NCAA Football 11 Patch #2 Available with Details, Post Your Impressions Here

[Spanky]

I didn't think it was going to be that huge a deal, but the dirty uniforms really add a lot to the immersion factor in what was already a great-looking game.

I just played a great ACC championship game, beating Clemson 28-21 with Georgia Tech in Charlotte. Tech's blue jerseys with the gold pants and Clemson's white jerseys with the purple pants look great with patches of mud and dirt streaks, as well as the helmet scuffs.

I had considered deleting the second patch because of the problems it created, but I'm not going to do that now. I've managed to adjust the sliders well enough to negate most of issues the patch created.

[jbdeuce]

dirty unis are nice, but now the ankle braces turn white as the game goes on.

[WWF80sKid]

I've played well over 100 games on this game, and out of all the times the computer has won the coin toss, they've decided to kick maybe four times.

They always pick to receive...which is fine, because I always choose to kick anyway.

[Emac]

The sim engine is really messed up for the sim games resulting in some crazy outcomes. The QB completion percentages are way too low. I remember back in NCAA '09 the problem was that the QB percentages were too high on the sims and nearly every QB at the end of the year had an incredible touchdown-to-interception ratio. Now since NCAA '10, the percentages are way too low.

Another issue that reared its ugly head in NCAA '10 was that QBs were having really high rushing attempts. I mean like over 20 carries. Sometimes more than their running backs and this is on standard offenses. That kind of stuff really takes the realism away for me. And I don't see why it would be so hard to correct either.

These sim issues are kind of a big deal for me since I like to watch games of the weeks in my dynasties. But each game really loses its importance when I know it is only a matter of time before the sim engine screws the top teams into losing games they have no business losing on a routine basis. NCAA '09 was completely opposite of that. The sims were very predictable and major upsets were really rare which made the game of the weeks more interesting since those games were going to impact the BCS picture at the end of the year. EA needs to find a happy medium with their sim engine.

As far as on the field, the defensive linemen shedding their blocks on running plays like they are all Suh is making this game really frustrating. I haven't been able to find any remedy to fix it with sliders. The option offenses are pretty much broken the way they are now, and the A.I. already has a hard enough time executing those plays. So spread offenses and triple option offenses are at a significant disadvantage compared to pro-style offenses. If these two issues and the kick returns were fixed, this game would have a ton of potential.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Emac

The option offenses are pretty much broken the way they are now, and the A.I. already has a hard enough time executing those plays. So spread offenses and triple option offenses are at a significant disadvantage compared to pro-style offenses. If these two issues and the kick returns were fixed, this game would have a ton of potential.

It would be really nice if they could boost the blocking on option runs and shotgun runs.

[billysims]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Patch #3 has to make the blocking sliders more powerful.

Havent been on here in awhile: is there another patch forthcoming?

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by billysims

Havent been on here in awhile: is there another patch forthcoming?

No official word on it but I'd say there is a 99% chance on that happening.

[Dirty Turtles]

What in the world did they do to this game? This game was awesome pre-patch/tuner, now I can't even get through a game without wanting to break my controller. My kicker can't even make a 25 yard field goal. The entire defense is still Michael Jordan, leaping around like Peter Pan and knocking balls down that they have no business getting to. The worst part is, I've changed my sliders, so now I have no idea what they were pre-patch/tuner set. Sigh, guess it's back to Madden.