I like to provide as much realism as I can but it's just too many flaws with the AI to provide that as you can see.. I won't sacrifice too much realism for the USER like drop passes and other stuff just to get a challenge but I do like to give the CPU a certain boost so they can compete. If you are a good enough gamer you'll still take care of business even when the sliders are cranked up like that. When I start off testing sliders I always look to make them as realistic as I can but as I get use to the gameplay I have to start cranking the CPU sliders up because I start to destroy the CPU..