Strange FIFA gameplay issue
In FIFA15 we yet again found issues with gameplay online and even offline. Passes going badly wrong and delay from controller so pass goes wrong way. Players moving like they on ice skates and not responding properly. As there are a few of us who now play career mode together as a group we noticed something significant. When different people signed into the PS4 and launched FIFA sometimes the gameplay seemed smoother and more responsive. So something profile related was affecting the gameplay. Messing about with profiles and sign ins we found that using a guest account or no account depending on console to start FIFA gave better gameplay. Once FIFA is loaded then go back and sign in to your online account on Playstation network or Xbox Live to continue playing offline or online. Below is the video showing how to do that on PS4 FIFA15 and Xbox360 FIFA14. Same process for any console or FIFA version.
Also check the extensive FIFA lag page and FIFA connection issue page for FIFA15.
Our old FIFA gameplay fix for older FIFAs
The hospitality settings below was a fix for older FIFAs on PS3 and Xbox360. Interestingly the hospitality settings were removed but the EASFC servers of FIFA15 and 14 still seem to be a major cause of issues.Has your FIFA online suddenly become the most annoying thing ever, not responding to anything you do. Normal passes not going to players? Ball rebounding everywhere? Strange physics? Rather than just game lag where the game stutters or goes slow then fast this is different. When it all goes strange even just pressing A to continue doesn’t seem to respond. We are 90% sure this is down to what EA have named hospitality settings. This is a file stored locally and on the EA servers regarding your controller settings for the game. From what we can see one of these is becoming corrupt. Doesn’t seem to make a difference if they are both the same but try synchronise first. There is an option to synchronise them between local and server in the menus Xbox Live/My FIFA 13 Online/Xbox Live Settings/Hospitality Settings (or equivalent on PS3).
However we don’t think these ever actually synchronise which might be part of the problem. Also doesn’t seem to make any difference to game if set to on or off. So the best way to get the game to say the message above (Your current settings do not match those on the server) is to delete the cache on xbox menus themselves. If anyone knows how to this on PS3 please let us know. Though we haven’t actually found the gameplay issue on PS3 yet.
Deleting your system cache on xbox
This doesn’t delete any profiles, pro players, FUT squads or anything so is perfectly safe to do.
In your Xbox menu go to Settings/System/Storage and then highlight Hard Drive. Press Y for Device Options. Highlight Clear System Cache (Warning selecting Format is bad and will wipe everything from your hard drive DO NOT DO THAT). So when Clear System Cache is highlighted press A to select it. Only takes a few seconds. Image below.
Then if you haven’t done it before enable Cloud saved games. You do this in the same menus – System settings/Storage. Highlight Cloud Saved Games and as before press Y for the Device Options. Select Enable. Then when you start FIFA again it will ask you which storage you want to use. Say Cloud. Should also say your Hospitality Settings do not match do you want to use local or server? Select Server even if they look wrong! Then go into the FIFA controller settings and make sure they are as you want them. If you change them try to synchronise them as above on the page.
Other things worth trying for better FIFA gameplay (consoles and PC).
- Wired router and wired controller
- In Customise FIFA menu/My Music and Chants/EA Sports Trax – Switch all off
- Try have your console somewhere doesn’t get too hot. Buy a metal grill to put underneath for airflow
- In Customise FIFA menu/Change squads/Rosters select download updates
- Install game to hard drive (xbox only) When hover over FIFA 13 in menu press X for option to install
I just don’t know why my players growth is being increased by the same number on a particular attribute in career mode fifa 17, fifa 16 and 15, EA must check this, I think it’s a virus attack on FIFA games, I have a 360 game box, I need answers to this
im having this problem too
i made a whole thread on it with screenshots here
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/187228/my-account-is-handicapped-i-lose-every-game-proof#latest
I know exactly how you both feel. I know I am late to this but I have been dealing with the bad FIFA since FIFA 15. I admire all of your patience as I would have jumped out a window if I would have been dealing with this for more than 2 years. I only play on seasons and would have won Div 1 a long time ago. It is blatantly obvious to me that for us there are two versions of the same game. One that plays normal and one that does not. I usually have to play the game of my life during the bad FIFA game. Usually I have to defend a lot more as my players are too sluggish to ever make a tackle. They never seem to reach any person with the ball and changing directions to stay with a dribbler is almost sheer luck. Any time my defenders get beat they have 0 chance of recovering. I know the signs all to well and my attitude is shot the moment I know this will not be a competitive game. I can make up for the slow players and unresponsive controls in division 2 (barely) but division 1 players are just too good and as soon as I know it is a bad FIFA match coming I can feel the rage coming. Sucks to have to work 1.5 hours on a work night to try and get back into Div2 after free falling because of the BS game controls/lag/scripting/rubber band whatever you want to call it. I even had a guy call me out online about it saying I just suck and blah blah so I invited him to find me and that if I could get a game where it was palying the Good FIFA version that I would probably beat him by 3 goals. Turns out I beat him by 4. The gameplay issues are very real and I will not buy FIFA 17 until its fixed. Sad because it is the best game I ever played, when it is the good FIFA that is.
Are the problems still there in the FIFA17 demo?
yeah – sameissue in FIFA 17
Any news on these issues? I’m still having these problems…
Getting worst by the day now even h2h is getting laggy.I thought after the maintenance over the last couple of days things would get a little better but they somehow made it worst. Im just going to have to stick to Rocket league my connection on that is great with around 20 ping as it is with any other game i play.
I’m with you all in this. The problem started for me after FIFA 13 and has never left. Every game is a constant struggle of trying to fight the controls. Every other game I play online i have perfect ping. I even have great ping to the ea servers yet still this problem persists. I really hope a solution is found or FIFA 16 will be the last FIFA I ever purchase.
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FIFA Addiction
Posted January 1, 2015 at 2:17 AM
Been same on all ISPs. However look out New years day for big news
This proplem is got to do with ip’s Go to google chrome apps store and add anonymoX make sure you use the USA ip.This solved my problem.
Any news at all fifaaddiction? It’s still playing very poor.
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/140966/sluggish-gameplay-offline-and-online?new=1
The moderators on the FIFA forums are such unbelievable *. First they admit they don’t know what they’re talking about, then they suggest that may be we don’t play the game too well. After that, they start a discussion about scripting and then they close our discussion, because… yeah, why the hell did they close it?
I started a new thread, in which I posted a vid that clearly showed weird game play. This thread was removed within five minutes.
Made a new thread. Something about censorship..
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/140965/sluggish-gameplay-offline-and-online?new=1
Not good, shocking in fact. The game has got it’s fair share of issues, no help or support to overcome it, then that. You’d of though they would be bending over backwards to help us out with these issues with THEIR product, how wrong was I…
Not surprised EA do this, i said it before on here and other sites too, we need to report the way EA treat us, whether what is to BBC Watchdog or someone else. We have no other choice anymore.
After all these years, what is the best known solution for this ‘problem’ on XboxOne.
I always delete my cache settings, with no effect btw..
tried to change my ea account, use another user, but nothing, it is a real sh**, the strange thing is that there are some people that fifa still works fine for them, sorry for my bad english, im from uruguay
I still can’t match on any possible way how a game can be sluggish and unresponsive offline.. I really can’t.
And on the other hand can be so responsive and fluent the other time (unfortunaly only in 1% of the cases for me..)
That’s making me crazy too. That I can’t play the game properly, well, I’ll never get used to it, but it’s been like that for over a year now. But what’s really bugging me is the fact that I can’t find out what it is… so frustrating.
I think EA also doesn’t know..
My best guess is, it is something related to your EA account. For me that’s the only thing similair over all the years.
i tried to change my ea account, use another user, but nothing, it is a real sht, the strange thing is that there some people that fifa still works fine for them, sorry for my bad english, im from uruguay
I’ve had a new EA account and a new PSN account, it did work….. For about 2 weeks, then the same crap came back on the new accounts.
Okay, Good to know.
No options left for me.
See above, follow my thread – I’m trying to get some sort of answers from EA.
Cheers.
I’ve just seen that my above comment is “awaiting moderation”, probably because I have put the link in there to the forum post…. It is down below somewhere too.
All you can do is make sure your internet connection is stable, and your console is setup correctly…. Then it’s down to EA.
Thanks.
I gave up hope. Game play is absolutely bs now, I have no control whatever, it’s so frustrating to lose against guys I would normally trash 6-0,, I can’t turn, I can’t sprint, ref’s turned off, my keeper’s is near manual and runs out on every corner, while I don’t press Y… what I see is completely different to what I actually play.
Yep mine has gone, trying a few games tonight and it is really now unplayable – Had to switch the PS4 off as there is no point in playing this utter b******t – it takes a lot for me to do that, it shows how bad this has got.
after like 30good games lastnight….iwake upstartedmy fifa and the same bull **** gameplayagain….!!!!
**** U EA
Iv heard on the forum that EA have acknowledged the problem and are working on fix, great news if true…
i get this shocking, warped gameplay offline in career mode even if i wipe my ps4 clean, start a new profile, don’t sign in to servers, don’t even have my router on and don’t have any other devices on nearby. I play on a good tv using ‘game mode’ and always have my controller plugged in. So what’s it all about? How can it keep following me around even when I take every measure possible to deny the game any trace of my identity!? I know what the real game plays like, because now and again I’ll load up and just play a kick off game and it’ll be great. It really frustrates me that I can only play it in its normal state so rarely.
It’s worth mentioning that it tends to get worse for me if I change the camera from default to tele broadcast (which i prefer as i can see more of the pitch), so I always have to decide whether I want even worse gameplay but a better perspective of the pitch, or slightly better (but still not right) gameplay where I can hardly see any of the pitch.
I always configure controls to more of a pes style, as I grew up with pes and have only known square for shoot, circle for cross etc. I’ve tried saving the controls in a slot, or just selecting temporary configuration, but as far as I can see, there’s no difference to the gameplay whichever I do. I’ve not tried playing on default controls but I’m sure most people who have this problem do play on default controls, so it’s highly unlikely to be the reason. Maybe still worth a try though.
Other than that, I’ve absolutely no idea what to do. When I first got fifa 16, it was around the original release date, so no patch had been released. I bought it on disc version, and made sure to only play offline (router off etc). In fact, I hadn’t even set up the internet on my ps4 by that point. I did a career mode and the game played fine, none of the ridiculous stuff I get now. However, I soon got a hankering to go online and set up my internet, downloaded the patch etc, and from that point onwards the game was never the same again. I couldn’t seem to get it to go back to how it was, even if I restored the console, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, didn’t download patch, played only offline etc. So frustratedly, I sold the game and stopped playing for a while. As a last resort I tried downloading the game from the psn store in blind hope that it might be better. But no. Every career mode I do, it’s the same pattern. The friendly games will usually be ok, but then somewhere between the first and second competitive game of the season, the game will go batty and sometimes completely unplayable. I play on legendary so you can imagine how hideous that becomes when your players are sidestepping away from 2 yard passes and leaving the ball behind mid-dribble. When it’s at its worst, the cpu can home in on you before the game has even begun to react to your input, it’s just absolutely wretched.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I find it highly interesting how I never see youtubers (even the not as well known ones) get these issues. I watch their videos and I can see the game behaving exactly as it should EVERY single time. I know the difference between the bad fifa and the normal, because I’ve played the normal, and it was by comparison an absolute joy to behold! I know which signs to look out for, and I never see any of them when I watch people on youtube. When they download patches, nothing happens to their game, yet the downloading of the first patch seemed to coincide perfectly with my game being well and truly destroyed, and it hasn’t recovered since, regardless of what I do.
Fifa 16 gets a lot of criticism, but if I could only play it in its normal state all the time, I would be very happy with it. The game is good when it works. Trouble is, it very rarely does for me.
(Chris) I feel you bro, I too have the exact same problem and have also tried almost everything to get rid of it. That the most frustrating thing – not knowing how the hell its happening, what an earth can it be ? I mean its driving me insane, literally, I’m getting paranoid EA have deliberately done it because i was a good player or something. I mean I used to be really really good until fifa 14. I agree with everything your saying m8, remember your not the only one this happens to if that satisfies you at all. Be sure to comment on the thread by JIO, Theirs a link to it somewhere below. Ea cant ignore forever !
i thought i was the only one, i dont know what to do, very frustrated
Completly the same experience. Since FIFA 12 and never stopped. Even offline, career.
Daniel was this particular thread by someone called JIO (Me)? Or is it another one?
Sorry, JIO22
Was this thread on the EA forums by someone called JIO22 (Me)? Or is it another one?
Sorry guys…. don’t know why this has come through 3 times – it disappeared the first time, so I done it again then it show the 3 separate msgs!!
Yes, someone commented on the thread by you, JIO22
Ok mate, it is me. Just to confuse I’m LEO on here and JIO22 on the EA forum. I’m constantly trying to get answers from EA – hard going. I started out with issues way back in about 2007, but it was not widespread at all back then. Now, it’s a different matter, it’s very widespread. Hopefully everyone who has these issues will contribute to that thread or another for EA to see, to then make them do something.
I’ve got a thread on the plusnet forums in the gaming section (from a few years back). If you type in “fifa lag plusnet” into google you should see “FIFA 13 unacceptable lag” come up, have a read if you like, it’s my thread when I was having the issues back then. It’s me from reply 41, for somereason they closed my thread and joined it into this one. It does get a bit boring after 56 pages or so.
This why now I won’t take anymore from EA as I’m a “seasoned pro” in s**t gameplay and they can not keep getting away with it. I will just add, back then, some of the fault was down to the ISP too (other issues).
Okay dude, BTW I appreciate everything your doing – your dedication to solve this problem. I was about to give up playing my all time favorite franchise, a franchise I have so much memories on, until I saw these comments and the thread, its given me hope, I just wish EA could have solved this problem like 3 year ago
Yep you feel the same way about the game as I do mate, a brilliant game, when it fuctions correctly and this is what I want to get back hopefully, it’s the least we all deserve. Way back then when my issues started, I’d hate to think of the amount of time I wasted with ISP’s, EA and my own diagnoses/setups/routers etc, it went on for bloody years. But I more or less felt (it appeared) I was the only one really getting these problems as i couldn’t really find to much other stuff on it – I just need to get volume of people on that EA forum thread to state all of their problems too.
If I find a miraculous fix, I will be the first to let all you guys know.
Thanks.
Daniel, do you have a source where they acknowledge this? Link?
EA haven’t written on the forum thread (I have posted the link for the thread on here), it was via telephone. Feel free to contribute to the thread if you like.
I know mate, I’ve been following it aswell. I was just wondering where he heard this.
No worries mate, I think we’ve all got to be in this together (all the FIFA fans with these problems) and hopefully, eventually EA will listen to us and fix it.
I spoke to them again, but being honest the guys I got escalated to are not in a position to fix it – getting through to the development team isn’t going to happen either, they’re basically un-contactable.
Thanks.
I contacted them and they said the developers are PROBABLY working on it
Can you add me to your team. I’m having exact same problems . I’ve been trying to fix a time machine for over a year now. Can’t find any solutions to this online and now offline gameplay. My Fifa games morph from day to day . Yesterday I had good gameplay perfect touch , skills , good team movement , sturdy defending etc etc. then today complete bullshit again . Players moving forward to rapidly one game then next game can’t pass to save themselves, all my players feel weightless like a bunch of paper bags blowing about , no control of defenders , 1 dimensional passing , players giving away free kicks when I haven’t even brushed my opponents . Referee interference stopping my l midfielder as he tries to track an advancing Croatianso ronaldo. And it follows me offline now too , how can that be possible . I think it’s something that EA don’t even know. It’s some sort of interference between profiles or something , although, if it’s profile related then why do I get it offline even if I don’t sign in or anything with s profile ! It’s mind boggling and no matter what I do I can’t get rid of it . If I have a day it works well then I think I may have Sussex out the problem of what causes it but no, it comes back within s game or two . I wanna join this boycott of EA until they find out what the **** it is that’s bugging the game.
The game is a joke – other fast paced games e.g. rocket league are fine (you can actually see your ping and the opponents)
if the other is high ping it can be laggy….
FIFA has no indication apart from 3 bars which mean nothing…..
Game is so stutter and gameplay wrong – I feel like im fighting the lag compensation more than my opponent….
Fifaaddiction mentioned on twitter they might have found something interesting
Please share
Be good to hear if they have found something interesting, and what it is.
Those 3 green bars have got to be the worst, most inaccurate measurement of lag/connection ever produced by a gaming company. I ignore them to be honest, as generally all my games have the 3 green bars so according to EA I shouldn’t have any issues….. Yeah right.
seems back to super speed mode again last night
My game is more like ice skating now. I organised a tournament for some friends last week, ****ing game was absolutely unplayable for everyboy, all 10 friends acknowledged the problem. In the silver tournament, I was just outpaced by Emile Heskey, cause I can’t sprint anymore. Input lag is absolutely outrageous, players are knocked all over the pitch.
EA WAKE UP, FIX THIS PROBLEM!!
Hello everyone, I wanted to know if the game works as it should:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAFlX-2KkJ4&feature=youtu.be
In the video when I pass the ball to a player he does not perform the drag back move (I hold down RB), only if I pree LB (Stop and Face Goal) before he gets the ball the move is performed.
I’ts the same for everybody or some sync issue ? thnx.
I have suffered from this problem for the last 3 FIFA’s, this video was helpful but is it possible to upload a new one stating what to do for Fifa 16 on Xbox One, or could somebody just tell me how you do it on the new game and console ? thanks
Daniel, I’m on PS4 so not to sure about Xbox one. But to be honest I don’t believe there is a exact video or fix on this for FIFA 16 – as you can see from the posts, everyone is trying different things to figure a fix or improvement out.
Okay dude, Im so desperate literally tried everything over the last 3 years: New TV
New Controller
Wired Connection
Wireless Connection
Router reset
Port-forwarded Fifa
New Xbox account
Wired Controller
Turned off other WiFi sources e.g phone
New EA account
New Fifa
Changed matchmaking settings
Played at different times
Moved Xbox to different place in house
Got a new Xbox
Re-downloaded fifa
New Router
I posted all this on the thread. Hopefully EA notice.
No worries pal. I can pretty much guarantee these issues are not your end, especially, if like us, you have tried all those things aswell.
The only temporary thing I do is clear my profile data within the game options/settings itself – except the files you need to keep i.e online pro, don’t delete this as it will be gone if you’ve not got a back up. Allso change profiles and then change back to your original profile, once you are in game. This sometimes brings a bit of joy, but the results are intermittent. And this is on the PS4, the Xbox probably has something similar to this though that you could try.
A couple of days ago when I done the above I also re-enabled upnp within my router (again), and this also did seem to help….. Just a tweak that may help, as I say the outcome varies and I’m forever changing my router config and usually nothing improves which proves it’s more EA’s end. More importantly the gameplay changes on it’s own when I change nothing my end, this happens all the time, so again pointing at EA.
