After the disastrous FIFA 20 career mode, EA outlines changes for FIFA 21 Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. After the disastrous FIFA 20 career mode, EA outlines changes for FIFA 21 Fancy being a Football Manager? News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 23 Jul 2020 20 comments EA Sports has outlined a raft of new features coming to career mode in FIFA 21 after the disastrous FIFA 20 career mode went viral last year. When FIFA 20 came out in September 2019, players discovered a raft of bugs and embarrassing issues with career mode and immediately took to social media to highlight them. Players were so disgruntled they organised a social media campaign that resulted in #FixCareerMode trending on Twitter. Today, EA Sports revealed a raft of changes to career mode that certainly suggest the developer has had a look at career mode with the reception to last year's effort in mind. The highlight is a new interactive match sim, which lets you jump in and out of career mode matches to take charge of key moments, such as penalties and free kicks. You monitor match data and make changes directly from the sim based on the match stats and your players' performance levels and stamina. It's nowhere near as detailed as Football Manager's match sim, of course, but it certainly looks inspired by it. There's also a revamped growth system, which lets you turn right backs into right wingers, for example, or defensive midfielders into centre backs. You can monitor player attribute changes during training to see how your squad is progressing. Career mode has a new attribute called match sharpness, which indicates how likely your players are to perform in the most crucial moments during the course of a game. You increase your players' sharpness with a new Active Training System that gives you the ability to set up group training sessions to improve the likelihood of your strikers putting big chances away or of defenders making key tackles. Watch on YouTube Also of note, career mode lets you make loan to buy offers with optional or mandatory future transfer fees. And you can customise your career mode with new initial set-up options. Here's the official blurb: "Get a more true-to-life experience of negotiating signings on the transfer market with Authentic Transfers, or boost your team's starting budget to help you build your squad with Financial Takeover." Expect more on career mode in August. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store