How "fast" do you play the game?

I watch the games with normal speed and key moments, and it seems to take forever to complete even one match. Of course I could watch them faster and with less details, but then I wouldn´t notice if my tactics work or not.

Some people say they play for example season 2017/2018, when it takes a looong time for me to get through one season with about 2 hours playing time per day. Do you people go on holiday, do you just skip watching the games, or are you just going on slowly and be patient? I´d really like to get the game going on faster for me with keeping the ability to actually see what happens. Any tips?

I play very slowly...

I've yet to complete a season on 09, and the most I've ever finished was two seasons on any FM game.

I'm guessing only the really hardcore would finish a season in a day.

I watch key highlights with the "match speed" slider about 3/4 of the way to the right.

i watch the games with the match speed slider about 3/4 aswell and just watching the highlights of the goals. on 08 i got to season 2015/2016 with PSV but that is as far as i have ever been and i dont think i have completed even 2 seasons in 09.

I watch key highlights with the "match speed" slider about 3/4 of the way to the right.

Same here

I've also completed a season in a day once. 16 hours it took me or something along those lines

As fast as I can.

As fast as I can.

Faster than this.

I watch key highlights with the "match speed" slider about 3/4 of the way to the right.

This. I think ive got close to 19 days clocked up and in 2017.

I play Full Match view and everything so 1 day in 2 months gone can't have it any other way. It's Not Lets Sim Matches manager

I don't watch in 2d or 3d, just commentary set at fastest. Old school style, although I often watch my teams goals after the game.

Full detail, watch every game on normal speed. Takes me ages to complete a season but more realistic.

I usually watch extended highlights at slighly quicker than normal speed. Apparently i have been playing 7 days 12 hours 53 mins and im at september 2012 so that will give you an idea as to how slow i play. If thing are going well i tend to go a bit quicker if, things are more dificult i take a lot longer!

For the first time I am playing a save with 10 managers (Wolves, Shef Wed, Coventry, Leicester, Forest, Wrexham, Telford, Wimbledon, Partick Thistle, Llanelli).

I played a season and it's now a week that I am working on the new season (24.06.2009 - 01.07.2009)

This will become a legendary game, hopefully lasting til FM10 is in the shops.

I would like an adjustment of "Key" highlights to mean the actual key moments, because currently they are actually extended highlights.

Full Match mode, with speed slider midway.

Usually get time for one (or sometimes two) matches a night when home from work and daily family duties dealt with.

Currently 8 games into my main Southampton save, 15 games into my Bournemouth save, and 3 games into my Poole Town save [edited DB to put them into BSS (and created players to make their real-life squad)].

I like the realism playing in Full mode, and slowly working through matches. In the same way I spend the week looking forward to our real-life games at the weekend, so I spend the day looking forward to our (FM) match when I get home from work.

It takes forever and a day, but makes the game feel more 'real-time' for me.

And besides, how many 'real life' football managers do you know, who say to their Assistant's during a match: "Hey, Ass Man, I'm just popping up to the bar for a bit, give me a shout if there's any key highlights I need to see, and I'll rush down and see if I can figure out what's going on".

Match speed a click or two above the middle, extended highlights, but full match for those important cup games (I'm in the CCC with Bishop's Stortford, 2014/2015). My game time says about 17 days, and "your relationship has now expired" on the addictedness rating, definitely made me laugh, although I have left FM open and my computer on standby for a night or two, so all in all, somewhere around 3 full days of game time per season.

key highlights and slider all the way to the right. does the trick for me completed a season in a week

Full match speed, only commentary. Using genie scout to find players. Only thing taking time is sending my youth players out on loan. Try to get by as fast as I can. Now in 2024.

Full match speed, only commentary. Using genie scout to find players. Only thing taking time is sending my youth players out on loan. Try to get by as fast as I can. Now in 2024.

Whats the point of playing? if using features of the game get in the way?

I play it on extended 4/5 of the way along, it takes me forever to get through a season, i run 9 leagues from 5 nations but on the day of a match my computer takes an age, yet the graphics play smooth??

I'm in February of my 6th season after 11 days game time, spanning about 4 months of play since I started the save. I play slowly, normally on MSN, internet etc whilst playing and I like to spend time searching for players, tactics etc.

Rather fast.. I'm in the year 2036 now.. that makes about 27 seasons and the game time is 15 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes.. that averages at 13,7 hours per season. I've played 1572 matches, that averages at 14 minutes per match, and since not all the time in the game is spent playing matches, I would say that I spend 5-10 minutes per match.

But huge games, finals in the championship or other cups, big games in the league and matches like that get more time from me.

Would be cool if there was a way to only show goals and red cards when watching a game, especially say if you need to go to bed soon, and want to go through a couple of games quickly.

i would like the return to 2 notches. a match highlights slider, and a seperate slider for the match speed to run through as well

Normal speed and Key highlights.

highlights only at fast speed

ive always played slow, i dont c the point of been a manager if ur going on holiday all the time, most ive ever done is about 4-5 seasons on any champy.i play with extended highlights and normal speed but low graphics detail.

I play as fast as possible, I'm not a tactician so I like to create a balanced tactic and then stick with it and zoom through the seasons.

I play as fast as possible, I'm not a tactician so I like to create a balanced tactic and then stick with it and zoom through the seasons.

Same. I don't spend a lot of time fiddling with lineups and tactics. I pick a tactic and a starting lineup and go with it. I like to keep things moving along and not get bogged down in one season for too long.

y? i thought the game is about football tactics and stuff. im curious do u really get a feel for the game when u rush through?, i find if i rush through winning the league and cups isnt as good, but thats just me