Omg I thought it was just me. I’ve been having this problem since fifa 13 and I now know it has nothing to do with anything at all from my side. I’m sure it’s some sort of fifa handicap. I’ve tried everything with no result. Fifa can be the best game ever then it with a click of the fingers, it’s the worst gaming experience EVER. I’ve complained about it to the in game technical support and they claimed there is no handicap. It’s frustrated me for years. Daniel I’ve tried everything you have tried. The game will be horrible for about 100 games and then it will be fine for about 40 games I play. It’s ridiculous and im off to complain to ea again right now
Guy please contribute to this thread if you can, it’s about the poor gameplay on the official EA forums – Hopefully EA will listen to us…..
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/discussion/132363/slow-laggy-juddery-terrible-gameplay-ea-please-respond-to-a-loyal-customer#latest
Thanks.
It’s my thread, although my user name on there is JIO22.
Thanks.
I have been experiencing this problem for years now, this video was helpful but Im playing on Xbox One/Fifa 16 now. Is it possible to upload a video to show how to do it on Xbox one or could somebody tell me ? , thanks
Game play has totally gone for me tonight. I haven’t been on for about 4 days, tonight it’s gone atrocious. Can’t pass, can’t shoot, players running in all different directions – having to constantly ‘fight’ the controls to get players to move, very delayed, juddery and jumping/freezing, even when the ball get’s kicked the screen isn’t panning quick enough to keep up with the action. The AI controls of my players are plain daft, it’s almost like they are playing in a different game, the players are colliding with each other, then persisting to fall over eachother again when one of them falls to the floor.
EA has seriously f****d something up here. It’s almost like they’ve switched me “half” off their servers or something which is stopping synchronisation to my game.
How can they keep getting away with it. See what tomorrow brings, although I hold out little hope.
mine is exactly like that had 3 games and all similar experience – load of crap
It’s even
…worse than last year. It’s like everytime I’m sure I will tackle and get the ball, my players do the exact opposite. Their feet are pulled away and sometimes whole players are just swept off their feet. Why can nobody do anything?? It’s so damn frustrating!!
I can’t see how EA can keep ignoring this – the forums are littered with all these issues regarding the game play. The fact it keeps changing too means someone (in EA) is changing or switching something which then totally f***s the game up to a even poorer state.
I’ll try posting on the official EA forum again and see if I can get a response…..
Yeah thats one of the most annoying things feels like a force field around your player pushing him away.
3 or 4 days with good gameplay and now is a crap again, sorry for my bad english, im from uruguay, the gameplay here is the same sh*t as yours and i have 30 mb/s of download and 4 of upload
This is a response from an EA representative. My case have been escalated and they are looking how to fix it. In the mean while they sent me this:
Regarding the reports of this issue, it would seem that a lot of people are reporting it in relation to playing online. With playing online, there are so many factors that can cause such a delay. We can get this reported to the studio as a connection bug report, but make sure your friends are reporting similar issues. The more contacts we receive about a certain issue, the more example that are sent to the studio for review. The more example, the better they can look into it.
Well as predicted moving to plusnet made no difference.
Seems worse to find a match and if u cancel find it gangs with spinny icon for a bit.
Game is terrible at moment.
Any of these sound familiar to the bad gameplay. It’s feels like some FUT accounts have been put on different sliders.
Time to remove all sliders and momentum what is that even doing in a computer game all it means is the game plays you.
Sprint Speed
Acceleration
Shot Error
Pass Error
Shot Speed
Pass Speed
GK Ability
Positioning – Marking
Positioning – Run Frequency
Positioning – Full Back Positioning
First Touch Control Error
Power Bar
Yes mine has gone to s**t tonight, unplayable now. Are you in the UK Steven?
Yes UK
I’m in the UK too. Maybe it’s a country thing, I’m not sure, as it seems to go in swathes. From various forums you can see different people from different locations complaining of this poor gameplay all at different times, whilst for others it has picked back up again.
uk too here in the north east of England……. currently with BT infinity get good pings 15ms no jitter etc
connected via lan cable
sometimes game is super fast (feels wrong)
past few days its stutter mess
bob it’s not your broadband mate, trust me, I’ve been down that road many times. It’s EA. You’re right it goes from super fast to laggy, slow and juddery etc etc in no time – someone, somewhere is changing this. Finding out who/why is the difficult bit.
And yes all of those things you have listed ‘feel’ completely different and against you.
I definitely think its to do with network and ingame compensations
I really don’t understand how its bad for me for most games and some people don’t have a problem (OR THEY DONT REALISE ITS A PROBLEM???)
I have a great connection and no issues with other games…
Im moving from BT Infinity to PlusNet – see if that makes a difference – probably not 🙂
This has been going on for many years and it manifests itself in many ways – stuttering, gameplay, super speed…
Hey Guys,
Try to initialize/delete all data on your Playstation 4. And than only install one profile and FIFA16. Don’t install other games.
That worked for me.
Just been looking around the internet and I believe it is something to do with Lag Compensation/latency i have button delay/lag every match on Ultimate team plus im always the home team if anything was wrong with my connection surely i wouldnt be the home team all the time.What makes me think this is some of the best games ive had have been on wireless.
Definitely a EA problem. Followed this problem for years – I now make no changes to my home setup/network as I’m sick of it, the game play changes on it’s own from laggy, slow, fast, jumpy, slow again and laggy to superspeed mode all on it’s own. Coupled with the other poor physics of the game is now getting beyond a joke.
Seriously, we must stop buying this game.
Every week the gameplay change itself now is in superspeed mode, EA really has really p***** me off.
Last couple of days, the game play is so shocking, I think it’s the worst kind of FIFA I’ve ever played. Every player is corrupted, EVERY pass is crapp and EVERY ball is getting THROUGH my players. My word, how long is this gonna last?
Back in super speed mode now again…..
I am getting the same – recently feels super fast and crap physics…
last week felt sluggish and stutter
Yeah, hyper mode is just the other teams running around like mad men, my own players are stumbling and acting like grandfathers. Total disaster of a game.
“my own players are stumbling and acting like grandfathers. Total disaster of a game.”
Lol, very true, but very annoying.
Mine has gone to s**t again. Can’t believe it, I actually had some decent games a few days ago, I couldn’t try on Monday as PSN was down, tried last night and the game was completely different. Shocking gameplay i.e delayed, stuttering, unresponsive, passes going everywhere – and as Steven said generally fighting against the controller/game to get my players to move.
With the decent gameplay a few days ago I, at long last, got back to div 2 on FUT seasons and won several games on the trot quite easily, I was left with 4 games and 2 points needed to get promotion back into div 1. How wrong I was to leave it like this for yesterday….. Got on it last night and needless to say I lost every single one of those remaining 4 games, got smashed in all 4. My players were behaving retarded and I was just chasing shadows. Being already very p****d off that I yet again missed promotion the opponent in the last game a;though ruuning silky smooth for him he preceded to pass the ball round the back 4 and time waste for the last 20mins – I tried and tried and tried to get the ball and could not even get close. If only a EA game developer could see this.
My game is in hypermode again. Completely unplayable and I lost the same game vs CPU 10 times in a row now, every time with a last minute goal. It’s definitely EA and it has definitely the character of scripting in it. Such incredible BS, EA, FIX this CRAP we pay for.
This lag/Delay happens so many people and EA never say anything about it i have been looking for fixes for years now nearly sure most problems started at the end of Fifa 12 or start of 13 a few months after i went fibre optic but have had two different ISP since and both the 360 and now the Xboxone. I remember playing lots now i play about once a week to test but its feels like im fighting against the game and my controller. If u go to online setting on fifa menu Origin account is dated 2013 but why ive been playing fifa on the same xbox account since 08.
I am pretty sure it has something to do with the xbox itself; some sort of hardware issue caused by a “corrupted” gamertag and/or origin account which causes a syncing issue between the accounts. I wiped my old xbox 360 harddrive and then put fifa and a fresh gamertag on a thumbdrive and it ran smoothly. (note: this is for people who have the issue even in offline game modes)
Well, it’s not the Xbox. Microsoft handed me two new Xboxes and on both consoles the exact same thing started to happen after three matches.
Did you use the same gamertag and/or origin account?
I have the problem on PS4, also before on the PS3 too.
My gaming went really good last night and the last couple of days on FUT. This could be complete b******s but the only thing I have done of late is sell and and buy same/other players for my team in FUT (been trying different players) and since this it seems to of picked up. Could be coincidence but it’s worth ago. Something is in the back of my mind that EA want you to buy packs and spend coins then they will let your gameplay improve. and be “normal”… Laughable I know, but I wouldn’t put it past EA if they are crippling those who keep with the same team forever and don’t spend anything.
I had this delay issue also in offline but I found out that if deleting patch file of fifa and plug ethernet off, offline gaming is back to normal. But as soon as I download something to fifa ie patch file, it gets couple of games and I get delay again. Now I have ps4 but it was same on xbox360 and one.
Yes, I have noticed the same thing which is why I think it is somehow related to the gamertag and/or origin account. If I delete all the files and start in offline the game runs smooth, but as soon as I connect to online the problem returns, even if I am playing in an offline match.
Let me ask did you carry anything over from your xbox to the ps4?
If I remember correctly, I have used for example different origin accounts in xbox and ps4. And I have made different psn accounts also but no help. My situation is also quite complicated cause I have this delay issue in all of my online games. But in offline, I have noticed problems only in fifa and pes. But I can now play offline without any issues as long as I dont connect to online. Im also thinking it is related to accounts somehow but the way it would be some kind of combination of corruption between account and other info. Therefore it wont help if creating other accounts cause issues come back after a short period. Or that is how I have noticed myself. Yes, this is just crazy.
It sounds like you and I have the same issue.
Do you mind contacting me over email at xbltest31 gmail .com so we can talk more easily?
New year, new theory.
If you, on PS4, go to network settings and choose “test connection”,
do you notice the warning “Your router may not support ip fragmentation”?
Yes mine says this, I noticed this a bit back and thought it was a bit strange. I’m sure it hasn’t always said this in the past so something has changed.
Game running in slow motion now….. What next EA??
One thing I have noticed on various forums, is the amount of people now complaining of this dire gameplay online, this has definitely increased by a huge amount. When my issues started back in 2007/8 ish, I felt I was the only one as there didn’t seem to be all of these complaints on forums and online etc. It’s very widespread now. These issues are effecting people from all corners of the globe….. Whilst we await EA to solve……
Same problem on PES, I just don’t understand what is going on.
I have it also on pes and fifa…so it is not EA…i think the problem has something to do with interference with controller and ps4
Moderator why my comments never gets approval?
yep happens to me on pes too. truly bizarre. all other games i’ve ever played work normally for me except football ones. it’s as though ea and konami have deliberately sabotaged my game.
Yeah it is really bizarre mate, I am trying to work out what could be the link apart from both being a football game because of course they both use their own servers. Both companies completely ignore my tweets too so who knows, depressing stuff.
I have it also on pes and fifa…so it is not EA…i think the problem has something to do with interference with controller and ps4
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I dont know if I have different kind issue than you but I have this delay issue in all of my online games. I dont have actually anything else to add in here but this is indeed quite a frustrating and if you are trying to solve this issue with sony, ea… they dont know what Im talking about or I they reply something very automated and basic.
Merry christmas and a happy FIFA year full of delay!
I wish you a happy new year just now, so with EA lag, the message will be right on time.
Hahaha
Listen up. I found something interesting regarding the delay.
http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Archived-Discussions/Fifa-14-strange-problem-help-please/td-p/1454369
I remember now when I got lag spikes back in the day. I restarted my router, customer service changed wifi channel etc. Might be up something with that. (Actually i’m 100% sure its something up with that.)
Could anyone be able to get a new modem/router and not change configurations/router at all? This might sound hopeless and another shit conspiracy. But I might believe in this and Im working on getting a new router/modem.
UPDATE:
Now its fine on PS4 and very bad on Xbox One.
How can this happen?
– Same ISP
– Same Router
– Same network cable
– Same TV (adjustments etc.)
Had a few games now, I can notice subtle changes in the game play itself since this patch. However it does nothing to address the issues we’re getting with the “stupid” game play, unfortunately this continues.
I can’t believe the developers of FIFA at EA have spent the best part of 12 months to develop and produce this game, 2.5 months after release it has already had 5 patch updates to change/modify issues that surround it. The worrying part about all of this is the fact this is becoming part of the norm’ now.
Any news? Game play got even worse in the last few days. The ball disappears in my players with almost every touch I take, players make al kind of bizarre moves… it’s getting time EA acknowledges this absurd problem.
The same here….defenders gliding like they are on ice…
I’ve been away for a bit and haven’t played with the new patch yet. I’ll download later or tomorrow and give it a go – fingers crossed it’s going to improve things…
hahahahaa realllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
At a loss struggled to get out of division. 7. Then it seemed after last patch or something else game play changed. Players did what they were supposed to passes went were you wanted and I got up to division 5. Now I have no idea what has changed but now back down to 6 and lost 4 from 4 in 6 and back the way it was a week ago. It’s a nightmare. For the first time that I have played fifa16 it was enjoyable and now back to being frustrated. And what’s more for the past week all I play I’d away from home. I have virhin media 200mb if anyone has any tips to try.
For PS4 people…. PS4 Always recording your gameplay like the last 15 minutes…
Press select where you can upload a video and change the timer from 15 minutes to 30 seconds.
Also, instead of videos, change it to screenshots etc.
Improved my game…
For those of you that switched from xbox to ps4 and still have the problem, did you carry over your ultimate team/origin account?
Sorry mate only had a PS4 so no switching done – I didn’t realise you could switch your account from Xbox to PS4 or vice versa.
Sorry for my bad english.
Looks like I have found a way to reduce the “delayed/slugish” gameplay.
What I did seems to be ridiculous, but it work for me:
1 – Remove all port forward/dmz/upnp from the router.
2 – Limit my internet speed using QOS feature from the router: Downlink max: 5120 kbps – Uplink max: 512 kbps.
This way you will never play at home again, will play always as visitor, but at least there is no more sluggish gameplay.
With limited internet speed you can face lag sometimes, but not the delay that affects only you and not your opponent as it was before.
Let me know if this works for you.
UPDATE: I have tested it on PS4 and Xbox One, the gameplay it is almost perfect on both of them.
I’m usually the away team 99% of the time anyway. I’m away at the moment, but I’ll trial this and see what happens. Although I have tried limiting my u/l before to no definite effect yet, but the combination of these could help.
Probably need to trial this over a good period of time to see fully if it works.
Keep us updated on this if it still continues to work over time.
Thanks mate, but I have no idea where I can find this in my router…
Some routers offer a kind of “advanced” mode, which is accessible but the button is somewhat hidden. Others don’t have options to configure QoS along with other things as long as they have been set up automatically by
your ISP. In this case one has to make sure that all necessary account data are known, reset to factory defaults
and configure manually.
You should, however, check whether there is something like a manual for your router, which describes all options
to configure it. (But if you’re like me, you’ll probably have google-searched it already…)
How’s it going now Rafaelget?
I can not limit my d/load speed in my router, although I could do this via my ISP – more work though. I’ve tried the other things and can not really get any consistency on decent game play. If your’s is still playing well now then it could be a good find….
Hi,
Just played for about 5 hours, 9/10 with no delay.
It’s really good right now.
Good news mate, keep us updated on this – if it keeps working I could possibly do something with my ISP to limit my speed as I can’t do this on the d/load in my router Qos settings.
I applied a similar change – it seems to have done the trick. Of course, there have been
several times when I thought I had it solved, but it has never been such a striking difference.
Playing without bandwith limited – catastrophe. Then, all of a sudden, 5-10 games in a row
that were actually fun to play. For the first time with Fifa 16.
I should mention that this doesn’t kill every last bit of lag – there is still that little bit of delay
but at a degree of some 50 ms – which, overall, is perfectly natural and acceptable when playing somebody
from a different country imo. This is another point of evidence that tells me that now the game runs as it is supposed to.
I’ll keep watching it for the rest of this week. If it proves to be the solution, I’ll try to document
what I did exactly.
Can this only be done with wireless connection, or also with wired?
Good work aotfw, I hope it stays good for you. Yeah report back if you can with exactly what you done if it proves to work. When I get back on FIFA I’ll have another play again
Thing with this game I tend to spend 75% tinkering with settings/setups or my router setings and 25% playing the game. We should be able to switch the TV on, PS4 on and play….
Well, as expected the improvement didn’t last for long 😀 Still, it is somehow puzzling how one constantly gets the impression that some change, however wild the theory may be, has an effect on the gameplay for some time. However, I’m still looking for the real solution.
Seki this can be done with either wired or wireless as long as you got the facility in the router settings to do it. You shouldl be able to do all the stuff to do with port forwarding and upnp on your router but the Qos, some routers don’t have this on them.
Update – Unfortunately I have bad news, the shitty gameplay is back.
As always, our hopes build, then….. BANG, the rubbish game play is back. Hopefully one day we’ll find a solution, rightfully EA should be doing this though.
Shocking game play here still. Have been holding onto div 1 for a while, game play has got worse and worse, it is complete dire now. I literally can not control my out of syncronised players, so many issues – yet some are only effected. Others I’m playing still continue to ping and zip the ball round with ease, so frustrating. Relegated to div 3 in 1 day, not even close games either, surely I can’t go that poor in a game in a single day. Bear in mind the div’s don’t matter really to me, just want some decent game play, EA that is all I want.
Think I’m going to have to leave this game for a while as it does not bring any enjoyment just pure frustration, enough is enough….
It’s SO freaking bad now, I can no longer describe. How can this be? EA, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!
It’s so frustrating, I had a couple of days off work and think “I’ll have a few games on FIFA”, you end up leaving the game so p****d off due to all the utter s*** in the game. It’s should be fun and enjoyable that’s why we all want to play it. It’s beyond belief now though. On the other forums, it looks as though we are not alone with this. I really wish EA would sort this out – at the moment the game is pretty much useless like this.
Still waiting for that great news FIFA Addiction had…
tell me about it!! i have what LEO says and worse!
slowmotion, basically. Slow sprints, slow turns, slow passes and it takes a long time getting balls under control, which normally costs me possession.
normally i get promoted to div1 and i stay there until the next fifa is released. now i cant even get to div2, since i get 1 good game once every week or something.. wtfff!!!
tried everything. upnp on/off, open ports, static ip address, you name it..
felt like i was the only one, but apparently not.
WTB solution asap! 🙁
Same here, tested on Xbox One and PS4.
4th patch is out now for the pc, soon to be here for PS4/XBOX1. Should be fixing the “foggy pitch” issues that is always happening and hopefully some other fixes on the gameplay. Let’s wait and see what this brings….
Would love to play with foggy weather for the rest of my life if they’d just fix the stuttering and the pulling away of my players. But I assume this will get a lot worse, as it did after the last patches..
Played a match in the cup yesterday and it was lot better than seasons nowhere near prefect though.
Did have it on wireless at the time sometimes feels a little better on wireless.
