FM 2024: Quality of Life Upgrades Groups

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Some smaller changes that SI has made to FM 2024 to enhance the gameplay experience.

Fixture Scheduling​

A lot of issues relating to fixture congestion have been fixed, particularly for those clubs competing in continental club competitions. So, if you're playing in multiple competitions in FM24, you should now find fewer instances of fixture pile-ups at the end of the season.

Attribute changes for staff​

Just as the Attribute changes of your players are displayed in the Training section of the game, you'll now find that the Attribute changes of non-playing staff are now shown in the Coaching tab within their profile. This ultimately allows you to have better insight into their personal progression.

Youth system rankings​

A new youth system ranking has been added to show you how you're doing in relation to the Club Vision objective of becoming 'the best youth system'.

Certain milestones, like becoming the best in your country, will trigger an inbox item that will clearly indicate where your club ranks among other top academies.

Use last year's Code of Conduct​

The Code of Conduct news item, which lets you set disciplinary measures for your team, will now default to the most recently set Code of Conduct, making it easier for you to accept it and keep it consistent from season to season.

Accessibility improvements​

Improving the accessibility of FM has been one of SI's big goals in recent years and FM24 features a number of new additions in this area.

There is now a font description widget in the game, a notification for players that they will be taken out of the game when opening the Privacy Policy, an epilepsy warning when you first launch the game and general improvements to sliders.

All of these improvements should help the game to be more compliant with the best practices for accessibility.

Manager creation improvements​

FM24 features a number of character improvements that give you more options for customisation and inclusivity. This year's changes include:

• Facegen improvements - we've pushed the tech as far as it can go before our engine change for FM25
• New Hairstyles
• Texture overhaul
• Updated existing textures for Hairs
• Addition of New outfits
• Addition of Face Paint
• Addition of Lapel Badges
• Addition of Ability Aids

Reviewing your record against your rivals​

This year, you now have the option to select which team you want to see your past results against rather than just your next opponent. With this added functionality, you should be able to plan ahead better for your future fixtures.

Dynamic Manager Timeline​

Having introduced the Dynamic Manager Timeline last year, SI have added a number of new potential events to it for FM24. These include:

• Come from at least three goals behind to win or draw a match
• Scoring a goal in added time (90+) to win or draw a game against your rivals
• Title race "heads to the wire"
• Youngest player to play for the club
• Beating your rival after a certain number of years
• Losing to your rival after a certain number of years
• Giving a player an international debut
• Spending a record amount on player

There are also tweaks to the card design, included changes to rare events to better showcase those moments within the Dynamic Manager Timeline.

 

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Match Preparation​

For FM24, SI have added a new Match Preparation tab to the Training section. This, and the Match Focus Session that lives there, are part of their continued attempts to mirror the way real clubs and managers do things.

Before each match you'll receive a new inbox item that allows you to set one tactical focus and two set piece focuses in for your Match Focus Session.

When you click on the Tactical Preparation dropdown, options will appear for you to choose and, as you hover over, the description will change along with a suggestion from your staff about which of the opposition's tactical areas you want to study with your team.

Similarly, clicking on either of the Set Piece Preparation dropdowns will give you different options to choose from alongside staff recommendations on whether you should focus on presenting the opposition's attacking strengths, or highlighting their defensive vulnerabilities in the focus meeting.

Match Briefing Feedback Panel​

They have also made a number of improvements to the visual experience for the pre-match briefing feedback panel, including:

• If your captain or vice-captain has a notable reaction, this will appear in your panel instead as the most important feedback piece
• When other reactions are hovered over, the other players in agreement will be listed individually, so you can see exactly who is reacting positively and negatively

Offer out on Loan via the Development Centre​

The Development Centre now includes the option to assess your young talents and offer them out to clubs directly with the aim of boosting their chances of first-team football. To save you time, SI have added a button next to the players that are recommended to be loaned out.

Player Swap Deals​

When you're in the middle of transfer negotiations and you're looking to add a player to exchange, you are now able to select someone from a dropdown menu rather than needing to navigate to another screen and manually adding them from there by right-clicking.

 

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Overview of Managers per Competition​

A competition-based panel now outlines all the managers in your league. This also includes a 'Duration at Team' measure, so you can easily compare your length of service to your rivals.

Most League Title and Champions Stats​

SI have added some new inbox items that round up the teams with the most league titles in a division and deliver you the playing statistics of the team named champions.

Fantasy Draft Improvements​

Fantasy Draft has received a number of quality-of-life improvements in FM24, including:

• The shortlist functionality during the Draft now shows all the players you have shortlisted instead of only those players who match the restrictions.
• Thankfully, a 'Skip Round' button has now been added.

Competition Rules​

Every year the Rule Groups team makes hundreds, if not thousands, of changes, to ensure that the league rules of every nation are up to date. Whether it's changes to work permit rules, what separates teams on equal points, youth rules, or anything in-between, they work tirelessly to make sure things are right.

Below is just some of the changes to show a bit about the level of detail that this team, alongside the worldwide team of more than 1,400 researchers, go into. Here are 10 examples of things that the rule groups team worked on for FM24.

1. Gibraltar is now a default playable nation, rather than a separate Steam Workshop download. That means that there are two new playable nations from the off this year with the previously announced addition of Japan's top leagues through the J. League licence.
2. New English work permit system changes – including telling the world what ESC actually means!
3. Large scale competition format changes (inc. North American national team and club team competitions, 2026 World Cup format, new Club World Cup format from 2025)
4. Enabled a dynamic English youth system, whereby a club's youth team will now move up or down youth competition levels based on the club's youth rating.
5. Allow functionality for more than three nations to host a tournament.
6. In the Canadian Premier League, the end-of-season playoffs now has a dynamic format based on the teams adhering to the league rules that stipulate Under-21 players must play for a set number of minutes per season for their teams to be eligible for the playoffs.
7. Standardised substitution and foreign players rules across a number of leagues, and also added some new rules to the Competition Rules screen, such as when prize money is paid out and which teams are ineligible for promotion.
8. In Argentina, there's a new aggregate table for qualification to continental club competitions.
9. In Malaysia, implemented the new foreign player rule for the Super League.
10. In Turkey, implemented the dynamic drawing of teams for the 2. League Groups.