added crowd reactions to fouls, yellow cards, and red cards.

• Improved free kick audio.

• Improved second player press indicator.

UI

• Added buzzer beater visuals to the radar.

• Improved HUD animations, card event transitions, and menu polish.

• Improved character requirement displays.

• Fixed various UI alignment and navigation issues.

Online & Stability

• Improved Steam login, reconnect handling, and overall online stability.

• Improved movement cache reliability and backend systems.

• Fixed several crashes and platform-specific issues, including on PS5.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect possession statistics.

• Fixed tournament progression and substitute spawning issues.

• Fixed multiple gameplay, passing, trapping, movement, and animation issues.

• Various stability, performance, and telemetry improvements.