Yea true. Wireless feels better. But the thing is, 10000x improves the gameplay but goes more bad after 3-4 games.
The foggy weather is a minor one to be honest, it’s clearly a fault though in FIFA 16. My gameplay is total pants, jumpy, juddering, delayed, stuttering, getting disconnected, can’t pass to my own players, players falling over the ball and running into each-other, the game is completely out of synchronisation for me and if scripting/handicap is on top of this you’ve got this to contend with then as well – for EA to sort this it would be a near miracle. Really not a joyful game to play when it is like this.
I rang it to EA support again today, as per before – no help. I’ve done everything on the trouble shooting they can offer. The guy said they can forward my case to the studio, I replied with “the studio never get back to me though, I had a case open for 3 years with them and I’ve still heard nothing?”, he replied with basically saying the best thing to do is to post on these forums in the relevant section https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/ then this will be looked at by the EA team and attend to the biggest problems first that is effecting more people
So everyone post on these as much as possible. Seki your video’s are great to show some of the things it’s up to you but I think it would be great if you put them on there for them to see.
Thanks all.
Imo I still think its fps drops. Cant think anything else then EA.
Search on youtube if you dont know what fps drops are.
Anyone tried switching ISP’s
Could well be fps. Not sure how I can prove this on my PS4 or improve it.
I’ve changed ISP’s, although prior to changing I had terrible problems with online gameplay, it was very bad. When I changed ISP’s those issues went away, the issues now has got to be something to do with EA. I had excellent gameplay a week or two back, now it’s gone bad again and I’ve altered nothing on my side at all.
Gameplay still poor, very jumpy bumpy type gameplay now. Still being paired to players from places like Turkey etc by the looks of it, seem to be getting disconnections now aswell to add to the misery :(.
FFS EA just sort your game out.
Hi guys …i meant i put my ps4 to 480p….
Hey guys……i did something i read here ….
i did put my tv to 480p……the game look like shit but i can TACKLE……..
the players still run wherever they want….but i can tackleeeeee…
6 of the 10 times i can tackle…normally it was 0 out of 10…..
and my players dont fall so easily anymore….
it is really strange but i read somewhere that some tv’s are not so good for gaming…they have delay
i only played like 8 games….i will see in the weekend if it keeps like this!
Called the helpdesk again. None of the problems I adressed were known by EA… so nice to be one of their costumers.
Customers of course 🙂
Lol Seki, I just see some of your videos on another forum (futhead). The GK trembling, the player deciding to do a side ways jog so that he doesn’t receive a simple pass and the kick off from the centre circle video’s are experienced by me too.
And yes the help desk is getting worse, I can’t bring myself to calling them again – it’ll be another 45 minutes of my life lost that I won’t get back, for them to arrogantly dismiss the issues that I’m trying to get solved.
Haha, and I will keep on posting this mess until we get a fix. Will probably take another five years, I guess…
Gameplay has gone slow and horrible. I knew it wouldn’t last…. Been here so many times before.
Not getting any home games.
Not being paired to people close by – appears to be people from distant countries from the me in the UK.
Gameplay is slow, sluggish and un-responsive, players running into eachother, passes going everywhere, 2 second delay from my controller response to what happens on the TV etc etc etc.
I’ve not changed anything on my setup at all, so it’s gone from amazing gameplay to this on it’s own.
if anyone can shed any light on this that would be great.
FIFA ADDICTION have you any ideas on who or why this is happening.
It’s been proved the game can run perfect as I have had this in the last couple of weeks, but something is being changed or altered by someone. The problem is we don’t know what is being altered and who it is who’s altering things.
The opponents I’m playing are playing the game fine whilst I’m struggling which makes this even more frustrating.
Also taking forever to find an opponent in FUT now again, this has never been quick in FIFA 16 but it is a lot worse now. Also coming back with the message “no opponents found”…. Surely there has got to be at least 1 person online aswell as me??
Even though EA released the 3rd patch that according to them addressed this issue, it still remains.
Yeah, it’s worse than ever. At least FIFA Addiction is coming with some BIG news ‘soon’…
Hi, I am back with another potential idea/troubleshooting technique. This is somewhat complicated/convoluted but I thought I’d share what I am working on with the hopes that some of you may be able to test it as well.
Given that we believe the problem is a result of faulty routing somewhere along the line, I wanted a way to track the game traffic real time (not just ping the server, we don’t even know if that’s actually the right server). Now, as far as I know this is impossible on consoles but easily done on PC (PC users can skip step 1). Basically, the idea is to feed the console game traffic through your PC so that we track and sift through the packets to see if we can pinpoint the problem.
1. Computer setup – You will need a device with two network adapters (e.g. wireless and wired ethernet). The first step is to create a shared/bridged connection between your wireless & ethernet connection. The idea here is that you will connect to your network via the wireless and then connect your console to your computer via the ethernet port such that the console is getting its internet connection through the computer. There are two options: shared or bridge, not sure what the differences are. See instructions here: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/networking/win-computer
2. Next you must download a network monitoring program. The most reputable free program I could find is “Wireshark” but there may be others. After downloading, you will have to setup the program. It’s fairly robust and I’m still learning but its pretty easy to get the basic setup.
3. Play Fifa and record the traffic on wireshark; then parse through the data.
This is where I’m at and will report back with any findings. Note: I am not a network engineer nor even particularly tech savvy. I am just some guy who has a problem and am doing my best to solve it.
Been a totally different game today – hyper speed all day long (I’ve not altered a thing my end). I don’t mind this at all, the players/AI is doing what it should do, much more joyful to play.
Not sure if this is common to you guys in the other areas of the globe?
I’ve spoken to a few mates today and theirs are hyper speed too.
Still going well today, something has definitely changed. Getting home games now too.
See how long this lasts…..
How’s your game speed now? Mine is terrible since the last patch, can hardly move, sprinting button does not work at all.
I don’t understand all this, why it changes. It really is rubbish when it’s slow and horrible like that. It’s not as good as what it was, for about 3 or 4 days last week it was perfect, amazing gameplay. This started about a day after I had downloaded the patch, as at first straight after downloading the patch it was worse, then a day later was great. Doesn’t make sense,also I started getting home games again. Now it is still quite quick sometimes, but also getting slow games again, it’s very hit and miss. I’m not getting home games now again either and it looks like I’m playing people from far eastern Europe (Turkey area) most of the time, again don’t make sense. I’ve managed for the first time in ages to back up to division 1 in fut seasons with this gameplay. I just wish I knew what it is that is making the great to poor gameplay.
I dont know you or others but I have this slow/delay issue also in offline. I just tested again that I plug ethernet off and disconnect from internet and psn completely. After that I had couple of first OFFLINE matches which have the same issues even when playing disconnected without signing psn. Seems like gameplay was still ‘affected’ in somehow because after these couple of games my offline matches have had no any kind of issues and gameplay is just how it should be. But it is just offline and I know as soon as will connect to psn, poor gameplay is back again offline and online. This is indeed grazy how weird this situation is.
It would be interesting to test that I mentioned earlier. There is playstation app on android/iphones. I don’t know if this is possible but if you signed in as guest account and then used playstation app to sign in to psn as there is option to do that in ps4. Your console would be then connected to psn via smartphone’s ps app. Maybe.. as said, dont know if this goes in this way. And would actually improve anything.
I tried signing in by using the playstation app as a guest but couldn’t do it, as my psn account already has my main user registered against it and it gave me a error saying I couldn’t not use a account that was already used by another user.
Delete your main psn account temporary in ps4. Or create an completely new psn account and trying that? Would these work?
I have tried a new PSN account before, the lag/slowness did disappear when I started using this new PSN account, about a month later the same things started to happen to the new PSN account/user, i.e slow laggy gameplay.
Actually meant to do those steps to avoid any errors when you was trying to sign in as a guest to psn using that playstation app but dont know how does that ps app signin works so if those would even help.
I don’t want to delete any of my accounts/users in case anything untoward happens… By logging in with the app and as a guest account, if this will work firstly? The app would have to be registered to an account, another account (not your original one), so I guess you woulld have to create a new psn account for the app to do this?
Then once and if this works after deleting/creating various accounts, my FUT would not be available as its a different user, to trial this game mode then would mean starting again.
Have you got a PS4? Maybe you can try these things?
Just wondering what are you guys all playing on? (Type of console or PC)
The 3rd Patch for FIFA 16 is out….
Love to hear how you are all finding it? Better, worse or the same?
Also would be grateful if you could let me know what your rough speeds are for download and upload please and if you are playing home most of the time, away most of the time or a mixture on FUT?
For the life of me I can not get a game at home, on FIFA 15 I had a good mix.
Thanks all.
Still the same. I got an 100/100 download & upload speed. The thing I notice on many forums is that alot of people experiencing this problem while they have high download & upload.
You got decent high speed there, mine is 17 down and 1.1 up….. Are your games normally home or away do you find?
Most of the time home.
Ok thanks.
I think one of the problem with this issue is definetely that we dont know where does this issue is. Is it because of ea/origin, console/profile or just connection. At least I dont have a clue what is wrong and dont know but I have same kind of issues in quite all of my online games. I just tried to play Battlefield and I was constantly behind from other players in gameplay that I got so many insta kills that is ridicilous. Other players sees things what I cant see at the moment. Ok, there are tons of discussion over internet about lag compensation etc but I think this is different. And although fifa is completely different and dont know how it is possible but I have same issue in this game and fifa is the game I mostly play. As I have mentioned but in short, opponent is ahead of me in gameplay. In other ways gameplay is very smooth.
I also had this the exact same issue with pes. It probably would help to test for example pes and see whether there are any issues in that game. If there are, it would mean that the issue is in somewhere else than ea or specifically in fifa. Im not trying to move problems away from these but at least Im quite sure that my own issues are in somewhere else but it could be that I have completely different situation.
Anyway there was discussions about that system sign in as a quest in ps4 etc. I was thinking if you sign as a quest and then would use smartphone with playstation app to sign in psn. Could it be that way you were still as quest in your console and whether there was any improvement in this way. I dont know but if someone like to test this as I cant.
Good post mate. I have had the problem on xbox 360, xbox one and now ps4 so it isn’t hardware, well for me anyway! I also bought PES last year and it started off great for the first few weeks and then I had exactly the same problems as FIFA and the game was unplayable for me just like FIFA. I have also changed ISP from BT Infinity to TalkTalk. Both of these are fibre optics. The only think which could be an issue is the traceroute of how we are connected to the servers. Is there anyone on here on Virgin Media? The reason I ask is because I believe they are the only ones who don’t use BT supplied cables.
Also, using a direct ethernet cable makes no difference and I have tried to play on a different tv in the house and it didn’t help. My brother plays fine on his PS4 downstairs on the same internet of course so it is all very bizarre and confusing. I also play Battlefield and never really had an issue with that online so again, this is all very strange. I honestly think EA are hidng something from us, they help out all of these Youtubers who just promote coins but innocent gamers like us are ignored 24/7.
Would be cool if you guys replied to me maybe telling me what ISP you are on? Also whether you have had the issues on different platforms and ISP’s. And what other solutions you have tried.
Thanks for reading!
I’m from the US and have had the problem on xbox 360 and xbox one across a variety of ISP’s.
It is very interesting that you say your brother is able to play without problems. Have you tried experimenting with him? Playing with your account on his PS4? Playing with his account on your PS4? Swapping your PS4’s and TV’s?
If so what is the constant? Does the problem always happen with a specific account? Or console? Or TV?
If you could run these tests it would be helpful in determining the source of the problem.
Please keep us updated!
I’m from the UK, with Sky BB (Not fibre). I’ve had the issues on PS3 and PS4, and across many FIFA titles. Tried different PSN accounts and different origin accounts, also as different users on the console. Been with several different ISP’s, tried different TV’s. I’ved tried and toggled different setup’s to no real substance. Done port forwarding, DMZ, MTU alterations, tried different DNS servers, upnp on and off, tried restricting outbound IP addresses, tried u/load throttling, and also throttling on different ports and all of these with each different combination etc etc all to no real joy.
No matter on the above the gameplay can change on it’s own, i.e be terrible for a few days and I’ll try all sorts with my setup to improve it but it doesn’t, so I leave it alone, then all of sudden after a few days later it starts playing fine???
It changes on it’s own – it’s got to be something externally to the consumer.
I am pretty sure its a routing issue. I tried sharing Internet from my phone (3g/4g) and used that for my PS4. First I could confirm I got a completely different route and did not get stuck and at all while doing a tracert, and did not feel the weird gameplay, although I got “regular” lag instead.
Please try this and see what you guys get.
I have been also thinking that this is issue of routing. Weird thing is though that I have also had many isp’s but it has been same. And all traceroutes I have done, there are in someplaces these unknown hosts 0.0.0.0. Have been wondered if does this mean anything but as I’m not network expert I dont know if these actually mean anything. Is there someone who also have these 0.0.0.0 in traceroutes when for example use that ea’s uotrace tool and traceroute to that easo.ea.com? If someone could make that and report back. Thanks.
rlb, I get the 0.0.0.0 on certain hops of the traceroute too and packet loss at some of the hops, I can remember it was like this from way before when I starting testing with EA (a few years back). I was 100% certain this was to do with the issue, but EA have had these traceroutes from me and say it is fine…. The last hop is what counts (to easo.ea.com), the fact there was no packet loss and decent ping times, the others inbetween they were not concerned by. Also had this confirmed by my level 3 tech’s at my ISP (higher level support).
The other thing with FUT it works on P2P connection, which would negate the need for direct connection of gameplay via a held server from EA, as it is direct between the two peers. So how much relevance these traceroutes have (For FUT) I’m not sure.
We could do with someone from EA explaining exactly how there netwok/servers/routing works and how we can improve things.
Personally, I think as long as FUT stays P2P we are always going to have problems. It’s a cheap way for EA as no centralised server is needed to host the gameplay, but for us P2P is never going to give us stability, far to many conflicts and issues can be made beyween peers/connections.
Hi Having played alot seasons and FIWC the strange gameplay is nowhere near as bad as UT.
Its not prefect but at least i can control my players would rather play UT but i cant because everymatch i have about 50% control its like the players dont recognise the ball.
Regarding the p2p, while its true that games are p2p, obviously not everything is p2p; the market, your teams/club, stats, etc must be stored on a server somewhere.
This is complete conjecture but my guess is that during games there is some sort of background connection to these servers and this is the source of the problem. This would explain why the lag is only felt by one party and why we continue to see green 3 bar connections (as this is a measure of the p2p connection, not the server connection).
I agree Popo, gameplay is direct P2P but all our statistics,items, market data etc must be stored and synced with a central server somewhere in the US or Canada.
Strange, today I’ve been playing FUT and the games are much better than last night, yet I’ve not altered anything.
Yes, its definately something other than your connection to your opponent that is the issue. Actually, when I am having the issues (which is 99% of times) I feel it already in the menu system outside the gameplay.
As Popo said there must be alot of other traffic going on between you and EA regardless.
When I finish a game, my experience points count up, and even this counting has lag… it stutters. Do other people have this experience as well?
So, what about the big news that was coming up?
I feel like I’m being purposefully cheated by fifa and EA
why does this seem like feature and not a bug? Is this suppose to convince me to buy fifa16 ?
It’s gone again, poor gameplay is back. Knew it wouldn’t last long….. Nothing altered my side, and it just went to the usual ridiculous gameplay. Tried altering back – i.e removing those blocked ip addresses etc, no change.
It seems complete luck of the draw to what the gameplay is going to be like.
Sorry to hear this mate 🙁
Could people post their trace routes so we can see if there are any commonalities between them? I believe this is what the NHL guys did.
Wow, this whole day i played FIFA it felt incredible. I didn’t understand how and now I just checked my traceroute. I’ve been let through Amsterdam by another server. Before, I was routed with Level 3 through Amsterdam. Also, my traceroute is going through London. I dont know to be honest what it was before. I can’t say the gameplay is 100% smooth but I can say that it is 95% smooth now where it was before 40-60%.
Can you explain how you check this route? Thx!
Go to start > Open CMD > Open as Administrator > Type in: Tracert easo.ea.com
ive done your process and getting request time out.
Great to hear this mate. What have you exactly done now since getting this good? I can compare it to my set up too. Mine is till playing fairly well, but could do with any improvements I can get…..
Thanks.
Like all you guys I have also been suffering these issues – some games are hyper fast, some are slow, some are stutter, some my gk doesn’t even dive when a shot is fired, players cant turn, they fumble ball control for easy tackling, etc etc
This has happened since Fifa 14 on PS3 to now……… Ive spoke with BT Infinity – they blame EA / I speak to EA they blame ISP
My internet is fine 80 / 20 – uk ping is 14ms / American ping is 90ms / dloads fine / no jitter / no lag in other games…
Fifa 15 I asked numerous people who I played when game was bad for me and they said it was fine for them (either they don’t know / lying / or was okay for them)
Ive tried the game changer and it doesn’t work…
Im hoping blocking American IPs is the way to go – im really curious about this 🙂
I came across this post on google. As it was for NHL (EA), I thought it might work for FIFA aswell as it is EA. I did everything what was described in this post and damn, it was alot smoother in my first game. Ill keep it updated when i played more games.
http://www.leaguegaming.com/forums/index.php?threads/here-is-the-fix-for-input-delay-posted-on-pg-1-initial-post-also-includes-past-posts.223931/
Very interesting find! Not sure how relevant it is with FIFA being p2p 1 player v 1 player unless NHL is like Pro Clubs.
Seems to be a logic solution. However, I´m not able to block this IP in my router, ´cause what I can block, are only IP´s starting with 192.168.178…
I dont think its the solution. But it drastically improved the gameplay to be fair.
As I live in the Netherlands, it would be more logic for me to block the North American IP adress… where can I find that?
I am from the netherlands aswell. Do you mind exchanging facebook or something to talk? Its alot easier 🙂
I played a few games last night and it did seem better (I haven’t changed anything on my side), this could be a one off though as I’m not building my hopes up, I’ll try again tonight. I’ll try this too as it seems logical. I’m in the UK, so as Seki has said it would be better to block the US addresses, if anyone knows what these are?
The only one I know of is 159.153.226.105 – I used this with EA when testing before, whether it’s the correct one to block or not I’m not sure but it’s worth a go….
As expected gaming was poor when tried first off again. Blocked the IP address as mentioned in the forum but didn’t really make a difference for me. Blocked the US EA server IP and this did actually help the gameplay was notibly smoother and quicker. Although so more testing needs to be done. I’m still (after a few games) going into customise , profiles, then deleting the profile date, logging out of PS4, and logging in as guest to change active profiles, then switching the user back to my normal one and changing the profile back, selecting fave team/agreeing to EA’s bumf etc, and playing from here.
This does seem consistent for me so far and I’ve been getting some really decent games after doing this.
A few typos, sorry. “Delete the profile data”, not date….
Anyone know how to ensure or force my connection to the local server for EA, i.e in the UK or European servers?
I’ve done some data capture, and it looks like there are various places in US/Canada where packet data is going to and coming from.
