Strange effects of pass-related stats

by 14cm, Jun 24, 2024

hello. I play FM24 and did an experiment like this for a personal question.


ㅁ Control variable

- Tottenham vs Wolves. Wolves home. Both teams controlled by the user, no tactical or substitution changes.

- Tactical skill maxed out. All morale perfect. Team Cohesion maxed.

- All Stats 20 Assistant Coach Locker Room Conversations

- All positions except for the experimental group have a collective stat of 14

- Positive hidden to 20, Negative hidden to 1

- Minor injuries continue to progress. Reload for major injuries and ejections

- Removed Player Traits

- Removed experimental players from dead ball kickers

- All players except for experimental positions are two-footed




ㅁ Manipulation Variables

Multiple stats for each position




ㅁ Dependent Variable

Team goals scored and goals against. XG. Goals, Assists, and Offense Points for Experimental Positions




In these experiments, we took as few as 100 and as many as 300 stats in this environment, with results at the 0.01 to 0.05 level of error. Because the error in the experimental group is small, i assume it is controlled for variables.




It's no secret that very few of FM's stats have a significant impact on the game, including physicality.

However, it's not just a matter of how much or how little it affects. Pass-related stats have some very strange effects The official FM website states that passing is affected by technique and vision. Crosses are listed in isolation. Let's talk about this in more detail.



Increasing the passing, technique, vision, and teamwork stats of the deep-lying forward from 14 to 17

actually decreases the scoring of the two inside forwards,

but increases their assists.

In the inside forward attacking experiment, a player who is nearly perfect physically, mentally, and technically 

performs worse than a player with only physical ability and dribbling.







The same was true in experiments with wingbacks. Fullbacks with passing-related stats


performed worse than fullbacks with nerfed stats









The experiment with midfielders showed the same odd results as forwards and flanks: After analyzing 30 games of in-game footage, a pass-related stat of 20 was worse than a pass-related stat of 18 in a variety of areas, including missed passes and successful long passes.





When i experimented with pass-related stats from 14 to 20 for midfielders with stats based on 14


found that three midfielders - the advanced playmaker attack, box to box, and deep lying playmaker support - had fewer assists at 20 than at 18

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Mind blowing findings :shock: Thank you for taking the time out to share this here.

Needless to say this is even more evidence that the more you dig deep under the hood with this game the more you discover it is all just about cosmetics on top and its name that is carrying it. All its systems and mechanics are beyond broken and seem to have little logical thought.

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