I'm sure that most of us would agree that kicking is WAAAAAAY too easy when you do it manually. Even worse, if you're using coach mode, the kickers will make 100% of the FGs for which they have enough leg.
I've found that supersimming FGs makes for much more realistic FG %s. On kicks I supersim (RB on XBox) and then "watch play" (RB) so that I can see the kick. This allows you to watch as the CPU kicks the FG for you and adds some more tension as you know it's not a guarantee to be good.
In the past when I was playing the game (I do coach mode now) I tried to make it more difficult by not allowing myself to aim with the LS, but had to hook/slice it through using the RS, but even this is really easy once you get used to it. I feel that supersimming is the best way to go.
1 thing to keep in mind is that once you select supersim you can't call a TO or change the play so you need to make sure that the CPU will elect to kick the FG. You can do this by going to "Ask Coach" and seeing which play it would choose. If it is indeed a FG, then supersim it. If not, then you'll have to manually kick it, otherwise it might be a fake or they might go for it.
Here's an example of what you can expect. This is my current SR kicker:
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so he's a very good kicker, even with me subtracting 20 KAC when he was a FR (which I also strongly recommend). And here he is attempting a 37 yd FG (he booted a 53 yarder earlier this season) that he simply pushes left.
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For those of you that are worried that maybe they'll miss all the time, here are his season and career stat totals:
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You can see that he still hits 80+% of his kicks (mainly because I haven't attempted many from 40+) and, most importantly, he's not sitting at 95-100% like I'm sure most of your kickers are (I know that mine always were when I manually kicked FGs).
I've found that supersimming FGs makes for much more realistic FG %s. On kicks I supersim (RB on XBox) and then "watch play" (RB) so that I can see the kick. This allows you to watch as the CPU kicks the FG for you and adds some more tension as you know it's not a guarantee to be good.
In the past when I was playing the game (I do coach mode now) I tried to make it more difficult by not allowing myself to aim with the LS, but had to hook/slice it through using the RS, but even this is really easy once you get used to it. I feel that supersimming is the best way to go.
1 thing to keep in mind is that once you select supersim you can't call a TO or change the play so you need to make sure that the CPU will elect to kick the FG. You can do this by going to "Ask Coach" and seeing which play it would choose. If it is indeed a FG, then supersim it. If not, then you'll have to manually kick it, otherwise it might be a fake or they might go for it.
Here's an example of what you can expect. This is my current SR kicker:
IMG_1260.jpg
so he's a very good kicker, even with me subtracting 20 KAC when he was a FR (which I also strongly recommend). And here he is attempting a 37 yd FG (he booted a 53 yarder earlier this season) that he simply pushes left.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MwRObhSWQ3E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
For those of you that are worried that maybe they'll miss all the time, here are his season and career stat totals:
Capture1.PNG
You can see that he still hits 80+% of his kicks (mainly because I haven't attempted many from 40+) and, most importantly, he's not sitting at 95-100% like I'm sure most of your kickers are (I know that mine always were when I manually kicked FGs).
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