The resetting thing doesn’t work for me anymore. It’s disgraceful that we have to block EA servers to play an EA game… and my router can’t perform it, so I can’t check if it works..
Totally agree, all we should be doing is picking up the controller and playing the game. This is starting to become the norm with FIFA games now (the amount of rubbish we have to do play the game).
Seki – I know you’ve probably been doing this but give it another go, it definitely helps me and I’m back up to DIV 2 on FUT seasons. Although I keep doing this every few games or so:
Login as a guest, you’ll need to turn automatic login “off”, on your PS4/console, then once the console as loaded up, after pressing the ps button on the controller select login as guest, without signing in PSN.
Load game, start intro match, then quit out of it. Once at main screen, hold PS button down on controller and select switch user, then select your normal user. Go to customise, profiles, delete, then delete the data in here except for anything related to pro clubs/career.
Now hold PS button again, select logout, the profile will switch again back to the original guest (as it isn’t logged out), select any “okay’s” to make the guest profile active, once done that, press PS button again and select switch user. Select your original user again, NoI normally go staright to play online on FUT which makes the profile switch back to your current user, you will also have to select your favourite team etc again. But once you have done that go to a game and try it.
Beware though, make sure you go the controller settings after this and before you play as they will be incorrect, set this how you want them ie for pass assist and auto switch etc.
Bit long winded, but isn’t to bad, and at the moment it seems to be working…… So far.
Typo again!!!
Now I normally go straight to online play on FUT
Hope it works on Xbox as well 😉
Thx mate!
Guess I can’t really perform this, ’cause my profile has to be signed in to create a guest.. when profile’s signed out, guest disappears as well..
You don’t need to create a guest. Make sure you have the “auto sign in ” switched off in your PS4 login settings. Then load up the PS4, you will then have to press the ps button on the controller to get it to work/come on, once you do that it will ask you who is using the controller, don’t select your normal user, select “create new user”, then play as a guest.
Hope this helps, good luck.
Well, I tried again, but it became so much worse, words can’t describe. The game came in a sort of hyper mode, in which my opponent ran faster than FIFA 13, and I could hardly move. Oh, and EVERY pass I tried, ended up the complete different direction.. and yeah, I changed my settings 😉
I just can’t believe this ****, I know this game is actually great when it’s working… why is it SO **** to me now? 🙁
If anyone would know the FIFA EA servers ip address of north america, we could test that… any ip address provided in the threads is from NHL and so not FIFA based.
Another post: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10372727.page
Im not really sure but as im reading this right now EU players need to block nothern american servers and nothern americans vice versa. Unfortunately, I dont really have the knowledge to understand all this so if anyone could shed a light on this..
So, to update you guys, I spoke to that guy who investigated this fix. I asked them if it was also possible for FIFA. He told me that it was possible only, we need the FIFA IP address from the North America server. All the IP Addresses provided in those threads were for NHL. To find out the FIFA IP address, he told me to contact a moderator.
Keep up the good work!
Still, it has to be a combination of things. When I turn off my internet and I play a friendly game, my players still stutter, move like idiots and get completely played away by a semi-pro squad, ’cause it’s ten times faster than a rocket. The game play being way too fast is something I experience since the patch, it’s like I fast forward my game, but I ain’t.
We will see mate. I agree with you, Im getting it offline aswell. But thats is the strangest of this issue. Whenever I play offline competitive tournaments, its slow as hell. Players acting even more retarded then at home. Anyway, lets just wait till we got the IP addresses. Its surely worth a try, but dont get your hopes up too much.
My apologies Seki, I didn’t see the post that stated you had a xbox, not PS4. I’m unsure if you can do this on the xbox or not, hopefully there is something similar though. I guess you have tried the deleted of those files on the profile anyway….
Good work lads, hopefully we’ll get there. I’m currently running with this 159.153.226.105 IP address blocked, which I believe is a FIFA server in Washington, this is what I was told by EA from a few years back when I had all my issues. Ideally we could do with more servers to block (or try to block and see if things improve) as Juninho as said. My gameplay is still ok, not perfect but better, by doing this and still doing the delete/reset profile stuff every few games. Not a perfect fix by any means, and it is still hit and miss as still get the odd bad game here and there.
The EA help website is not working for me, I can’t login as I just get the spinning circle as if it’s loading, but then nothing! Typical, another EA thing that doesn’t work lol. I was going to message a moderator to try and get these IP addresses to try. It’s worth a go, in both those posts it looks as though those guys are having the same issues, but being routed to the UK from the US/Canada area’s, don’t make any sense to me….
If any of you guys can get them that would be great (if you can login), or anyone else?
Cheers guys.
What is really sad is EA are meeting the needs of the Youtubers who have ruined FIFA by unblocking their FIFA accounts and reimbursing them but what do we get? Absolutely nothing. That Rob Hodson guy is one of the reasons nothing will ever be done, his ignorance is disgusting. I can’t even play my friends online with a normal connection, the best thing that could ever happen is EA going out of business and a company who cares about their customers and not cheating coin buying youtubers make FIFA instead.
@FIFAAddiction
Don’t say something is coming soon if it’s weeks/months away :(. I basically have to play a test game every time I log in to see if I will be able to play FIFA… needless to say, often I don’t and chance it, only to receive countless losses due to this bug.
My club suffers because I refuse to play when handicapped. My FUT team goes from a 90% win ratio to 65% win ratio. Unless EA fixes this bug, this is definitely my last FIFA. Pathetic that they refuse to acknowledge this bug actually exists.
Is other people like me having most of the problems on FUT having looked around the internet NHL seems to be having alot of problems people are mentioning Cloud on there.
Been away for a week, came back and… it became so much worse that my players can´t even move anymore. They walk around like dancing zombies… wtf EA?
Yes Steven, my problems are mainly with FUT. Apart from the pro clubs reset issue too.
I’ve begun a daily email campaign with EA. I’m not going to be a **** and disclose the person’s email here, but even if he continues to ignore me, I will continue. This bug is real, and it is ruining FIFA.
EA’s help/support is the worst I’ve ever dealt with, over the years the amount of “tickets” that have been created from my issues would be quite a few….. Not one have they solved. Yet they still close them down!!
All the people I have spoken to at EA (even the so called higher level specialists), don’t have a clue how to correct any of these issues. The game development guys seem to be the only ones who could know this info, yet they are un-contactable for us, and even the people we have contact with in EA can’t contact them.
I’m fed up of banging my head against a brick wall now. But keep up the persistence and I hope you can get somewhere.
Let us all know if you do.
Same experience, it’s simply disgusting.
And how about that BIG news, FIFA addiction?
All this talking will not work as these problems have been there and they refuse to do anything,only way to get their attention is to hit their pockets by not buying the next game.SIMPLE
This FIFA is becoming to be one of the worst out of recent releases. Far to many bugs or issues. I have done what Popo has mentioned below and this does help, the game is still as it should be but it does make the gameplay better for a game or 2, then I have to do this procedure again.
Having terrible gameplay at the moment, loss of control and synchronisation with the players on the pitch to what is happening, passes going everywhere, unable to get the ball off the opponent, tackled with ease, GK delayed to dive.
My issues with game so far:
1. Gameplay issues as above.
2. Takes forever to find an opponent of FUT, or it says there are “no opponents found”.
3. 90% of my games I play are on a foggy pitch.
4. Can rarely get a game at “home”, if I do, it appears that I’m paired with someone from d different part of the world.
5. My online Pro accomplishments reset to 0, although logged this with EA – They are doing nothing.
6. When I play online Pro, at the end of a game it says “the server failed to report your stats for this match”, so my accomplishments fail to complete.
A brilliant game when it’s working correctly. EA need to listen to these forums and actualy take time out now to stabilise what was once a great game to play rather trying to generate more problematic functions in this title to increase revenue.
Regards.
I found something quite interesting. As you probably know these issues are reported not only in FIFA but also in NHL and i think also in Madden. This is not that strange since they most likely use the same core tech.
However, in NHL a more specific issue related to input-lag has been reported and it seems like they are taking it very seriously. From what I understand it only concerns the “captain” of the team so perhaps not identical to what happens in FIFA.
EA has posted a statement regarding this issue here just a couple of days ago, saying they are investigating and trying to reproduce. Seems like they are already ruling out ISP’s.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10370055.page
Will be interesting to see what comes out of this. I read somewhere that bigger online tournaments/leagues were currently paused awaiting a fix from EA.
Finally, a place where other people are having the same type of unexplainable strange gameplay breaking occurrences I have been experiencing since Fifa 14 (my first Fifa). I noticed about 400+ games in Fifa 14 that out of nowhere I would go on these insane losing streaks; the only thing that seemed to help at the time was deleting and re-creating a new team IN UT. However, today in Fifa 16 nothing fixes these issues.
I have the following symptoms.
– The game interferes with my input, and decides to pass directions counter to my input, often off by 45+ degrees!
– My players, fumble first touches and in general respond, turn and move very slowly compared to the opposition, which 70% of the time results in them being dispossessed before they can even receive a short pass.
– My AI, are playing like amateur where as my opponents AI are like world-class. My AI refuse to make good runs in the box even when asked they stay back. My Ai will purposely move behind an opponent CB or Mid before accepting a pass so that opponent gets pass instead. My Ai players will cause fouls for no reason. My Ai players will slow down there runs before the box. My Ai players will fumble easy tackles. My AI players refuse to put themselves into good scoring or passing positions no matter what setting I use (even custom tactics)
– I cannot score no matter what I do, it is either under or overpowered even with 2-3 bars (best power). Somehow the opposing goalie saves 99.999% of my shots, while my goalie can’t seem to save a single thing.
over all the gameplay just REACKS of handicap! it’s been like this from game 01! I have now lost 20 games in a row. Unplayable!!!!
Man i have the same gameplay as you since fifa 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in 15 it was the worst that i sold my ps4…now i bought 1 back with fifa 16…THE SAME THING….!!!
no matter what i did ….NOTHING helps…off line…online….it does the same gameplay…
last night i guy kept the ball almost for an halftime….my players are just so slowwwwww….and when i reach one of his players to tackle ….my player just stand there without moving…..
someone told me….maybe its interference between my controller and the ps4…..like wifi or….
the game is not fun anymore to play
last night i broke my 8th controller since fifa 13…..
i will just not play it anymore till it is ok again….
Well, as we expected… it only lasted for a few games. It got worse and worse and the workaround doesn´t work anymore… 🙁
Hi Guys,
I’m actively following this to see what comes, looking forward to any news and the big news from fifa addiction. I’ve posted earlier about my issues. The link below is me (from page 3) and my issues that I have had over the last few years, in contains what I’ve tried and done (pretty much everything you can think of). I’m JIO22 on that forum. I’ve been playing FIFA for 20 years now ish, the problems have got out of hand now, EA need to rake notice and resolve. I have spent countless hours trying to resolve these “lag/gameplay” issues. I’m now working with FIFA 16 and seeing what I can find, Had very good games and also very bad games, more notably the games have got worse since the last patch. If I find anyy improvements along my trials I’ll report back.
I actually found your issue in that isp forum when was searching solutions to this lag issue and and would have posted to that topic but apparently it was only to customers of that isp. I wrote about my issue also in here before. I thought that changing the isp was a solution for you. I have also changed isp, actually many times but didnt help neither. Also ps3/xbox one/ps4. I have also that delay lag in other online games also or at least was, havent tried actually for a long time other online games. Was wondering before do you have same kind of lag issues also in your other games?
Anyway good luck.
Being truthful I only really play FIFA, the other games that I sometimes play are fine now. The problem with FIFA though, is the slightest frailty in it, it is magnified due to the speed of the game and you can see it or feel it a mile off which is very frustrating. I had lots of problems with gaming with my old ISP, admittedly FIFA isn’t a perfectly made game, but I was having very bad issues with online gaming and this effected FIFA massively. Since changing ISP’s my online gaming has improved by huge amounts and i’ve had many decent games on FIFA since the change. My internet connection now is streamless, uncapped and prioritised, I live close to the exchange and the BT line to me is only a couple of years old. I have the best possible set up internally with my router etc. I’m getting next to no drop on my download speeds etc to what my sync rate/speed of my line is, with no errors. But I do believe that FIFA or EA are to blame for the issues of inconsistent gameplay issues or lag delay etc. As someone mentioned a little earlier about our EA/Origin profiles, I think they have hit the nail on the head and I’m sure this is where our issues are. From all of the things that I’ve done, this is the one thing we can’t control the back of and I definitely think this has something to do with the issue.
Hi guys have just gave up trying now and have deleted Fifa 16 from my console .
My problems started in Fifa 13 and has got worst over the years have had two different ISP’s in this time both Fibre Optic”BT infinity/Plusnet 80/20 also Xbox 360/Xbox1 if u ask me its something to do with the Origin Account.
The only time the game feels decent is when its really Offline Ethernet/wifi disconnected.
Have tried two different TV’s sony/samsung the sony has one of the lowest lag on the market.
This is what I began to realize after 1000’s of matches in Fifa. The more I played and the better I got, the worse my team and AI began to perform. It was infuriating. My account is 50+..
Same exact thing, it’s been getting worse and worse each year. I know for a fact that EA does an account level handicap!
This is my last FIFA as well (PC), because even though I was able to reach EA Executive Relations, they deny this bug exists and are doing nothing to fix it.
I’m pretty sure it has something to do with hospitality settings (they are bugged or out of sync or something) as I’ve noticed that after I delete these settings that gameplay seems to slightly improve (still not perfect though). Here’s what I do; it would be great if others could try this and report back with results.
1. Navigate from main menu: Customize —–> Profile ——> Delete
2. Delete all files (I think “personal settings” is the problem but I delete them all)
3. Logout of gamertag/psn/account
4. Game will reset and bring you back to initial pre-menu screen
5. Log back in to gamertag/psn/account
6. You will be asked to reconfirm all your hospitality settings (difficulty, controls, favorite team). Change all of these from whatever they are set as.
7. Play a test game and report back
Please report back with your results! It doesn’t take long and maybe we can solve if we work together!
Holy mothers… this worked for me, at least in my first game.. game never felt so good in the past 2 years! But I’m not celebrating yet, it’s still EA… I keep you posted!
Game play was near perfect for 3 games, after that, it slowly became worse again 🙁
Tried your trick again, but now I can’t even reach my Ultimate Team anymore.. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Works really good so far! Thank you for commenting this. Will also report back after i played more games.
is this going to work on ps3?
This works for me as well! Pretty sure it will go back to start lagging again, but great to have this workaround as the other account-switching technique did not work for me.
Thanks!
This workaround seems to affect my connectivity. I played one game in which the first half was okay and the second one extremely laggy. After that, I decided to do the workaround again: now I can’t connect anymore. Could be the servers though..
Tried it again today, and it improved but was not perfect and not as good as yesterday (which is really weird). I also noticed some more lag in the second half.
Btw, in the steps above I actually need to have started FIFA on a different profile in order for it to reset as described. Otherwise you just become completely logged of and taken out of FIFA.
Tried this but didn’t really change anything for me. When I came to logout of gamertag/psn etc, if I done this and logged back in it took me straight back to where I was. The only way I could get the game reset and back to the main menu’s to choose default team and settings etc was to log out of gamertag/PSN user, and log back in as a different user, but it does restart FIFA under the new user as the game was initially started by the original user. Then once loaded up as the new user, you can change profiles back.
How are you logging out of gamertag/psn/account?
Leo,
That is what I meant by needing to have started FIFA using a different PSN account/Profile. If you do this and then switch to your main account before starting the above steps you will not be taken out of FIFA when doing a logout (holding down your PS button). The game will say it needs to “reset” and that is when you log back into your main profile before confirming.
No probs boowee, thanks. I’ve tried this and also got the game to “reset” and to be fair it was better, I haven’t played many games yet so I will continue to try hopefully it stays the same.
I’ve also enabled upnp on my router and just done the “easy” setup on the ps4, ie no ports forwarded/dmz/static ip address to just trial and this seems to be helping, god knows why as this is going against wjhat is meant to be best. Again, maybe its different for FIFA 16 so I’ll continue to check this.
One other issue I’ve noticed on FIFA 16 is I’m always the away team on FUT (9 times out of 10 anyway), on FIFA 15 it was the opposite, I was nearly always the home team. Has something else changed somewhere?
One other bug of the game, nearly every match I play on FUT is foggy!! Could do with some sunshine instead.
Cheers.
I think you need to do it everytime you log out of your account tho.
Can confirm this worked for me tried it late last night only played one game but definitely felt like i had more control over my players. Was a little laggy second half but wasn’t that sluggish feeling. Will try later today again.
Mhm. The weird thing is we all get a bit of lag when we try this.
Stopped working for me 🙁 Not sure if I am doing something different, cant figure it out.
Can these steps also been taken this way on xbox one.
I am also prettig sure it is something account related.
There are lots of issues hospitality settings and profile settings are clearly problematic as raised in FIFA13 above. We have madde a lot of progress however and something else to release soon which gives more evidence!
no man didnt help!
Anything yet? It’s been over a month since you posted something was going to happen…
I’ve tried everything remotely possible for PC… if I log in bug-free, I try my best not to log out the entire day. Only way I have been able to get into FIFA without this crap is if I reset/change my IP when logging into Origin and then FIFA. Once you close the game though, the bugged gameplay will resume the next time it’s opened. It’s almost as if EA saves a select number of IPs associated with your account to ensure the gameplay is screwed.
Has anyone here tried using a completely new and fresh EA account + PSN account, and still getting this issue?
The only thing I can narrow this down to now is that it is connected to my EA account, as it has been with me for a long time throughout multiple fifa titles, as well as moving from Xbox to PS4. I think its the only constant there is left.
Lots of hassle transferring all my stuff, so I am curious if anyone else has done this.
I did, but only for Xbox. Didnt make any difference.
sorry to hear that. But do you mean you only tried creating a new xbox account, and not an EA one?
I went ahead and did this and so far I am not experiencing the issue. What is really interesting is that the issue comes back as soon as I switch back to my original account. What I also found is that on the account where I have the issue my players gets fatigue with about a factor 3 compared to my new account (really weird).
My theory now is that its connected to my original EA account, and perhaps due to a corrupted A/B-test by EA where my user is included.
Just hoping now that the issue does not return to my new account 🙂 FIFA is a lot of fun when its working.
Nevermind, issues came back 2 days in of course. Still think its tied to the profile though, as it now looks like my two EA accounts have merged. I could notice this by looking at the “member since”-date which is now the same as for the original account even though I created it just 2 days ago.
I will now give up and put FIFA on a shelf for a while until anyone else discovers something 🙂
I have tried this, a new PSN account with a new EA account. My gameplay was perfect when I done this, however…… After about 3 weeks of really good gameplay the same issues returned. I’m now back using my original accounts again. Definitely profile related I think.
