The third official title update for EA Sports FC 25 has been confirmed.
Title Update #3 focuses on refining gameplay and fixing bugs. Key changes include reduced accuracy for certain passes, like Lobbed Through Passes and Trivelas, along with improvements to AI decision-making and attacking runs. Defensively, the width for five-defender formations has been increased.
In addition, fixes have been made to Ultimate Team, Clubs, and Career Mode to address stability and visual issues. This update aims to smooth out some of the rough spots and improve overall gameplay balance.
Here is the full changelog for this patch:
Gameplay
Made the following changes:
– Reduced accuracy of First Time Lobbed Through Passes including when performed at extreme angles.
– This change is most noticeable for players with high passing Attributes.
– Greatly reduced potential accuracy of Trivelas.
– Greatly increased width of the defensive line for 5 defender formations.
– Reduced potential accuracy of Driven Passes.
– Increased the frequency of attacking runs for AI players in the following roles: Shadow Striker, Inside Forward Attack, Inside Forward Roaming, Wide Playmaker Attack, and Wingbacks in scenarios with open space ahead of them.
– Improved AI player decision making when considering diagonal runs into open space, and when considering runs into nearby open space.
– Improved accuracy of shots taken in situations where the player is not being pressured and generally has a clear line of sight on goal, including 1 on 1 situations and open goals.
– Improved AI Center Back decision making when attempting to provide a safe option for a pass.
– Improved AI player recognition of offside situations.
– The CPU AI will look to further prioritize passing during build up play instead of dribbling.
– Reduced the speed of some slide tackling animations.
Addressed the following issues:
– During some long distance shots and corners, goalkeepers faced away from the ball unintentionally.
– In some cases, defenders could have turned and faced away from the ball instead of trying to intercept a pass.
– Right Wing Inside Forward AI players did not always position themselves as intended.
– Players could have run up directly to the set piece taker in some scenarios, ignoring the minimum distance they must keep.
– In some scenarios goalkeepers were attempting to punch or deflect the ball instead of catching it.
– Some passes could have resulted in the ball traveling faster than intended.
– Some passes could have been more accurate than intended.
– Goalkeepers could have sometimes unintentionally dived the wrong way when attempting to make a save.
– In rare cases, goalkeepers could have gotten stuck around their goal posts when attempting to make a save.
– During Rush penalties, the goalkeeper could have sometimes moved off the line and gotten stuck.
– During Rush corners, players could have incorrectly positioned and continuously readjusted themselves until the corner was taken.
– In certain scenarios, the opposing goalkeeper could have been controlled during set pieces by all players in a match.
Ultimate Team
Addressed the following issues:
– Attribute upgrades were not showing in the Player Bio when using an upgraded Evolution Item in another Evolution.
– A stability issue could have occurred when claiming Season Pass, Objective, and Milestone Rewards.
– Loan Player Items in Seasonal Objectives were showing as having 0 contracts, this was a visual issue only.
– If a player forfeited a Rush match, they were not able to party up with their original group again with a new invite.
Clubs
Addressed the following issues:
– In a rare scenario, an incorrect match result was shown when the opposing team left the match.
– Drop In matches didn’t proceed to penalties if Golden Goal Extra Time ended in a draw.
– CAM Avatars could have been placed in incorrect positions when selecting the Any option in some cases.
– The Captain was not always able to interact with Quick Tactics.
Career Mode
Made the following changes:
The Simulation gameplay preset is now the default for new Career Mode saves.
– Added multiple settings when creating a new Career Mode save, including the ability to disable Club Growth Board Objectives.
Addressed the following issues:
– Improved Growth Plan logic for secondary positions in Manager Career.
– Youth Academy goalkeepers had lower Diving Attributes than intended.
– Addressed an instance of conversations interrupting Calendar time advancement.
The update will be released first on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and will follow shortly after on PlayStation 5, Xbos Series X|S and PC.
