[tommycoa]

I see people reporting crazy things on OS. Mainly, the main board. About the run game being cramped up, backs running out of bounds or backwards, excessive blocked punts/kicks and other things. I’m pretty sure skipping cut scenes and not deleting your profile leads to a lot of this. Lots of testing in now and the games giving good stats and animations and gameplay. It’s playing consistent and stable.

This is what I’ve come to realize about the profile deletion and how the actual individual season has different parts.

I’m two seasons in now, lots of games tested, and the game plays a bit different in weeks 1-8, then 9-end of reg season, and then playoffs.

Weeks 1-8 the teams seem like they’re still figuring out who they are. It’s not crappy or unwatchable, it’s just not as exciting as week 9 and beyond. Just seems like in week 8, the game kicks into a different gear and the teams have a solid idea of their identity.

Right now I’m simming all games in week 1, year 2. The first 8 games looked pretty good, then the 9th game Tom Savage (replace retired Brady) and Darnold threw for 500 yards in the same game. Wasn’t anything glitchy, neither team had much of a pass rush. But if I’d a played another game WITHOUT deleting the profile, it would’ve got glitchy.

Here’s what i think is happening:
The game doesn’t realize I’m playing all the games in week 1, it just sees me playing 8 straight games and the game engine is confused, thinking I’m in week 8 of my CFM, and that extra gear I mentioned is kicking in and the players are playing/executing like they’re in week 8 of the season.