The issue you guys are talking about are framerate drops. Most common for PC gamers but not for PS/XB. Unfortunately, i have this problem aswell. Framerate could be dropped caused by the intensity of the match. Thats why some people call it momentum, script etc only we have it consistantly. Try to play a game of pro clubs where the camera is only aimed to you. You will see that the framerate will drop almost nothing as the camera is only aimed to you & there is no intensity.
Dear FIFA Addiction,
A few days ago, you talked about big news that was supposed to come up. I hope it comes soon and that is has something to do with the problems we´re facing. I play for almost a week now, and the game is already become unplayable. The trembling and shocking of players is worse than ever and the input lag is rediculous. When is EA ever gonna do something about this? I’m getting tired of getting beat by players who are far worse than me.
Sek
Lots of work going into it while adding other new content. Soon.
Hi any updates on this lag/button delay its just i only brought the game but im ready to delete it.
Coming soon, big piece of work.
Thx, it’s worse than ever, especially the pulling back of players.. my players act like they’re containing for 90 minutes.
Very eager to hear what you guys have found out. Can’t you spoil in which area it concerns, if its messing about with profiles, ports or whatever? Would appreciate it a lot since I am experimenting with everything trying to find the issue myself. For me the profile switching does not work for fifa16, but I have however confirmed it is my profile that is affected and is causing the problem. I can switch back and forth between two profiles during an offline-game and see significant differences in gameplay.
I am also suspecting that EA/Origin is keeping an old “personal settings” file which they are constantly loading regardless if I delete all game-data/profile data.
/soon giving up 🙂
Seems more and more people are getting this sluggish gameplay .
Mine now is unplayable no point even turning the game on.
Same problem since 15. I was even fortunate enough to get through to EA Executive Relations, but they deny any such problem and do little more than the EA outsourced tech support. When will they simply look at their coding instead of blaming rigs and ISPs that are working perfectly fine. When will they acknowledge that a person who can play a major MMORPG with graphics on the highest settings without issue, should be able to play FIFA, ffs.
Does this update involve an actual fix to this problem?
In addition to my previous post: deleting my profile from XboxOne and play Fifa16 without andere active profile seems to improviseren the gameplay! Only thing.. not able to save or play online this way..
*andere = any
*improviseren = improve
Already tried another profile, did not work.
Same problems occur in ’16, seems to get worse everyday. I will get back at this later.
Have you tried playing without a loaded profile? Just for the test?
Of course, didn’t matter.
Hey guys, dissappointed to read that nothing changed.
But was in some way clear for me.
The only positive aspect: Was the right way to not buy fifa 16. And im proud of myself, that i stood hart on this point.
Facing the same problems with the fulltime version of Fifa16, unfortunaly..
Could someone give the tutorial above for Xbox one?
In attempt to solve the problem I contacted EA. The gave me the advise to delete my profile and reload it, that helped for the first match! After a few matches it came back..
For me it seems like the problems must be with our profiles. Cause I have changed console, tv, controller, play offline. Only thing never changed is my EA profile.. Also other EA games give me some gameplay issues..
Anyone tips to reset or revive the EA account? I have to keep it because all the stats and the fact it is linked to my XboxLive.
I’ve been trying to deal with this for about 10 months now and its driving me crazy. I know many of you have already tried to test ping to server etc. And that seems normal. I downloaded teamspeak 3 a couple of weeks ago and when i look at my connection info. It seems like its going higher and higher whenever i browse/game. Also, just like you guys, whenever i do something in my network, FIFA slightly increases in performance. Something what helped a bit permanently was to delete my programs/apps on my laptop/pc. (A bit weird, i know.)
Regards,
Hi guys,
Nine months later (for me) and still no solution. And the weirdest thing is that we all experience the fact that we sometimes change ‘something somewhere’ and the game seems to get right again.. for just a few games. I have absolutely no idea how this is possible.
The demo seems at least playable, but I fear the first patch… I still remember last Christmas, the last time my game was normal for longer than a few days. Just after a new patch, my game ‘died’.
The only good news is that the problem seems to spread.. when it returns in FIFA 16, we just have to make hundreds of video’s with all the weird stuff that is happening. We are the costumers, we have to win eventually.
With regards,
Seki
It is crazy you are right but every year we learn more. Something else coming soon which is big, keep an eye on our twitter and the site.
I hope it’s good news, ’cause the problems occur in the demo now as well..
Yes, i can confirm that. Played yesterday the demo….same thing…last evidence that to not buy ’16 is the right decision.
Hey Seki, hey other victims of this weird issue….
i hope you guys will report if something changes in fifa 16. for myselve….i gave up und will not buy fifa 16.
but a little bit of hope is still in me…so i will look here regulary to see, if you guys can report, that all is gone in 16. 🙂
But i dont really believe in it. 🙁
Facing the above called problem since Fifa 12 (started around Christmas I guess). As part of the search to a solution last summer I switched from PS3 to Xbox one. This week I tried the Fifa16 demo, and guess.. after a few days of great gamelan, back to the same unresponsive experience..
Something to me says not to buy Fifa16 at all, just to avoid disappointments. But I know I eventually will.. Hoping for the great gameplay it sometimes gives!
By live chat with Ea I was told to open my ports, clear my cache and reload mu profile. After following these steps the game ran as ment to be!
After a few matches the old problems as mentioned above came back.
Anyone knows a permanent fix?
Game play in the demo is weirder than EVER. Not one button is working fine, Y is suddenly a shot out of the stadium, players are pulled back by iron cables and not one pass is correct. I wonder how much longer EA can ignore these problems.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PS2sMtMqE1yngQh8i1ZXA
chek those videos i make of fifa 15…all the weird things that happens to me..
it seems that the players always are running away from the ball before we can control them…!
Hi, like many other in here Im having also these lag etc issues in fifa. For a long time so everything has been tried. But I have also these same kind of issues in other games like pes. Players running in mud (that describes so well the situation), Im behind from opponent all the time in gameplay…
Anyway what is weird is that when I change router settings and especially MTU setting, my gameplay is almost issue and lag free for a while, sometimes couple of matches sometimes longer. Apparently some of you have same kind of experiments but changing profiles etc.
I have already been thinking that my connection is hacked somehow and when changing settings it kind of undo it for a while. (I know, this is just ridiculous). And wouldnt these hacking and ddos attacking just to be temporary. This is related to completely different issue but found also this where for example changing MTU setting could fix some kind of online issues: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Here-Is-a-Fix-for-PlayStation-Network-Log-In-Issues-468378.shtml Anyway that just tells that online connections are so complicated things and when things doesnt work there is so many different reasons for that. There are servers, isps, routings, settings etc.
Nevertheless good luck to all for solving the issues
I also had the problems on PES 15 after having it on FIFA for years. PES started off fine for a week or two, I had a great win streak of like 15 games on MyClub and then it all went pear shaped and my players refused to play for me pretty much. Stuck in mud, unresponsive reactions. I played like 3 games of the new FIFA Demo and I honestly can’t remember the gameplay lol. Lets be honest guys, we won’t win, we are in the 1% of unfortunate victims who are suffering from this for no reason. Doesn’t look like its an EA issue I don’t think. HOW can we tell? We are all on different ISPs, different consoles, different routers, different TVs. Tried contacting anyone popular at EA and they are ignorant a-holes who refuse to acknowledge it. We mean nothing to them.
Hi Guys,
I’ve been having the same problem for some time now. I tried the solution shown on the video above, but it only worked for one game (in FUT) & after that it’s back to its old self; players bumping to each other, auto-switch not working, statistics horribly wrong, my fastest players can’t out run the opponents slow players, etc…
I don’t know what to try anymore! I wanted to contact EA but from what I read above, it seems they aren’t going to be any good help.
Regards,
Abel
Hi Seki & chris..
Looks like I’m not alone in this nightmare.. and unfortunately this is happening to me since FIFA 12.. 13.. 14.. and now 15! I have exactly the same issues as you guys described. I have tried every single possible option.. read lots of forums, topics, tips etc. Nothing is working at all! I hope we can do something regarding these issues, bugs.. I gave up at some point but somehow (it’s addiction) I return to this game once again with no luck… it is so frustrating, EA should be really proud of themselfes for destroying once great game..! I will be back! Good luck guys..!
I have had these issues in Fifa 13 and 14 on PS3 and in Fifa 15 on PS4. Seki’s list with bugs he posted is exactly what happens in my game. This frustrated me for years now. I only played the game on every second weekend then when the online cups were open and when the gameplay was fine, I won every title there is. But everytime after one or two days of smooth gameplay the game seems to be broken for weeks.
The worst thing is that the strange gameplay even appears offline. When I play with a friend on my console it looks like the worst game that was ever programmed. I tried everything I could find in the internet but nothing helped. Then I found your game changer but it changed nothing. At first it seemed to help but it was probably the placebo effect.
When the gameplay is smooth I love Fifa but Im afraid to buy Fifa 16 and see the same sh*t again.
I saw Seki is very active in other forum’s. if you find something out please let me know. I am desperate.
I too have been having these gameplay problems with FIFA, I play Ultimate team 99% of the time. I’ve had the problems for years now, I’ve moved ISP’s, moved properties, had issues on PS3 + PS4, I’ve tried different routers and pretty much every setup imaginable blah blah blah, but still no joy. In previous years it was more like lag, now more more recently I’m experiencing exactly what is in the video above, very frustrating and annoying. I tired lots of things to improve it but all to no avail, then, I created a sub account of my normal PSN account and started FUT again from scratch :(, to my amazement gameplay was perfect!!! I thought I had cracked it….. 2 weeks after creating the sub account this horrible gameplay returned, it deteriorated to the same as before. Deleted my sub account and went back to my original account, same horrible gameplay. I came across this video and it mirrored my issues, so I tried it, and again straight away after the first time of doing this my gameplay was perfect, instantly changed, the best it has ever been on FUT. I had many perfect games and got back into division 1 on FUT seasons, this continued until a month later the games started to get worse and worse, no matter what I done with the guest profile and changing to my profile it made no difference and gameplay was back to it’s worst. It’s been like this for about 2 weeks now and shows no sign of improving. So, a couple of times I thought I’ve cracked it, almost but not quite. So if anyone else has any ideas or anything to help please post here. On the note of EA’s support and online chat (who I have spent hours talking to), I will say they are about as much use as a chocolate tea pot. I had a ticket raised to the development team, I waited 4 months, then I had a email to explain they are sorry it has taken so long and they have credited my account with 5 gold packs (useless), to then find my case was closed!!!! That is how good it got with EA’s help.
Anyway sorry for ranting,
Cheers guys.
same thing. what EA support suggested, worked for me, but for a couple of days. then again same thing. if it works properly i play in div 3-2-1… now I’m in 5, and it feels like i will be in div 6 soon.
Yeah not good, EA seem to have no interest in solving these issues. They are making lots and lots of money as it is, and they continue in this way. It really feels down to us the players to try to find ways around it. EA’s help is useless, they can talk you through the most basic things like turning your router on and off, anything more involved they forward your case on to the development team who are basically un-contactable and have a time frame on their own scale. Then just close your case after months and months of waiting for them, with it still not fixed. It’s a great game when it plays correctly, unfortunately for us though it’s got lots of playability problems.
Gents, i have contacted EA support, so thats what i was told. Idk if helps, havnt tried yet, but here it is:
TusharThanks for contacting EA Customer Experience, my name is Tushar. How may I assist you today?
youihi can u explain, why the game is unplayable? in FUT it doest give right passes.
youi mean i want to give simple pass – 70% impossible. pad and PS4 is good condition. also i am playing on the manual – the players doesn’t switch after ball knock off.
youplayers feel like they are braking, slow, they don’t pass…they gamble with the ball slow. 1 touch pass – almost impossible
youalso as i said i play on manual, why players sometimes switch by themselves? not touching the ball
TusharHello.
TusharMay I please have your First Name and the Email Address in order to verify the account?
TusharAnton my sincerely apologize for this inconvenience caused to you.
TusharI will be providing you few troubleshooting steps for the PS4 and you can try them out.
youok sure
TusharWould request you to turn off the PlayStation fully, and disconnect the power cord and wait 7 seconds – https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5050/~/ps4-power-modes%3A-on,-off,-and-st…
Run the PlayStation Network Testing – http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/nw_test.html
Would request you to backup the save games and clear out the Data Files – http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/data_system.html
TusharI am sure these steps will resolve the issue.
TusharIf you still face any further problem please do contact us again so that we can go head with further investigation.
youok thanks
Seems like something is going on:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/FIFA-15/INFO-REQUEST-Visual-Stuttering-Low-Frame-rate-FIFA-15/m-p/4638132#U4638132
I have the same problem.
Already changed ISP, Console, Console Brand, Monitor, Tv(Plasma/LED), etc.
Xbox 360: Has the problem
Xbox One: Has the problem
PS4: Has the problem
It’s unplayable…
Hi again, guys, problem still persists of course, I agree we need to start a thread on a massive site like futhead so maybe their twitter can share the problem too since they are really popular and on good terms with EA. I started a thread on the EA forums and got a few people who have the issue, I know people from my old ISP (BT) had the problem. I moved to TalkTalk and I still have the problem. I play on ps4 now but before on both xbox 360 and xbox one I had this issue for nearly 3 years now. Most people like to call it ‘input delay’. I got blocked on twitter by david rutter about a year ago and all I did was ask him to follow me so I could DM him about the issue i was having. I went on Twitter the next day and noticed I was blocked. I also contacted Rob Hodson at about the same time on my other twitter account (just in case) and his reply was simply ‘lag happens for hundreds of different reasons, there is no way of telling if you have the same issues’ when I asked him ‘people described the same problems as me on FIFA on different forums’.
My bro (when he did have fifa) played fine on his ps4 and origin account and I used to log in on his console to play and 8/10 it would be relatively smooth with no issues. Lately I tried again and every game was like it is on my own ps4. I just do not understand. We need someone to really stand up and say ‘enough is enough, it’s time to get these bastards to tell us the truth’. I think everything links in with Ultimate Team, since that mode was introduced the stability is the worst on any game in the world and that is not me just hating on EA it is the truth.
Out of interest, what ISP are you guys on?
The problem is: there seem to be so little people who experience the problems we have. Sometimes people start a thread, but only two others reply and nothing happens. At the end of the day, the thread has gone to page 3 and nobody notices..
I totally agree with everything you say, it’s completely rediculous, but it’s kind of hard to do something about it.. 🙁
Btw, I’m on Xbox One.
You said:
You logged in on your brothers console, who never had these problems. The gameplay was fine now on your account, on brothers console?
A few days later, same sluggish gameplay on his console, with your account.
What is now with the gameplay when your brother plays with his account?
Have you now “infected” your brothers account?
If that is the case, it must have something to do with the accounts.
BTW:
My ISP is UnityMedia in Germany … my connection drives with cable….mostly i noticed players like you, seki and a lot others, me including , complaining that way about fifa, are guys with cable internet.
My brother has been playing FIFA a lot lately on his ps4 and his gameplay is fine, I can’t see it being accounts because I have had the problem on xbox 360, xbox one and now ps4 with multiple different accounts. It’s a joke now, I just played a game and I couldn’t believe how unresponsive it was. I pressed swap player and it wouldn’t even do it and when it did, it swapped to someone nowhere near the ball. It feels like someone is hacking your gameplay and refusing to let you play the game.
I have just worked something out…every time origin does an update it ruins the gameplay on pc. I got my F5 working perfectly again..turned on my pc one night and needed an origin update to continue…straight away the old wierd gameplay antics returned…does anyone have a suspicion why?
I got the same experience. Last week, it started to get better a little bit, but now all my players are just pulled back when they want to move towards the ball. Balls just disappear IN my legs, I can hardly touch the ball.. unbelievable.
I am on PC and the same happens also. Suddenly the gameplay changes and becomes disfunctional:
players clear in from of goal pass out to the wing
players delay obvious passes they used to execute until they are closed donw and tackled
shooting is suddenly impossible
headers are all terribly weak and just flop into the GKs arms
players run into each other for no reason
only one goal per game every game
players endlessly pass the ball around the box even when an attacker is clean through until they are tackled
changing the GP sliders doesn’t alter the general mess
playing offline only slightly improves it but not by much
I have uninstalled and installed several times and still the same problems. How can FIFA just “flip” into this mode ad infinitum without reason???
Please are there any solutions or reasons?
I decided to make a list of all things that happen to my game. These are the things I experience:
– Players not responding or responding one second later;
– After the respons, players ALWAYS first move away from the ball, that’s why I’m always too late for every pass;
– passing becomes some kind of ‘manual’ after a few minutes in the game. The second half is completely manual, including goal keeping. That’s why every shot on goal is a goal scored, the keeper just stands or walks towards the ball, without doing anything to catch it;
– Talking about manual: manual I can take. But this kind of manual is unplayable because pressing short or long: it doesn’t affect the speed of the ball. When I just press the Y-button once, balls will end up on the other end of the stadium. Pressing hard can easily lead to a short pass which can be intercepted;
– Throw-ins are always behind the player I’m throwing at. The receiver will just watch the ball fly over or past him, even when I press just shortly;
– Players bumping into each other all the time. Even when I stand still while having the ball, some of my own players come and bump into me, so I lose the ball again;
– Players trembling. When I pass a ball to one of my own players, I see players trembling, so most of the times they can’t receive the pass: they just tremble against it and waste it;
– Passes with Y (X-box One) are always too long and go over the sideline every single time. When the game still worked, I never experienced this problem, so I know it has to be a bug (and not my own stupidity :smileywink:)
– When I press right, balls go left and vice versa;
– Can’t press through menu’s ingame. After a goal, I can press A all I want: nothing happens;
– One-two’s are impossible. The running player seems to forget the information and just holds back after a small sprint;
– I can’t head with the A-button anymore. My player just stands and watches how my opponent takes the ball;
– I can’t sprint, players just tremble their way through the game. The only way I can get some sort of sprint is by pressing RT a few times. I got Hazard IF in a free pack, which was great. But he moves like my grandfather. Who is actually dead. So he’s absolutely useless;
– I can’t get a ball of another player. When I try to intercept a pass, the ball will just run past me. When I walk near an opponent who has the ball, I can press B all I want: my player will never move towards the ball, always in a wrong direction;
– Shooting is almost impossible, only when I press (!) my left trigger there’s a chance I will hit the ball correctly from outside the box. The only way I can score now is to get near the keeper and press B once;
– Statistics are totally weird. My passing is always under 60, even when I play a good game in which I have 60 percent possession. Shots usually don’t add up, so while my opponent’s goalkeeper has 19 saves, my shot total can still be 2;
– Players move like they are jockying the whole match;
– When I change a player, I almost evertime change to the wrong one first. Sometimes, the game just switches on it’s own, while my settings say ‘high balls’;
– Against CPU: the ref doesn’t give free kicks to me anymore. As weird as it seams, I have recorded over 50 clips where I’m clearly fouled, in a red card kind of way, and the ref just seems to forget to give the free kick;
– May be the weirdest thing: the starting screen of my matches doesn’t fit the match. When it says ‘rain’, it means my PAST game was in the rain. I found this out when I played in the snow. In the next match, my starting screen said I had to play in the snow again. A weird coincedence, I thought. Well, I played that game in the sun, and after that, I found out every single starting screen gives me info about the game I just played, not about the game I will play;
– In the first few months of FIFA ’15, the CPU-level was easy to beat, especially on World Class. Now World Class is almost unbeatable. Of course, most of the * I mentioned is a cause of that, but there’s more: CPU seems to forget on which level it’s competing. So most of the times it feels like I’m playing Ultimate. It’s also the reason why a team like Tottenham can have a passing percentage of 95 percent over a whole game, on World Class-level. It’s terribly frustrating, ’cause when the game worked fine, I beat such teams with at least 4 to zero. And I know every proper player will. You know that part of the game when you can’t touch the ball, no matter how hard you try? Imagine that, but for 90 minutes. That is how my game feels like.
