EA Sports has just released a new title update for FIFA 18 on PC.
Title Update 3 will be available on PS4 and XB1 in the coming weeks but for the time being it's only available to Origin players.
The headline feature is reducing related to passing, specifically making blind passes less effective an reducing ball speed and accuracy at certain angles. Other fixes that will be welcomed include, issues with goalkeepers either parrying the ball into his own goal or diving too early on downward header and volley shots.
Made the following changes in Gameplay:
‣ Made ground passes and ground through passes less effective when blindly passing the ball between 90 and 270 degrees, where 0 degrees is the direction the player is facing.
‣ The most significant impact will be seen when the pass angle is between 140 and 220 degrees.
‣ The impact scales when the pass angle is between 90 (least impact) and 139 degrees and between 221 and 270 (least impact) degrees.
‣ The passes impacted by this change will see:
‣ Reduced ball speed.
‣ Reduced accuracy.
‣ Disabled user controlled reactions, when locked to a player, when the goalkeeper is holding the ball.
Addressed the following issues in Gameplay:
‣ The goalkeeper sometimes parrying the ball into his own goal.
‣ The goalkeeper diving too early on downward header and volley shots.
‣ Players sometimes becoming invisible during a match.
‣ Dragbacks not working when rapidly tapping the modifier button.
‣ Players being unable to string together multiple stepovers.
‣ The goalkeeper, in some situations, being unable to throw the ball after making a save close to the goal line.
‣ The player automatically passing the ball from a set piece after the game had been paused in an Online match.
‣ An issue with Custom controls where movement with the directional buttons was not working when locked to a player.
Addressed the following issues in Career Mode:
‣ Players crashing during the first game of the season in certain situations.
