Stumpy's NBA 2K26 CPUvCPU & Simulation Sliders

[Matt23134]

Downloaded on PC after searching Stumpy. Loving them so far! Getting ready to start a MyNBA with lots of CPU vs CPU using these. Thanks!

[stumpymcgumpy]

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wanted to share this comparison between the final V2.3 results and the 2024 NBA AVG. this is with an 18-game sample size, with 1 of those games going into OT. going to spend the next week or two testing an adjusted set and will release once I feel it's good enough to be V3

[Ronaldo070707]

Sliders are cooking my man for cpu v cpu!! It's fouls at the moment that are the issue. There ain't enough. I think this can only be improved by a gameplay patch though.

[Ronaldo070707]

Also, and again I think it's the game engine opposed to sliders, but there isn't enough FGA. Getting around low 80's very rarely see high 80's & 90's

[Unherist]

Hi all!

First message here and I want to start by thanking you guys for the work you are doing. You're helping make the game way more enjoyable. So cheers for that.

Now for my actual contribution, I'm 62 games in my first season (with the Spurs) and didn't sim more than 10 games, so the vast majority of stats I see are from actual CPUvCPU gameplay.
I notice that the 3pts success is pretty low compared to the rest of the league. Granted I don't have many great shooters (Vassell and Toumani Camara are my main threats), but the thing is my opponents are doing even worse.

We have an honest 34.5 3PA (9th in the league) but only convert 10.1 of them (27th) which makes a .291 success rate (30th).

As for my opponents we have :
35.6 3PA (1st)
10.3 3PM (30th)
.289 3P% (30th)

If you want the rest of the stats (me/my opponents)

43.0 FGM (17th) / 33.7 oFGM (30th) (the 29th is at 39.6)
85.6 FGA (29th) / 82.8 oFGA (30th) (29th at 84.6)
.501 FG% (9th) / .407 oFG% (30th) (29th at .464)
The free throws are non-existents but you already know that.
In terms of pace I'm at 94.6 (30th) but the 29th team is only at 96.5.

Edit : I want to add that I have a great defense overall. My starting 5 is composed of Castle, Vassell, Camara, Draymond Green and Wemby, with players like Sochan, Carter Bryant and Lonzo ball coming off the bench.
So of course I won't concede tons of points. But still, the percentage are a bit too low in my opinion.

I hope it's useful. Cheers!

[stumpymcgumpy]

Thank you for sharing this!

[stumpymcgumpy]

Trades and Contracts sliders have been updated for V2. Still testing different sliders for Version 3 in CPUvCPU.

[Bwispopok]

Did you try the playbook trick?

[stumpymcgumpy]

I tried it with my expansion team save file and I can't say I noticed much of a difference but it is very possible I did it incorrectly...

[IceBRG]

Hey Stumpy,

First of all, thank you for the incredible amount of work you do for this game and community. I’m pretty much a CPUvCPU only 2k player. I wanted to share though as every time I run sims in the MyNBA Steph era, by end of the season players are averaging crazy point totals. I mean Westbrook alone is putting up 40.5ppg. Steph, Harden, Lillard, McCollum and Irving are all putting up 30+ ppg as well. I’m not sure why this is the case. Any thoughts/ideas?

[stumpymcgumpy]

Hey Stumpy,

First of all, thank you for the incredible amount of work you do for this game and community. I’m pretty much a CPUvCPU only 2k player. I wanted to share though as every time I run sims in the MyNBA Steph era, by end of the season players are averaging crazy point totals. I mean Westbrook alone is putting up 40.5ppg. Steph, Harden, Lillard, McCollum and Irving are all putting up 30+ ppg as well. I’m not sure why this is the case. Any thoughts/ideas?

I haven't done any testing outside of the Modern Era so I can't say for sure, but I would recommend going to the Stat Distribution section in Simulation, and lower Shot Distribution. The higher that slider is, the more shots are taken by top shooters at the expense of lower-rated players. So try putting that down by 10 points or so at first and seeing how it goes. I will say that I've noticed current top players, like the ones you mentioned, tend to put out those higher point totals way more than future star players a few years removed from the start of a save.

[nogster]

I guarantee the playbook trick i posted works 100%.
night and day difference.

I have edited NBA2k games to improve CPU game for literally decades. I promise if you adhere to my instructions, you will see actual plays you select in the playbook being used instead of the hard coded freelancing.

I will post instructions again..
1. Go to the MODERN (current) team's coach playbook screen and SAVE their playbook file

2. Now go to that team's coach profile screen and replace the playbook to any CLASSIC or STANDARD, or CUSTOM playbook. U

3. Go back to the team's playbook screen and LOAD the playbook you saved.

What this does is remove the hard coded freelance that is associated to the current playbook. While retaining the actual plays run by the team.

You can take things further by adjusting the plays and the play types assigned to each player. (A LOT of the plays and play types associated with players is poorly implemented.)
I would also recommend going to coach profiles and making "run plays" 99.

This 100% works. No placebo,, its a clear difference.

[Mike Lowe]

Hey guys, checking in here as I'm planning to run a Timberwolves GM-only style game (MyNBA).

Therefore, the only differences are letting the coach run ACE and at minutes.

I've downloaded the sliders and settings. Looking forward to getting going!

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[Unherist]

I guarantee the playbook trick i posted works 100%.
night and day difference.

I have edited NBA2k games to improve CPU game for literally decades. I promise if you adhere to my instructions, you will see actual plays you select in the playbook being used instead of the hard coded freelancing.

I will post instructions again..
1. Go to the MODERN (current) team's coach playbook screen and SAVE their playbook file

2. Now go to that team's coach profile screen and replace the playbook to any CLASSIC or STANDARD, or CUSTOM playbook. U

3. Go back to the team's playbook screen and LOAD the playbook you saved.

What this does is remove the hard coded freelance that is associated to the current playbook. While retaining the actual plays run by the team.

You can take things further by adjusting the plays and the play types assigned to each player. (A LOT of the plays and play types associated with players is poorly implemented.)
I would also recommend going to coach profiles and making "run plays" 99.

This 100% works. No placebo,, its a clear difference.

Thanks! I've been using it since the first time you posted this and it works great.

[Bwispopok]

I think I found a solution. You have to use Nogster's method, then when you start a CPU vs CPU game, press Start just before kick off, choose one team, go into Coach Settings, and set Offensive and Defensive Playcalling to Auto. Then do the same thing for the other team. And it works for me. I think 2K forgets our coach settings when starting a CPU vs CPU game, so we have to reapply them each time before tipoff.