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Squish · 06-21-2009, 08:24 PM

I've played every game/series mentioned above and I have to say that the best sim out there in my opinion is a more or less free online one mentioned in the first post called - deeproute.com

The game has been online since 1998 and is light years ahead of any I've seen in realism. Its default playbook's two minute drill makes frontoffice's two minute drill look like NES Football. It is far more accurate and true to life with every point of the game being tweaked until the sim produced proportions of things that matched NFL proportions from injuries to penalties to rush and pass yards, everything is within a reasonable range. Several coaches uses deeproute to try out new types of playbooks since the playbook creator in-game gives you infinite possibilities. The default playbook alone has over 1000 game scenarios in it.

As far as I'm concerned, the game is top of the line with an emphasis on the football portion rather than any stadium building things.

For a taste, I'll give you a game log which shows the ins and outs of the game quite well.

Game Log
http://deeproute.com/default.asp?js=loggerinc&viewpbp=0000050000050202206015028

Live Game
http://deeproute.com/default.asp?js=pbypinc&viewpbp=0000050000050202206015028

I found the game when I was sitting around after last year's fantasy football season was over. I figure I might as well share my discovery since it's free but as high quality as any out there that you would pay for.

06-21-2009, 08:24 PM	#18
Squish Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jun 2009	I've played every game/series mentioned above and I have to say that the best sim out there in my opinion is a more or less free online one mentioned in the first post called - deeproute.com The game has been online since 1998 and is light years ahead of any I've seen in realism. Its default playbook's two minute drill makes frontoffice's two minute drill look like NES Football. It is far more accurate and true to life with every point of the game being tweaked until the sim produced proportions of things that matched NFL proportions from injuries to penalties to rush and pass yards, everything is within a reasonable range. Several coaches uses deeproute to try out new types of playbooks since the playbook creator in-game gives you infinite possibilities. The default playbook alone has over 1000 game scenarios in it. As far as I'm concerned, the game is top of the line with an emphasis on the football portion rather than any stadium building things. For a taste, I'll give you a game log which shows the ins and outs of the game quite well. Game Log http://deeproute.com/default.asp?js=loggerinc&viewpbp=0000050000050202206015028 Live Game http://deeproute.com/default.asp?js=pbypinc&viewpbp=0000050000050202206015028 I found the game when I was sitting around after last year's fantasy football season was over. I figure I might as well share my discovery since it's free but as high quality as any out there that you would pay for.