FIFA has dedicated a lot of time to making the game as lifelike as possible but they've missed some important things. For Nextgen consoles, the fans have finally been improved and no longer look like cardboard cut-outs. Now it's time for the weather to get a similar revamp. Currently on FIFA the weather you get given at the start of the game is the same throughout. It'll either be sunny, overcast raining or snowing for the full 90 minutes. As you all know, this isn't how the weather works in the real world. There needs to be differences throughout the game. For example, start sunny then turn overcast and start raining later on. It would make the game more realistic and would also change the flow of the game as you are required to adjust accordingly. Another problem here is that there is no level of rain/snow. If it's raining, it will rain at the same consistency and speed every time. there's no light drizzle, or excessive thunderstorms. Simply rain, that puts the pitch in the same condition every time. The weather changes will lead to the pitch drying up as the rain stops but would still leave wet patches that could prove treacherous to your attack, which would be a massive addition to the game and take it into the next stages of football simulation.
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