May be I still forgot some stuff, but this has been enough to drive me completely insane over the past six months. I got a new X-box from Microsoft, my game responded well for two days and then again the bug returned and stayed. I’ve tried absolutely every possible thing: opening ports, new controllers (I had to :smileywink:), new disc, new profile, etc. etc. EA says they never heard of the problem and they can’t do anything about it. I now have recorded over 200 clips in which you can obviously see my game is totally broken. Got to find a way to make a nice clip of it though.
I want to make clear that I’m not a bad player. Even with all this *, I still can manage to get in the first division and I played almost 2000 games in FIFA 15, like 3000 in 14 and 4000 in 13. Yeah, this tells you something about my life, I know.
I’ve been frustrated by my favourite game for over half a year now and I still hope there will be some kind of solution.. may be someone here can help me and other players who experience this strange game play.
Thanks, with regards,
Sek
sek, most of the things you describe match EXACTLY what I get. We are both experienced players and know the difference between the correct gameplay and the incorrect. I’m so glad I found your post, as it sounds identical to my experience in many ways, such as getting to play the good, responsive version of fifa for a couple of days, and then some sort of switch being flicked and your fifa goes bad forevermore. I have briefly sampled the proper fifa 15 and I enjoyed it, even with the silly things that happen, because I could pass the ball without a problem, twist and turn, and time everything with a sense of enough control. As soon as it went bad, I had to guess whether or not my input would be executed or not, and the game became very one dimensional, no enjoyment to be had win, draw or lose. I, like you, tried all manner of things to solve the issue but it’s as though once it starts, it’s impossible to stop. The game is terrible and unresponsive whether offline or online.
The only difference is that I’m on ps3. There just has to be a reason why only certain people have this issue, and others can enjoy the game as it is intended. Do you post on the EA forums or the futhead forum? I really think all the people who get this game breaking problem can work together to get to the bottom of it. This is just unacceptable from EA and we should enjoy the same experience as everyone else. A couple of questions if I may:
1) how often do you tend to play, and how much at a time?
2) do you alter your controller settings when you go on fifa/do you have custom controller settings saved?
3) do you sign in before or after loading fifa?
4) do you have many different accounts?
5) in the bad version of fifa, do the players knock the ball forward in a very strange, jerky way, and does it feel almost weightless?
6) do your players always stutter before shooting or passing?
7) do your players even stop dead for no apparent reason instead of executing your command?
8) does it feel like the ball is always one step too far away when trying to dribble?
I hope we (and anyone else who has broken fifa) manage to get our fifa back one day.
oh and just one last question…when fifa went bad, did the menus also start going slow and laggy?
at least ps4 has guest if ps3 had guest account the problem was already solved.Please EA we dont want no more bugs on FIFA16!
Can you create a new ps account not on plus? Don’t have ps3 any more to try. Then switch to your main account in game.
yeah ive tried creating a new account on ps i even restore my ps3 systen doesnt work man
Try setting your console to play fifa at 720p, i tried it and my slow gameplay disappeared. also it doesnt make the graphics that much worse
Hi Chris,
It may be sad for you, but I’m certainly glad you experience the same things I do 😉 So may be we can do something about it. I also put my post above on answer.ea.com but nobody answers that. Haven’t put in on Futhead yet, shall I do that?
First, I’ll answer all your questions:
1) how often do you tend to play, and how much at a time? I play every day and at least 8 matches a day;
2) do you alter your controller settings when you go on fifa/do you have custom controller settings saved? I’m not sure what you mean by this question, but I definitely feel that changing my controller settings doesn’t make any difference. So sometimes I do, but, for example, passes are still totally arbitrary, whether CPU ‘helps’ me or not: I tab once and balls can fly for 50 yards;
3) do you sign in before or after loading fifa? Tried not to, but it makes no difference;
4) do you have many different accounts? I’ve got one other account which I used in the past. Strangly enough, I experience the same thing with this account;
5) in the bad version of fifa, do the players knock the ball forward in a very strange, jerky way, and does it feel almost weightless? It feels like my players are pulled back and they walk like 90 year olds. Their movement stops every few seconds. My whole squad stops every few seconds, so they’re all over the pitch, not knowing what to do. I have several captures that show players who go back and forth for like five times before they ‘remember’ what to do.
6) do your players always stutter before shooting or passing? Yup 😉 So annoying!
7) do your players even stop dead for no apparent reason instead of executing your command? Ah, I allready answered that question I guess 😉
8) does it feel like the ball is always one step too far away when trying to dribble? I feel no ball control at all.
I hope we (and anyone else who has broken fifa) manage to get our fifa back one day.
Hope so too mate. And to answer your last question: menues are laggy as well. I think we share the same problem. Last week, I suddenly played five games which were totally normal… I thought I fixed the problem, but then it started happening again..
I got one question for you: did you buy the download or the disc version of the game?
Regards,
Sek
hi, thanks for reply. so yeah, it would appear we have the same bugged version of the game. to answer your question, I have the disc version, how about you? I’ve seen some posts on the EA questions and answers forum, detailing the same problems as us. I think there are a fair few people who have the problem, but it always gets swept under the carpet whenever it’s brought up. I’m going to start a thread soon on each of the main fifa forums, inviting all the long time sufferers of this game breaking issue to comment, and tell of anything that may help. If enough people speak up, maybe EA will take notice. I will bump your threads on futhead and the EA q and a forum as soon as I find them, and let you know that i’m the same guy from here, as I stupidly made different usernames for each forum lol.
Hi Chris and Seki,
I too have had this problem going back to Fifa 12. I spent countless hours trying to troubleshoot both on forums and on the phone with EA but I never got anywhere and eventually gave up.
The one thing that I did want to add is that I believe the issue is in some way related to the hospitality settings (whether that’s the actual source of the problem or just another area where it manifests itself I can’t say for certain). The reason I say this is three-fold.
1. In fifa 12 you had the option to turn off hospitality settings. This significantly improved the gameplay for me (though it still didn’t seem perfect).
2. In fifa 13/14 I frequently experimented with changing my control scheme and other settings and it sometimes felt like this mildly improved my gameplay (again no consistent results).
3. At the height of my testing in fifa 14, I experimented with my deleting my “personal settings” from the in-game menus. I would sign-in, navigate the menus and delete my personal settings, sign-out of my profile (which returns you to main menu), and then re-sign in. I would then be prompted to confirm my hospitality settings but was met with this screen – http://i.imgur.com/NV2gYCE.jpg . If you look at that screenshot you’ll notice that there appears to be some error where the difficulty setting should be and that my favorite team and the team next to my name at the top do not match-up.
As I’ve said, at this point I have given up but I just wanted to throw in my two cents in the hope it may help.
Good luck!
For the game changer on ps4 after i done all the steps is it ok to go to controller settings and make it manual and change camera settings?
do we have to to this steps on fifa16?
? who knows it isn’t out yet.
erm not sure as not tried. Guess only 1 way to find out!
I do have the same problem. I feel like throwing my hd tv, pc controller . I’ve been playing fifa since Fifa 99 but from fifa 14 i found this problem. I remember when i started playing fifa 14 with my logitech f510 gamepad I cud beat any team in legendary difficulty , even when i Played with other players on Keyboard and me on Gamepad , i used to make fun of then throughout the game … And then the story began , just after a month or two , things became difficult , was loosing match after match , and till it was no big deal to loose, but i wasn’t able to control my players how i wanted .. nothing was working, miss passes , bad defending, no ball control nothing. tried many things but nothing worked. yes once or twice in a month the game ran smooth and i cud play my natural game. but again back to the worse. Ea cudnt help me as well . Next i was just waiting for Fifa 15 for a stable gameplay. Purchases Fifa 15 , and it was so smooth, all working fine .. not for long though. 2-3 weeks max. then the same thing till today…!!!!!
Hi seki, hi chris,
the things you describe, are the exactly same i have since February 2014.
Im on PS4, but starts on PS3. Had no problems in Fifa 13, noch Problems in the beginning of Fifa 14.
Then came last years february. Till Fifa 15 it was a change game. A few hours normal game, then a few days the game you two described. Mostly it was not playable.
With Fifa 15 nothing worked correctly, not just a few games.
I tried more and more things. At the end i had tried every thing possible, nothing helped and made my frustration so high, that i stopped playing Fifa. Now, im since March Fifaless…i dont play it anymore.
So curios, cause i played it nearly every day 2-3 hours…
I gave up…
More details can you see , here on this side from my post from 24th february this year.
Hi, thanks for your reply. It´s incredibly frustrating indeed, and nobody´s gonna do anything about it..
I also have these same slow reaction odd game play mechanics. For me it is as if all my players were knocked down -40 acceleration. I have to guess 2-3 seconds before and pick out a spot to run to on defense and hope the opposing player runs to the same spot. Defense is almost impossible (DIv 1 ) as players are too good and with the lack of pace adn acceleration I cannot get into any good defensive spots to put pressure on the other team and the only time i can even get the ball is when they score or if they miss and I get a goal kick. The players jog back on defense and yet my stamina bar drains as if I was sprinting full speed. Ball control is gone and I am not confident in any pass I make as the ball seems to just bounce too far after every single pass. Shooting is also off as it lags to get a hot off and one on ones seem like the keeper has the advantage as its almost impossible to get the ball past them yet a half chance and my keeper just lets it go in or almost seems like its switched to manual at times. The drop off in game play quaity is night and day. When I win a ball and finally have some place my fastest wing players are caught from behind by freaking Center Backs and it just does not make sense. It takes so much longer then my opponent to change directions and skills cove off so slow along with all other movements as if my entire team was playing in the mud with cowboy boots on. It is sad everywhere I read that EA does nothing about it. I used to love EA but not its put a strain on my day as I play FIFA roulette to see if I can get a fair game or if I have to play the game of my life with frustratingly slow players just to tie 0-0 or lose 1-0. Funny thing is playing with such a handicap makes me so much better when I do finally get a normal game without the input delay. When I feel like my team can run normal i tend to dominate 4-0 3-1 and miss multiple chances. With the input delay I am luky to get 2 shots on goal. So disappointing I wanted this game to be great and for 7 months it played fair but now its not even worth the headache.
HAHAHA…man every game i end up with like 2 red cards and 5 yellow….the only way i can get the ball is by keep sliding like crazy…..
Exactly same thing. EA is just frustrating.
Hey Guys
Is there any solution for bad gameplay in FUT and Seasons but while im playing with friends ONLINE everything is ok.
Gameplay in every offline mode is ok.
I already did most of the “connection” solutions. Im kinda Hopeless. FIFA was ok for like 3 months, since February it is so f**ked up i cant even win a single match online ._. (before that i was in div 1 FUT – now i strugling in div 5 lol).
I assume it’s something to do with my conections to EA servers. Just how to fix it…
Did you try the FIFA game changer? https://fifaaddiction.com/fifa-issues/fifa-gameplay-issues
Sure i did (as far as PS3 user can – bcoz of no guest account) but it didnt help much.
(double post, sry 😛 )
Hard to believe that such a well known issue suffered by hundreds still has no solution in this day and age.the problem cant be the game cos thousands play with no issue. It cant be the console cos ive changed mine and issue still persists. Sometimes i even doubt if its the isp cos ive also changed that to no avail.it has to do with something unique to us which is why the profile idea makes sense. But the game changer doesnt work neither does creating profile……so frustrating.
Totally agree.
Can you try to press your left stick while playing? Does it change anything? In my opinion, it has something to do with that left stick and when I constantly press it, it seems to affect the level of weirdness. Please let me know.
Another add to the problem: weird statistics. Most of the things that happen in a game, are not added to the statistics. Passing percentage is sometimes 20 procent (everybody knows that this is almost impossible to reach over 90 minutes) and when I score two times, EA will say I had no shots on goal.
Does someone else experience this problem as well?
Yeah the stats are usually wrong!
Suer i did (as far as PS3 user can – bcoz of no guest account) but it didnt help much.
come on guys how can i fix the game issues on ps3?
Maybe it’s related to your account level (EA punishes the ‘experienced’ players to give the newbies a chance?). It seems like the ‘best’ or ‘non-affected’ players, are players with new accounts (EST 2014 /EST 2015) which have a relatively low level. I don’t know what level you guys have?
My level is 91. I talked to EA about this and they said it was nothing on their side. A new X-box didn’t help, it only got worse in the last two weeks. Players basically look the wrong way, walk the wrong way and pass like the game’s set on manual or something. When I want to pass left, players will pass to the right. When I press A a while, pass will become too short. It’s like the whole system got fucked.
The only thing that helps a little, is pressing the control-stick the whole time. I don’t know why, but is seems to help just a bit.
Hi guys, I think I have an interesting add to our problem. After months of frustration, I called Microsoft to explain my problem had to have something to do with the Xbox itself. So they sent me a new X-box One (I have to send the old one of course). Good service and when it arrived… the game worked perfectly! Sprinting, passing, moving, all so fluent, I was happy like a little kid.
But… two days later, it got worse and worse. With each game I play, the problem is getting worse and now the game is unplayable again..
So, what seems to be the case? Is has to be something in the software that’s messing up the Xbox. It ain’t there in the beginning, but it finds it’s wat like some kind of virus.
I’m not that into software and hardware, but may be someone else can explain what is happening here?
Gr.
Seki
I was also under the impression that when you change something, occasionally for a while the game gets better but after several days (games) it goes back to its flawed state.
the problem is you are being punished by the game, EA have some sort of deterrant built into the game, ive had many of the problems you had, ive been through everything with a fine tooth comb! one day i started a new account and got beat in first game!! so i that account was now ruined as i wanted to go unbeaten for a long time, but what i done was mess around in that account and i delibrately got beat every game, i noticed that with each defeat, the game started playing much better, id had bad fifa experience like you for over 2 years!!!
ive done more tests on this and it works every time! i even have a friend who is very good and hardly ever won him, my game was always much worse than his for response and stuff, i played him in this account that had many losses, i asked him to meet me in lobbies for a game, i delibrately played awful against him, but my game was nice and smooth which it never used to be between us! i beat him 1-0 without even trying!!!…and this guy is very good!
ive also done many other tests, and done many test on this particular one, and what happens is, if i start an account and play silly without trying, the game goes superb, perfect response, amazing, but if i start an account and play my best, it stays unresponsive and its a terrible experience!
So i reckon EA handicap people, and for some unlucky guys like me and you, they purposely make the game a terrible experience, its that bad that its like its a deterrant, EA telling you they dont want you to play, or to play less!
I notice you play lots of games, i also play lots and 3000 in a year is nothing to me lol, i could play 4000 easy!
i think the handicap comes on when you play too much and you are good, they start to make the game terrible experience probably to make you want to play less.
I started new account and played like a beginner, i played well over 20 games in 1 day and every game was responsive and good, i played another load next day and they were all good except for 1 what had lag, but we both had the lag so it was ok, but when i play normal at my leve, i get unresponsive game evry single time i play, like playing under water, and lots of bugs like you have, players shaking, not reacting etc, goal keeper wont dive in penalty shootout …etc!
I also notice that EA like to match me up with opponents other side of world, then i get unresponsiveness but opponent doesnt, this is what i call ”EA lag” its not real lag, its the game creating it, real lag you and opponent will suffer at same time, EA lag is one sided lag and basically there to help opponent.
this bad matchmaking is also a punishment by EA on purpose, it happens more when you play more games or have an account that EA have blacklisted, however, when i go on account that i get beat on purpose in, i get less far away opponents, and the few that are far away, they get the EA lag disease!! so they must be the guys on other side of world who are also blacklisted by EA
Ive done many many tests on fifa, been doing it for well over 2 years, some of the things ive done you wouldnt believe, and ive learnt lots about this game and the dirty tricks EA do, the game has been terrible for me for over 2 years!!! so i started to find joy in finding out EA’s dirty tricks rater than actually playing for fun lol.
bottom line = EA handicap, and make game terrible experince for some unlucky people!
Tried this and every other ‘Fix’ i could find on the internet and still having the issue, mine seems to have gone like this since the most recent update (FUT Price Ranges one). For mine, passes go really slow, players seem to have no acceleration and slow reactions (i have Messi, Neymar, Suarez etc). There seems to be no AI movement when im trying to attack, never make runs and often when i have a shot in the box my own players get in the way and then are offside, just seems like the game has just died. I have experienced Issues like this with previous Fifa’s, but never this early and not to this extent! I would welcome any more recommendations anybody might have and please EA, stop making your games worse!
@Joel – You are describing my experience exactly. Feels like they have no acceleration and very slow reactions. Defense against Div 1 -2 players is almost impossible and the players only jog on defense at times yet my stamina bar goes down as if I was sprinting full speed and my players get alot more tired then usual when I can play without the “slug bug” or input delay if you want to be official about it.
* When I can’t play with the input delay. so to clarify my stamina drains when i get a slow reaction/player game. I got a new controller and it seemed to fix the problem i could attack freely and was winning 90% of my matches but then this past week it just got worse and worse and now im bombarded by players in Div 1 and Div 2 and I am afraid to play becuase I do not know how to ask for a draw as I have seen some people request of me. I can tell when it is going to be a slow game because when I hit sprint during the little shooting one on one mini game before the actual game the players accelerates slowly and takes a while to get up to a running animation.
Any fix for PC version yet? No changes to the random nature of this sluggish gameplay bug. Can’t simply log-on as a guest for PC ><
Never really been able to get FIFA working well on PC. To many factors can make a difference. Bad enough on consoles.
Well as someone with an excellent system with 75/75 Verizon FiOS… it is disappointing that I can have a game with zero lag still be so sluggish from this bug.
Im on ps4 my r1 player contain every time i use my defender just stops moveing? First touch players are slow and when i pass the ball my receiveing player wont move towards the ball wtf ea hope pes get the rights for teams cause ea just dont give a f
Worked thanks
I’m sure now it’s got nothing to do with my internet. I’ve got 120mb/s now and the problem is only getting worse. It’s like someone’s pressing the containbutton all the time, players just won’t react on anything I’m doing. Can’t sprint, can’t pass, can’t shoot and now my goalkeepers are reacting two seconds late as well, so almost every shot my opponent takes is a goal.
