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anything that gets in your way. The
main Championship mode lets you
choose from 34 different vehicles,
and then progress through a series
of increasingly difficult races set in
locations such as the LA storm drains
and Rocky Mountain forests. There’s
also an online multiplayer mode, as
well as a series of mini-games and
Destruction Derby Arenas where you
can really let loose.- Football Manager 2022
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Who’d want to be a football manager
these days, when billionaire owners
can hire and fire at the drop of a hat?
Fortunately, the Football Manager
series doesn’t worry too much
about that, and this year’s update
very much concentrates on putting
armchair managers even more firmly
in control of their
teams than in
previous years.
A key feature
of Football
Manager 2022 is
its new data hub,
which provides
in-depth analysis
of your team’s
performance
throughout
each match. A series of Key Findings
provides a quick summary and key
data such as successful passes and
long shots, but if you’re a real data
hound you can drill right down and
view graphs that illustrate both team
and individual performance.
You have better communication
with your support team too, via a new
weekly Staff Meeting. This includes
reports from your assistant manager,
scouts and coaching staff. Your staff
can also make suggestions, which
you can accept, or delay, or even pass
over to the rest of the staff to ask for a
second opinion.
There’s a new animation engine
that more closely follows the physical
‘skeleton’ of the players on screen,
creating the appearance of smoother
movement. Even the ball itself
benefits from a new ‘dribbling system’45.