Patch Notes - Version 1.02.06

Passing & Trapping

• Addition of the new semi-manual passing system.

• Improved ground, through, cross and lofted passes.

• Refined pass trajectories.

• Improved Through Pass receiver behaviour, first-touch alignment and trap timing.

• Improved trapping based on relative player speed, with faster recovery for high-quality traps.

• Fixed several issues causing unreliable traps, excessive backpedaling and incorrect receiver movement.

• Fixed an issue where the ball could speed up after bouncing.

• Fixed unnatural vertical ball movement caused by incorrect damping.

• Flick passes now require L2, reducing accidental activation.

Dribbling, Touches & Movement

• Improved touch rotation and turning behaviour.

• Players can now move toward their intended exit direction while executing a touch, improving responsiveness.

• Further tuning to Close Dribbling, reducing excessive or unwanted spinning while changing direction.

• Removed cases where touches could incorrectly cancel trap cooldowns.

Physicality & Defending

• Reverted the previous Tackle Back logic and increased its radius from 30 cm to 70 cm.

• AI auto-tackle range now matches human-controlled players.

• Reintroduced shorter stumbles from passive barges during skill moves, removing the ”shield” effect.

• Improved blocking radiuses across different height zones, nerfing goal line blocks.

• Fixed defenders incorrectly prioritizing Auto Shield on ground balls.

Possession & Stamina

• Improved possession-state logic during passes and clearances.

• Reduced stamina drain by approximately 10% in 5v5.

• Increased stamina recovery by approximately 10% in 5v5.

AI & Bots

• Improved bot passing decisions and adaptation to the new passing system.

• Improved Through Pass positioning and usage, including difficulty-based behaviour.

• Midfielders now mark more consistently and track back with greater urgency.

• Defending AI is less likely to unintentionally take possession.

• Improved attacking bot obstacle avoidance.

• Restored intended bot difficulty settings.

• Added additional scenario-specific AI behaviours and optimizations.

Goalkeepers

• Improved goalkeeper decision-making between Auto Tackle and Auto Clearance.

• Reduced disruptive player collisions immediately after saves.

• Fixed animation issues affecting some goalkeeper saves.

Matchmaking

• Improved matchmaking for players on high-ping connections, helping provide more reliable match quality.

Achievements

• Achievements are now active on both Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Visuals

• Added a new AMP pitch.

• Improved character lighting and visibility.

• Improved exposure and gamma to better resemble a TV football broadcast.

• Fixed cases where goal nets could fail to appear.

Technical

• Fixed false VRAM overheating warnings on AMD RDNA3/RDNA4 GPUs.

• Added various AI, scenario and performance fixes.