New ccm: play from beginning or sim to this week

[chilidogbeefcake]

When you start/ started your ccm, do you play from the start or do you manipulate it to put you where real team is

Example when I start my bucs ccm today I may make myself 2-4 and play from there

Just curious how y'all do it

[hawksruleva]

I used to just sim up to the current week, making sure I ended up with the same record for whatever team I was playing. So as the Seahawks, I'd be make sure I was at 4-3.

But now, with the XP factor, I play every game (though I'll sim a lot of the plays).

[chilidogbeefcake]

I probably will

Anyone else?

[mestevo]

If I don't play the first season then I sim until the first offseason. Playing part of a season for some kind of in-season authentic starting point does nothing for me. As soon as you start the franchise it is it's own reality.

[jack58]

I've actually had my best "franchise" experiences by simming the entire first season. Reason being is I consider myself the coach of whatever team I take over, so as it would be in the real world, I like to start my franchise in the OFF-SEASON ....

- hire coaching staff
- hire training staff
- rework player contracts as needed
- trade players to make team better fit my scheme/style if needed

* I prefer to build my team thru the draft, so usually trade a few older vets
and try to compile extra draft picks and build with youth (ala Belicheck).

- I usually adjust depth chart and sim pre-season games
- Then play ALL regular season games

I have yet to pick up M13, but if I do I'm planning to try "coach mode" for the first time ... thinking that will offer more of a challenge versus using stick skills to beat the cpu. I ONLY play offline franchise, so getting a realistic challenge from the cpu is top priority!

As the poster above stated, once I start a franchise it takes on it's own reality ... don't care what's going on in the real NFL.