It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
Could it be worth checking whether this issue is dependent on the MTU settings on the console (or router) ? I’m not an expert, but this would sort of make sense, in a weird way.
HELLO, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON? IM ON XBOX ONE, AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH GAMEPLAY, THE PLAYERS FEEL SLUGGISH THE PASSES DONT GO THRU, AND ITS QUITE LAGGY, IM ON 80mb super fibre internet,
I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO… I INVESTED ALOT OF MONEY IN ULTIMATE TEAM, AND CANT ENJOY IT, I EVEN CRIED BECAUSE ITS NOT ENJOYABLE. PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME, I WOULD APPRIECIATE IT SO MUCH, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO 🙁 HOW CAN I FIX THIS. 🙁 🙁 🙁
THANKS
Did you try the gamechanger as in the video?
For months I’ve noticed the gameplay on ultimate team on my ps4 was acting very terribly, so I figured it was a bug in my account. so I created a sub account using the parental control feature. i started playing on there for like 3 days and everything was fine but then this evening the same issue started again, very slow reaction time from the defenders. I started losing by margins i couldn’t even fathom. Honestly I’m confused. How could this be an issue.
Hi, First: Sry for my english, i’m from germany.
I’m following your issue blogs a long time.
I have the same problems since a about a year, like you show in your video – FIFA Game Changer.
Untill now i tried so many things, all the tipps you gave here and a lot more.
It all begann in FIFA 14 on PS3 last year in January or February.
In Fifa 14 it always was periods of days then a few games were good and the another period of few days went like in the video. In March i got my PS4….same problems.
In Fifa 14 I tried different things concerning to the connection. Nearly everything i tried helped for a few games.
– changing MTU (after that it was nearly perfect…just for a few games)
– take D-Lan instead of ethernet Cable (after that it worked again perfect….just for a few games)
– Router Reset directly from my ISP (after that worked perfect….again just for a few games)
All my hope was FIFA 15. Fifa 15 Came…hope was destroyed. But more then this: From Fifa 15 on there was nothing more that could help. There was not one single match i could play under normal conditions. Also in Pro Club, same problems, in season…same problems.
Had so much trouble with my ISP because of making them responsible for all this. After nothing worked i tried more things.
– bought a tft monitor to try if its input lag….nothing
– borrowed a ps4 to try if its my PS4…..nothing
– took my whole hardware an went to a mate with DSL Connection 16MBIT…..nothing
– had tested a new DSL connection in my house….nothing
– and at least, send my PS4 back to sony and get yesterday a new one….nothing
Nothing changed my problems. I’m now sure it has nothing to do with connection because i tried 3 different.
Its also in nearly every offline game. But sometimes, mostly the first game i play in the evening is nearly okay. Sometimes a whole game, but mostly about one halftime and then its over.
i’m so frustrated because i loved to play fifa and there is nothing you can do to have fair competion. Now today i saw your video for the first time and hope so much, that it will fix it, but dont really believe in it….too many setbacks…
But wil give it a try this evening. Hopefully i can record tomorrow….BÄÄÄÄM it works….. 🙂
Happy for you 🙂 Glad we could help.
Hallöchen ^^ Ebenfalls Germany!
What you listed is actually a good summary of the things I’ve tried myself. Strangely, I sometimes also thought that
those made a difference at first. Especially when trying different MTU’s, and also after applying the GameChanger
suggested here. Afterwards, I played several good games, but the issue always returned.
It cannot be an issue with ISP or router, if you go into detail all those things really are not that complicated. Because of the several good games we experience every now and then, in particular after some change in the settings, I figure it is maybe just one minor f up somewhere on the way to EA’s servers that is causing all this. But that makes it just more frustrating.
If you want to know my newest theory, try to trace the way the packages sent by console/PC to EA’s servers. I measure a comparably high ping in the first place, and secondly, the parts where flow in the network seems to get stuck is where packages are routed through the “prolexic” servers. From what I understand this is some security measure protecting EA servers from DDoS attacks. But since this seems to hinder traffic from my console to those servers, it could be the reason for bad, or let’s say, unstable connections. For everybody who hasn’t tried this already, it could be a good idea to perform similar checks, so we can compare the results.
Dude I am having the same problem on regular online play, there has to be a solution
Could it be useful to contact EA about this? The ‘game changer’ is making my game only worse, it’s so terrible I can’t even describe. At least 50 complete bizarre things happen in EVERY match I play, how can EA not even know about this?
Please help me out, I’m about to throw my Xbox out of the window. For real.
Has it been ok 13th to 15th Feb? Since EA switched off the webapp. Has made servers a lot better load wise.
I’m afraid not…
No change, getting worse and worse
FIFA 15 micro lag fix for PS4 !!!
Hello guys, I found a fix to the micro lag or input/controller lag. The problem is not with EA neither is it the controllers as assumed most of the time. It is mostly caused by the refresh rate of the tv or monitors in use. Most monitors/tvs have the minimum refresh of 60Hz, this translate into slow processing speed of signals from the PS4 console by the Display. By default the PS4 automatically detects the kind of monitor and send signals to it in terms of its out resolution (either 1080p, 1080i and so on) . However, it doesn’t take into account the refresh rate of the display. This cause games to lag on monitors or tvs, even if they are significantly of a higher definition.
Solutions!!!
1. To fix this, first and foremost, know what kind of Monitor/tv you have, if it’s a 1080p or 1080i monitor, set your PS4 output signal to 720p. On the other hand, if a 720p monitor, set to 480p. Doing this will compensate for low refresh rates on the display and will give you a smoother and faster response time. In other words, the trick here is to scale-down the PS4 input resolution to the next best output resolution on your monitor/tv. To adjust these output signals on your PS4. Go to settings, Sound & screen, video output settings, and then to Resolution. Before I forget, also set your display to “game mode” if available.
2. The alternative is to invest in a monitor or tv with a high refresh rate. Anything raging from 120Hz and up is fine. Also note, computer monitors generally have better image processing power than most tvs. Another point is, the smaller the display size the better. So just have that in mind when making a new purchase.
Hi skb thanks for trying to help. It isn’t refresh rate but what is called Input lag between your TV/Monitor and console. We created a blog on it https://fifaaddiction.com/4914/best-tvs-for-gaming/ Also added to check that blog on the FIFA lag fix page – https://fifaaddiction.com/fifa-issues/lag-fix
Hi people,
I’m so glad I finally found out I’m not crazy. Ever since November I’m experiencing these problems: players just can’t walk anymore, they are shivering when a ball is passed. Sprinting just can’t be done, headers can’t be won and strangely, CPU got so much better than it used to: even at World Class level. a level at which I normally crushed cpu like 5-0, I sometimes can’t even get possession of the ball.
Other strange things:
– Statistics seem to be forgotten: I sometimes score three times and statistics still tell me I haven’t had a shot on goal;
– In that same line: sometimes my ‘pass accuracy’ is 29, while I’m playing a pretty good match. Half of the game seems to be forgotten;
– Players NEVER react well to a throw-in;
– Players are falling down after almost every duel, as if they forget to stand..
– One-two’s can’t be performed, as the player who has to run after his pass, seems to forget he has to and stops after a few meters.
A few weeks ago, suddenly all these issues seemed to be fixed. Gameplay was doing well and all the things I just mentioned, didn’t happen anymore: i won quite easily at legendary level, I won every header I took and I could actually sprint and perform one-two’s… 10 games later, the issue was back.
I’m so frustrated by this, I can’t even tell. It’s that you know you are a better player but the game just sets you back by not letting you sprint and making you pass the ball to the wrong player all the time.
Please note these issues are not due to my internet, my internet is just fine. I’m talking seasons as well as FUT.
Thanks and bye,
Seki
I completely agreeee fifa is soooo rubbish the players cant control a ball from a throw in they move so slow and sluggish and when you want to play a pass and presss the passs button they take a extra touch and then pass by then its already tooo late and the opponent intercepts sorttttttt it outtttttttttttttt
Been perfect since webapp was switched off. Shows server load affected by webapp traffic and bots on there.
With al due respect: it’s obvious you don’t know what the real problem is. You should just play one match on my X-box and you would know that the whole game is infected. I play people who have the same problems, but I play more people who don’t: they can pass, sprint and make one-two’s. My Aguero is slower than their Mertesacker, and I mean a LOT slower.
So no, it has been far from perfect these days. In fact, it’s getting worse every day.
I don’t think this is the whole story (yet), because at times the “strange gamplay” returns. Nevertheless, I feel that the suggestions about controller settings and the profile issues addressed in the latest game changer video really DO change things, at least for some games. So thanks for that, I believe you are on the right way to solve this annoying problem.
No where near solving the problem!!! It’s like they’ve flicked a switch somewhere to make the game absolutely terrible online. Before christmas it was the best fifa game since ’09! Some major issues with the ea servers. The pathetic thing is that there’s nothing else to play!!! So we’ll just keep buying it, just to see if it’s any better.
If you don’t see the problem offline your issue will be the servers being overloaded with players after TOTY. Also ISPs can’t cope with large demand. Play at 4 in morning will notice really good games!
This fix works for me(on ps4).
I think this strange gameplay issue has something to do with some of the following facts:
-game difficulty level lower than legendary(you can see you opponent scoring some crazy goals from long distance and your players that you don’t control moving bad)
-some assists that you don’t have like ( auto switching on air balls or passing power assistance )
-having a weak team and facing a much stronger team( for example an opponent crosses: how does Di Maria have 90+ crossing? When he crosses the ball it has to reach his target more so something strange will happen, like the defender won’t jump or the defender will do a mistake vs the attacker when marking.The opposite will happen if you do a good cross with a player that has bad crossing
Not actually sure what you are saying here? What do you do to the game difficulty, passing settings etc? And we use a weak team all year and beat TOTY teams and win Div1. Obviously if a top player crosses the ball it is more likely to find a striker than a low rated player? Same as real life.
Well, I changed my difficultylevel in settings to ‘beginner’ and it helps a little bit. Not much, but it certainly changed my game a bit, thx. Still pretty far from okay though.
Okay, I’m sorry, it didn’t help. Game is getting worse and worse last couple of weeks, players are standing still for like a second before they do something.. it’s absolutely unplayable.
Is EA aware of the problem? Is there something they will do?
Since the hack problem over Christmas the gameplay online has turned really weird as if someone has flicked a switch. Players react really slow as if they are running through treacle and pass/shoot/dribble as if the ball is made of lead. Experienced this with more than one consoles using more than one ISP. Would love to know the cause and solution or if there’s a planned patch in an update. Tried some ping tests to ea servers, all results were well over 100ms. Done all the necessary things at my end, port forwarding etc… still no change. it’s obviously a ping issue to me. Hope to get a response or any further advice…
Did you try the FIFA game changer and all the advice on the site. TOTY means servers get overloaded with people playing FIFA again. Affects performance.
Could someone help me with this:?
When I play online seasons and use my custom tactics,against some opponents suddenly all values are 0.
Against other the values are correct,as I set them.
Not seen that happen. Sounds like a bug.
I’m having the same sh**** experience where my players move like their nut sucks are being pulled. I never had this problem untill the whole hospitality thing came into fifa. After that hell broke loose. Its seems I’m always been f***** over. Cant run fast, defenders miss tackles horribly, Strikers take forever to fire a shot, which by the way my opponent can run half way from the field to come get the ball before i even release the shot. I have broken several controller over this. Nothing seems to help fix it. Its so f***** annoying.
And does the new game changer help fix this?
What’s the “new game changer” you talking about. Where and how can i get it? I’m desperate.
Have had the same problems for years, Not made any difference for me on xone
still doesn’t fix it
Its not working. i get this message when i try online or ultimate “No opponent found. Try choosing a club with a different star level, or loosen your Matchmaking and Controller Settings”. Any advise
Damn!!! it worked. only it takes a lil longer to find an opponent. Thanks man
https://fifaaddiction.com/fifa-issues/fifa-gameplay-issues/
Has anyone changed ISP and noticed that the issue is gone? Reason I ask is I am getting TalkTalk fibre installed on 8th January and no longer have to put up with BT Infinity
Been same on all ISPs. However look out New years day for big news.
Look out where? on the site or twitter and what time?
Keep an eye on twitter, which shows on the website too.
I play using classic controls played one game the following game triangle now does lofted passes and circle does chip shots I haven’t changed a thing on it. Uninstalled game reinstalled game reset dual shock none if it’s done any good, started doing after the latest update Fifa 15 ps4 any ideas
Sounds like your controller thinks the trigger is permanently pressed in? Try other games to double check.
Hello everybody. I’ve been experiencing exactly the issue described in the article. I play fifa 15 on ps4, and I used an individual control setting. After reading this, I tried playing with classic control, and, well, so far it’s much better. To me, it doesn’t seem coincidental that the tips here regarding ps3/xbox and fifa 13-14 still apply. I don’t know how to synchronize on ps4 and stuff, which might be a proper workaround, but at least it seems I can finally play the damn game properly. There’s still lag/stuttering/delay, but to an amount that is reasonable. After all, when playing online, there will always be some kind of delay. But it is definitely better than before, when players moved and passed horrendously sluggish, resulting in losing possesion when you’re just about to shoot, or in own-goals because you can’t tell your defender to clear or change direction in time.
I’m not totally convinced that this is it, but the game never felt so smooth than in the last couple days. I’ll continue to test this, as there seem to be a lot of people with the same problem and no clue where it originates (I’ve been calling EA, ISP etc. and fucking around with my router myself, but that never seemed to completely fix it).
The only drawback is that it seems I have to get used to classic controls. But if this is really the issue, then it should be easy for EA and/or Sony to fix this o.O
Hello again. As I said, I tested it several times with a friend of mine. Seems that with the latest patch, something DID change, at least on ps4, as now we were able to play with individual control settings without too much delay. I’ve noticed that now there appears a synchronization message at the start of the game, which I never saw before. Perhaps there was really something with that causing problems.
Anyway, game works fine for me now. To briefly summarize my anti-input-delay crusade:
1) Assign static IP to console (attention, some routers seem to override settings for addresses in a certain range, so maybe pick one which is somewhat odd, like xxx.xxx.xxx.99)
2) Try port forwarding for console, respective ports can be found via google. Some routers are shit, in which case this doesn’t work. This can be tested. If impossible try DMZ mode for specified static IP (somewhat risky) (after this step, you should also have a better NAT type, as also explained elsewhere on this page)
3) Use cable to connect console to router
4) If Input delay still persists, try playing with default control settings, although my opinion is that this is solved by now.
Hope this may be of help to someone
Hey aotfw, I have the same problem. When/where are you seeing this “synchronization message”?
Thanks
Saw it right at the start of the game, after it says: xxx establishes connection to ea servers… (don’t know what exactly it says). When this message disappeared, I saw another message saying something about synchronizing.
Lately, however, I didn’t see it anymore, but perhaps that’s because I didn’t change anything in my controls since november.
Problem is offline aswell. Please stop suggest friends house etc. You can just admit that you have no idea. All tips on this page is just random.
Well we must have some idea as we had the issue offline and online on xbox360 and XboxOne and PS4. Now we don’t. Depends which particular problem you mean though? As you can see from the 2 updated pages at the top of this page there are around 10 things which could affect the gameplay. We suggest friends house to some people to see if ok so then know if their console, internet or profile could be the issue.
wen I was in the squad I pushed exidently on remove. wat can I do to fix that
Did you remove your club or the squad. If club you start from scratch. If squad have to build it again haven’t lost the players.
Hi there,
I’m experiencing the same problem with FIFA15 on ps4. Since 1 week, it’s 20 times harder for me to win a match. It seems like the players respond much slower. As mentioned in the post above my defenders are living their own lives and run the opposite directions. I find it difficult to explain but suddenly fifa15 has become an enormous struggle and it’s very frustrating.
Anyone an idea to solve the problem for fifa15 on playstation 4?
My internet connection is fine btw.
Have you tried the mountain of fixes suggested on both the lag fix and connection fix pages?
There’s nothing wrong with my internet connection … i did the ISP test and i had a B. I play with cable: downloadspeed: 180mb/s
Also turned off my online privacy settings and restarted fifa…it had no effect.
Strange thing is, i tend to think that all things have gone south since PSN came up with an update a few days ago. Could that be?
There’s nothing wrong with my internet connection … i did the ISP test and i had a B. I play with cable: downloadspeed: 180mb/s
Also turned off my online privacy settings and restarted fifa…it had no effect.
Strange thing is, i tend to think that all things have gone south since PSN came up with an update a few days ago. Could that be?
It’s not a lag…it’s a gameplay feeling…
(gameplay (assistance) settings are the same)
I have exactly the same problem, started 2 weeks ago.
It is not lag, it’s a different kind of thing… it seems AI is not fast enough, defenders don’t react as they should, passes go worng because players don’t ove fast enough… It was not like that before.
Have you already figured out any solution? Tried the router fix thing, but I never had the kind of lag reported to need that fix. It’s a gameplay issue, making the game really strange and odd to play.
The issue you are seeing is a form of lag. What you see on screen is milliseconds different to what the game thinks should be happening. So players miss the ball go running past it and see strange ball physics etc.
Has to be something specific to your setup as our PS4 and PS3 don’t have the issue. Maybe your profile?
hey man sorry to dissapoint you….this problem will NEVER go away….i have it since fifa 13 and 14 on ps3 and now on ps4 fifa 15
EA servers try to help me liked 5 times…..in the end they told me its maybe a bug…it does it online and off line so it has nothing to do with internet
gameplay is shit…i stopped playing it…the most FRUSTRATING THINS IS that the opponent can just run in to you and take the ball….but you can NEVER tackle them….not even run into them….when you try to do that your players will just stop running and stand infront of them or behind them……the ALWAYS are running opposite direction of the ball…driblling becomes really slow and clumsy…
when they tackle you….your players always take like 1,5 sec to move again….but their players dont….
so man….you have to learn to play it like this or stop….i will not play this Shit anymore….nov i will try PES 2015
We used to have these issues and don’t now. Done everything we suggest though including new router and buying what we think is the perfect tv.
No solution to this yet?
Depends what your issue is, did you check the two links at the start of the page with big detail on how to fix issues?
Not an ISP issue. Compared wired v. wireless connections. Compared standard wireless and new AC wireless (866.7mbps). Compared FiOS 50/50 upload/download to 25/25. Compared friends house and hotels to home.
EA game play throttling like AT&T data plan throttling?
sigh, guess no help here. Same as EA.
If it was EA throttling we would have the same issue but we don’t across 6 consoles different locations? What do all the tests give you? Any lost packets on route to EA? Any jitter on ping test? Speed of internet isn’t very important for such issues.
B4RCA – Unfortunately non of the things you posted work….
Ive tried them all and I am still getting sluggish laggy gameplay…
I really don’t know what to do now – it sucks
Would take your console to a friends house or someone in family. Least then you know if a problem with your internet/ISP.
