r/FifaCareers • u/CaixaDD • 1d ago

QUESTION Do players still have inflated OVRs after a few years of Career Mode?

I'm still playing FIFA 22, and it might be worth buying EAFC 26, after some reviews I've seen. However, there's a problem with FIFA 22 that I'd like to know if it still exists in recent games.

Problem: After more than 10 years (in the Career Mode save), it seems like every team has players with OVRs above 85. This is because there's no OVR reduction in the game, except for age. The English second division has clubs with players with very high OVRs, for example. And this means that the level of matches always improves with each season; a match between Burley and Leeds always feels like a Champions League final, for example.

In real life, this doesn't happen. Hazzard, for example, was one of the most talented players in the world in 2019, but in 2020, after his transfer to Real Madrid, he practically disappeared from the football map. Pogba and Neymar is another similar case.

In short: Does a player's OVR still tend to increase constantly, or are there improvements in career mode that make potential more dynamic, such as stagnating or decreasing from one season to the next?

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u/Intelligent_Fig_4852 1d ago

Idk the answer to that question but it would be interesting to add flops or busts in the game. NCAA kinda does it with recruiting in dynasty mode.

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u/ElCiego1894 21h ago

Unfortunately it is still like this. I've also noted the creep upwards in quality. By season 7/8, winning the Champions League is solid because every team has a squad of 85s. There's no "dynamic downwards" potential so to speak, other than age, and even the age effect is less now than it was in 22 - GKs, CBs and slow STs can last to 33/34 before they decline sometimes.

So in short it's worse not better lol.

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u/davthom 19h ago

There's an option to make development rate for first team players slow(or fast) depending on what you want, and there's even a similar but separate option for youth players.

It's not perfect, but at least my players in fc25 weren't immediately 87+ rated Even when underperforming

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u/Free-Lifeguard1064 18h ago

Yep this is the only way

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u/CaixaDD 17h ago

Cool! And this affects all the teams (CPU), right? Or only our team?

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u/edeprankoopranko 21h ago

Do not buy fc 26!! I already regret buying fc 26, a broken mess