FIFA simulations are unrealistic.

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Why does nobody in the community ever talk about the fact that FIFA simulations are always unrealistic? This is even true in EA FC 26. I've been frustrated with this since at least FIFA 21, but today i realized that it's a real problem with the game. I opened my FIFA 23 and went to play the World Cup mode, and man, seriously, my experience was ruined by the number of unrealistic scores the simulation was showing. And you might say, "Oh man, that's just being picky," but it's not, because it directly affects my experience. I literally faced the Iranian national team in the World Cup semi-final because they finished first in a group that included England, and eliminated Denmark in the quarter-finals, even though they were in the same group as Denmark It simply had Mbappé's France, who were World Cup finalists in real life. Not to mention the Netherlands and Argentina teams, who never win in the group stage. What's the point of winning a World Cup if you only face Ghana, Morocco, Iran, and Spain? Having an upset here or there is acceptable, because it happens in real life; Saudi Arabia itself beat Argentina in 2022. But for the weakest teams to advance in all groups? That's frustrating.

Posted Feb 19, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

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