WELL guys….i had this problem in fifa 13 and 14 on ps3 and now fifa 15 on ps4…..i broke 7 ps3 controllers….
defenders moving always in opposite direction of the ball….sometimes you cant even move them….turning takes like 3 sec and the other team just run like hell in to you and take the ball….you can NEVER take the ball from them cause it feels like a magnet is pushing you away from them…..sometimes i think maybe there is something interfering with the bleuthoot connections….but what the hell….i am no expert….!!13 th nov i am moving to PES 15…..3 fifa i wasn’t able to play normally….one time with fifa 14….i saw something on youtube about defragmenting the ps 3….it helped for 3 days and back to the **** game play…..!!!
Would check at a friends house to see if same there. If can take your PS3 to theirs. Be better if they have a different ISP.
I have the same exact problem. Every time EA sports tries to make the game better they actually make it worse. I think it is time to move to another soccer game instead of garbage Fifa FUT 2015!!!
Just updated this page 😉
Yeah I share your pain, I broke my ps4 controller last night. I have finally decided to move on to pes 15. Its just ridiculous and a lot of headache to play fifa 15 online. Absolute RUBBISH !!!!!! I’m out.
Has been perfect for us since webapp was switched off. Shows the server load affects gameplay.
its a **** farce that it’s been in the game for years and EA claim it’s nothing to do with them or even bother to investigate the problem.
Hi there!
I have found the next bug within FIFA 15. Affected is currently FIFA 14 and 15:
In addition to short computer names are the user names in Windows affected too. Are they too short, I experienced a kind of input lag. It was not playable. The ball losses are be inevitable.
With a second user account (with longer names) under Windows I could reproduce the problem.
So three characters in user names on Windows are EA too short …
greeting
I hope I could help others.
Interesting will look into this thanks
Any thoughts from someone who has purchased Fifa 15? I assume the issue still persists like it has since Fifa 12…?
Will be same on every FIFA. We just know more about it now.
My problem is that now am always forced to choose a kick taker and after I do, it takes a long time for them to actually take a kick as I have no control over the kick. Also my place move a lot faster with the ball to the point of where I can hardly control the ball or do any crossover moves. So am always forced to go streaight forward n pass. I have a ps3 tho.
I am honestly sick of this now, I have had these problems since FIFA 12. I have contacted BT and EA so many times and they just both blame each other. Nothing will happen until we petition to someone to do something properly and investigate. I have taken my xbox downstairs next to the homehub and used an ethernet cable to play and it hasn’t made a difference at all. I bought a 3rd party router and still the same. I have tried everything possible under the sun and nothing has worked. My BT contract ends in October but I know if I change ISP I will probably still have the same problem. I honest to god cannot remember the last time I had a smooth, responsive and stutter free game. I have emailed the EA CEO Andrew Wilson and his executive relations team have emailed me, they are so ignorant and take about 2 weeks to reply to each email and just tell me to do the same things over and over again and then offer me a free EA game to make me shut up and go away, well that will not happen.
I don’t know how long you guys have had these problems but I honestly can’t take it anymore. We need to contact someone who WILL do something and I am not talking about BBC Watchdog because lets be honest all they will do is get a statement from EA and that’s it nothing will happen afterwards. Can anyone suggest any service/company/person we can contact to finally get some answers from EA/ISPs?
We have been investigating lots this year and updating our pages. Keep an eye on twitter.
Just tell us what your findings are – its been weeks now.
They keep saying ‘stay tuned to our twitter’ and we update our website, I am yet to see anything.
We are trying to update over 200 items. As you will notice if you look around the site things have been changing every few hours.
Your website is really great and I appreciate the effort you put into it B4RCA.
Its just that you mentioned about a month ago that you have made a major discovery into the laggy/sluggish gameplay and not posted anything – even a reply to this would help 🙂
Hi B4RCA,
Bob introduced me to your Twitter page and Ive been a follower for three weeks now. Judging by the posts which get uploaded every couple of hours, you guys are doing an incredible Job.
It’s just that, for some of us this issue of slow and unresponsive gameplay has robbed us of the joy and fun of having a very good competitive game fifa. We literally don’t know what it feels like any more.
So the sooner you post a fix for this sluggishness you so perfectly described above, then the sooner you will be restoring fun and excitement to hundreds, maybe thousands of fifa gamers all over the world who have been plagued by numerous humiliating and unnecessary defeats for years.
Thanks B4RCA.
There is no magic fix, keep an eye on the pages though and we will tweet out when amended as we know a lot more now on the issues and causes.
i took my xbox to a friends house ( no online) i entered career mode and played a few games and noticed that i was struggling WAY too much… id be chelsea, real madrid, bayern and none of them were playing properly… stiff movement… stiff passing… basically no sprinting… losing against teams like almeria and cardiff who seem to be playing at some supreme level… but i had it on the same level i always play at (world class) can someone please explain this… the whole game seems to have changed and i dont understand why, its not as smooth as it normally is its like im fighting the game in order for it to respond properly.
We think it something to do with the controller and profile. Especially if he joined in to play. Keep resetting controller settings and saving things so it updates your profile. We are about to update these pages with more detailed help.
I have mentioned before and noticed this with the controller…
Initially I used to change my controller sprint and tackle buttons to PES as it was what I was used to…
I tried without changing and the game felt great for a while but then starts to get bad again…
Keep on resetting the controller settings and saving sounds interesting – will try later 🙂
Please keep us up to date with your findings as I think we must be close to resolving this and if so we could maybe feed back to EA!
I have had this problem with fifa for ages and i dont quite understand whats causing it! Ive tried all types of things to get rid of the problem but nothing has worked. Its not a constant thing its kind of on and off but most of the time i have it. Just how you say its nothing to do with my connection and its not lag! Ill be in a game and everything doesnt work passes are weird the runs are stupid all the ball physics are basically broken could anyone help
Welcome to the world of online FIFA. We going to re write a lot of this with more up to date findings.
looking forward to these findings B4RCA
Also do you think these lag/gameplay issues will exist in Fifa 15?
Any updates FifaAddiction soon? 🙂
I just read latest twitter and looking forward to your research…
I myself worked with BT and Level 3 – as we thought it maybe to do with Level 3 routing but Level 3 and BT eventually denied it was a problem with that and not a problem with the BT infrastructure..
Its weird how the person I am playing says its fine for them but for me its acting so weird!
Please release your findings as I am getting sick of constant sluggish, laggy gameplay 🙂
Do you have any news on this? been waiting ages 🙂
Hi bob, ive been having these issues for years….. what twitter page were u refering 2?
Thanks
the fifaaddiction twitter page
Hi Barca,
Will you please please please make a platform that does’nt have a scripting element that changes the way your and the computers team performs during a match.
I understand that you are trying to add a touch of reality to games but it is too predictable. As when one meddles with nature one creates bigger problems. I’m bored of going 2 nil up in matches only to be pegged back to 2-1 on 45 mins and then the game will finish 2-2 or 3-3 on 90! Sooooooooo boring and has put me off getting FIFA 15,sorry.
THanx for reading this and good luck
CYBERFRENCHIE
Hi, we don’t create the game so nothing we can do except feed the thoughts of the community to EA through our site. They can choose to ignore us however. There is no scripting element though. You concede goals more at 45 mins because that minute and the 90th last longer in real life due to injury time. Also how you think in your mind. When you are losing 2-0 in the 45th minute and 90th think about how much you change to attacking play. This is what alters the game.
when we are clicking on FIFA 13 It is showing EA sports but the message is only saying E0001.
you need to explain everything you are doing. Example we bought FIFA13 and trying to install it on ps3. When we try to install it the ps3 says E0001.
hey guys any advice for fixing the same problem on fifa 2014?
its very frustrating my players are playing very weird, aint running for the ball, first touch sloppy and so is pace,the ball bounces around the pitch and the opposition keeper makes unrealistic saves. I havent found any way to change hospitality settings, and this isnt any scripting are however its called because it happens allso offline vs the cpu and allso in the world cup mode, i tried changing controller settings/user customation settings, deleting and making a new squad,subbing players and nothing helps! im lucky my controller still works after all the smashing it went through. im despert for any help or advice!!
Hi we will update the site as we know more now. Even when playing offline you are still connected to either the Xbox Live or Playstation network. If they have an issue that will affect game. Also you are still connected to EA servers which update all the stats from the game. So if you have a bad connection generally you will suffer. Did you go to pingtest.net see if jitter etc?
This is my connection stats:
http://www.pingtest.net/result/102907693.png
i dont really understand it is it ok?
A is very good best you can get. Ping around 20 is ok. Jitter at 4 is very good. Should have good connection from your side anyway.
hii,
when i start fifa 13 it starts normally.But when i go to play kick offs or any match the screen just disappears. what problem is it?
Which console or PC?
sorry but my english is so bad,im italian,how fix button delay on fifa 14?i tried them all
Nothing it is EA server and ISP and your opponents ISP combination. Try going to speedtest.net and see if your upload speed is below 1mb.
My pro is a striker.I accomplished all the things its attributes st : 89 & cf :87 only,am playing ‘player manager’ career mode for gaining attributes above this current level but its not gaining.My squad fellows are gaining their attribute by every match but not my virtual pro.Say me how to increase the attributes above this current level..
Hi, I like to play Ultimate Team in pro-cam mode.
I like the feel of it. Now, in the next ten version on PS4, taking corners is effectively impossible.
After kicking the ball, the camera flies from corner flag to midfield, leaving no time to assess a strikers reaction:
I’m effectively blind… Slowing down camera movement does not seem to be a solution.
Does anyone else have this problem?
How to solve it?
Thanx,
Noel
Don’t know anyone who plays different camera mode from Tele sorry. Maybe will try it some time.
Good morning,
I write here because my problem is this. My passes not going to players, the Ball rebounding everywhere, there are Strange physics or goes slow then fast this is different… I´m desesperate because in FIFA 12 and 13 this i had this problem too.
I try all… diferents configuration router, Diferents ISP, clean caché, remove fifa files and re intalled, uncheck help to your team, change xbox 360… i think that i try all xDDD
I thought that maybe in fifa 14 the problem disappear, but no, the problem continue…
I wish anybody that help me…
Sorry for my english…
Yes lots see the same problem. We see it on XboxOne too but not as bad after last patch from EA. Have you tried new xbox live account? Maybe wait until xbox live is due for renewal or upgrading to XboxOne and set up new account? Can you take your xbox to somebody elses house a friend or family? Just to check not something to do with where you live.
i have the same problem. when i play online pro… as soon as the game begins my player starts running different directions that i cant control. it seems like its lagging but i have cable internet connected directly to modem with ether-net cable. i play bops2 and madden 25 with no issues.i have played fifa 13 since january 2013 til 2 weeks ago. this same issue happened to my brother in another city not in my house. he had to create a new profile and new player… start all over. that is the only fix. i haven’t created another player because i lost interest since i haven’t been able to play at all from this issue/bug. I’m waiting for a fix because my player rating is already at 91, i unlocked a lot of stuff without boosting. i recently got the green hair as well. i cant play and its frustrating. it has something to do with the player online i believe because a new profile/new player on same ps3 works just fine online pro.
I have tried all of the above changes with mixed reults. At first they worked but sadly after several games exactly the same problem returned! I do not quite understand what is occuring but it really spoils the enjoyment of the game online. From my own observations you can tell when joining an online H2H game from the pre-game menus when you are likely to have a problem! In the top left where the tick box appears sometimes it just does not respond! During a game when you have a goal kick cycle through your tactics and it will be obvious when your players do not alter there positions!
Has anything else been discovered to cure this yet?
We have done some more testing and this will be added to site as it is quite big news. Can’t say when as lots of FIFA14 testing and content to add.
any news on this yet? i’ve had this problem for years, feels as thought something is interfering with my settings
Have something new coming soon though only partly responsible.
Has anyone had any luck resolving this or have EA responded to anyone, I have contacted EA on numerous occasions about what effectively feels like ”match fixing’ with online games, I have never had a response and when posting on EA’s fifa website have always had my post removed.
This is hugely frustrating and as users are paying real money to buy players through xbox points seems we are being robbed by EA!
anyone found a real fix for this problem? it’s been months and my online playing is still just horrible! every pass i make seems to hit a teammates hip!
As you can see from our investigations there are so many things which can be affecting online play. It isn’t the same issue for everyone. Have to try narrow it down which is difficult unless you have access to a friends house close by. You need to check a different console, a different ISP, controllers, even your tv. The match up system from EA tries locally so if in a bad area for internet for example Lake District where we know fibre optic isn’t widely available.
Posting on behalf of a mate
3 of us have played pro clubs for almost a year – but in the last couple of months it’s unplayable for 1 of us
He is usually ANY with myself and other team mate as strikers
Basically the game stutters for him – as if the camera is a couple of frames behind – especially noticeable on long balls and shots etc – the screen will freeze for half a second
As you can imagine this makes it unplayable
He has tried clearing hard drive of all fifa data – we have disbanded club and started again (this did seem to fix issue for a couple of games) – he’s even rang EA and spoke to “specialist” who just said it’s our connection lol wtf???
It only affects pro clubs when he is with either of us or both – drop in matches are fine
Any ideas??
Hard to say as so many various issues. We are still doing ongoing tests. We know there are problems with the EA stats servers. There are problems with ISP throttling we know that too. ISP hardware is poor. We are doing some new tests which may help. So you can’t really put blame on EA or your ISP as could be either or both.
If my previous method does not work then try deleting some game datas because I just got this problem after I downloaded ME 2 Genesis dlc and after deleting old game saves and datas that I don’t use my gameplay is back to being fluid and awesome
No like any player. Ronaldo, neymar, anyone. I change their boots and stuff but when I play an exhibition game like just a normal 1 on 1 they’re boots/shoes or sleeve lengths are all different (as in default settings)
I clik apply and exit after I change them but it never works
So my problem is a little different. Whenever I edit a player and change their boots or whatever but whenever I play an exibition game those boots and stuff all change! And some players have shoes I can’t use?! Someone help me
Not quite sure what you mean? On your Pro?
I dont think its hospitality settings… As i took the game to my brothers house which is a different ps3 different account… Im really confused… I cant take this no more… Ea please release an update soon.. As u gonna lose alot of fans… Please fix this
Potentially the EA stats server? Doing testing.
Has the solution been found yet about fifa 13players not recieving crosses or passes?
What issue?
Im going insane! i´ve had this for one week, then next it´s fine for all of fifa 13.. but now.. had it for 3 weeks running! Does anyone have a solution for this on PS3? i´ve tried deleting the patch and redownloading it, it sometimes works for a while.
i´ve tried syncing numerous times, deleting squads and that.. then you lose to even t he WORST of players argghh!!
We agree very frustrating. We believe a problem with the EA stats servers which keep track of the game. But not sure as so many things can be the problem. When against somebody it is also about the connection between you both. ISPs also mess with broadband between certain times.
People this is scripting/momentum and I found a solution to this fcked up scripting shit. I assume everyone here notice when players became slow and sluggish I know because it happen in my career mode when I manage Uruguay against Brazil and in the match I scored one lucky goal with Suarez and later at the 75th minute all the Brazil players when bananas and tackled me everywhere and all my passes perfectly intercepted but I luckily held them and kick the ball out and I sub one of my players and I notice that in this substitute scene I can’t skip it when it does a close up to a player and I realised that this when momentum is about to change back to normal and I scored a low shot 2 minutes later ending it 2-0 so do a sub when scripting is against you and note if you can’t skip the substitute scene it means momentum is changing so give it a try and tell me how it went.
EA your game is really a piece of SH…..T…….!!!! you just robbed people’s money!!
do you see soccer when making this game? when you pass a ball to your team mate….the STUPPIIIDDDD player just stand there like an idiot and wait for the ball to come…..WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN IN REAL SOCCER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????
the game play….BULL SH___TTTT…..!!!! passes go wrong, the players dont control the ball…..why dont you have an solution for that you F…ckers!!!! do you know how much money the game cost????? i ll NEVEEEEEEERRR buy your 14th SHIT…..!!!
I like many other people on here are having trouble with this game. It is the most infuriating thing ive ever played. A few months ago I won Division 1 twice in a row. Since then, I have played fifa the same amount (quite regurlarly), but now i’m in division 3. In game, every pass I make is poor, every shot is wide, the opposition players are faster than mine. I once played a game and had 27 shots. My opponent had 3, but won the game 2-0. Even if I have become worse at the game I refuse to believe that my form is simply down to me. If the problem, like you say, is happening to lot of people, how have I not played any of these people yet? God knows why I keep going back to play it, a corrupt game by a corrupt company.
Its hard to explain. Check our blogs too on FIFA matchmaking system. Try lots of things. New team, wired controller, switch off music in menus, change controller settings etc etc. Then cross your fingers! Something does seem weird where the gameplay just doesn’t behave. We think might be the EASFC stats server but so many variables especially with opponents connections.
Not sure if its just me or what but,,, on fut lately I really struggle to even get hold of the ball ffs I’m a seasoned FIFA player & pretty good tbh but for the last month or so I just really struggle either I can’t get out of my box, my passing isn’t working, or every shot misses or hits the woodwork!!!!!!! Also their players are always 1st to the ball and push me into my own half yet their defence is so deep I can’t even play any through balls coz their DCs are faster than mine and I’m using fast strikers like augero but terry beats him to the ball WTF I’m giving up soon if this continues lol
Is there a specific cheat tactic people are using or what coz it’s ruining the game and my head lol
Sorted it now.
Its the unexplained FIFA effect. Try everything we suggest across the site. Fingers crossed one of them works for you.
Ive been having a very strange issue with my FIFA recently. EVERYTIME im in my opponents box and want to shoot, they pass the ball instead. Sometimes they even pass it by themselves without me pressing anything at all. But it only happens in the box or around the box. Never in midfield or anything. This only happens online. Ive tried different controllers and different copy of FIFA and none has fixed my issue so far. Ive even tried a different ISP and it still hasnt helped. What could be the issue???? And my controller settings have not changed, they are still set to Classic (default)
Doesn’t make sense without seeing it live really. There are so many things which could affect the game but players passing it when not pressing anything in every online game just sounds a bit weird. There is a first touch the players do which is annoying so rather than shoot first time they take a touch even when you press the shoot button. They wouldn’t pass it though?
please for the love of god… does anyone have a solution for this problem on PS3? i cant take it anymore!
Try disabling hospitality settings on PS3, also all the other tips on the site. Make a copy of your squad, stop all in game music etc.
Hey man whtspp…..i try to delete the cache but nothing….HELP anyoneeeee…….i cant even driblle anymore…..due to the weird gameplay
SO many things affect the gameplay we are trying hard to find them all! Lots on the site across the pages, like switch off music audio.
anything new re the ps3 issues?
Thanks for the heads up, will have to try this because FUT has been unplayable recently for me. Also, got a question: have you ever noticed on an opponent’s goal kick, one of your full-backs being near their own corner flag and then he will run up as the opponent kicks off? This was routinely happening to me and had no explanation. Any ideas?
Nice post man!
I’m having this crazy gameplay too.
I will try these tips later, and post the feedback here.