World Cup expands to 48?

My friend told me that on his game the world cup expanded to 48 nations in 2034. I told him to send me the screenshots but he ignors these requests.

Can this actually happen in the game?

errr..... if he is not man enough to give any evidence then i highly doubt it.

Does your friend make things up a lot?

Your friend is full of it. Not true.

he said it was 20 UEFA, 7 South America, 6 North America, 8 Africa, 6 Asia and 1 oceania. No playoffs except in UEFA

even less convinced now

he said it was 20 UEFA, 7 South America, 6 North America, 8 Africa, 6 Asia and 1 oceania. No playoffs except in UEFA

Honestly mate, he's lying. There are no plans for FIFA to do this so SI wouldn't code this to happen.

he said it was 20 UEFA, 7 South America, 6 North America, 8 Africa, 6 Asia and 1 oceania. No playoffs except in UEFA

the clue to it not being true is what ive highlighted and made bigger and i`m not going to say why it`s not true

Is it true that the Euro Cup is changing to 4 groups of 6, pretty sure I read that somewhere.

But yes, your friend is speaking out his arse.

the clue to it not being true is what ive highlighted and made bigger and i`m not going to say why it`s not true

You're trying to say there aren't 6 teams in North America, but the CONCACAF qualifying section contains USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador. So you could technically have 6 teams, although as has been said this did not happen.

I have a holidayed game from 2099, and the world cup has been the same all the way through, as has every other tournament

according to him the 2034 world cup is in Italy. He is managing Brazil and is in group K.

the clue to it not being true is what ive highlighted and made bigger and i`m not going to say why it`s not true

You're trying to say there aren't 6 teams in North America, but the CONCACAF qualifying section contains USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador. So you could technically have 6 teams, although as has been said this did not happen.

I have a holidayed game from 2099, and the world cup has been the same all the way through, as has every other tournament

there are a ton of CONCACAF teams. There are all those carribean teams and central america.

He's talking out of his arse - I'm at 2074 and no such change takes place. How would the logistics of a 48 team WC even work out? 12 groups of 4 teams with 24/32 going into the next round? thats a hell of a lot of games, it would take over 2 months to get through that.

He's talking out of his arse - I'm at 2074 and no such change takes place. How would the logistics of a 48 team WC even work out? 12 groups of 4 teams with 24/32 going into the next round? thats a hell of a lot of games.

8 groups of 6 with the top 2 going through.

in addition to the world cup expanding apparently they are also taking gullible out of the dictionary to save space

Is it true that the Euro Cup is changing to 4 groups of 6, pretty sure I read that somewhere.

But yes, your friend is speaking out his arse.

The European Championships from 2016 will be a 24 team competition. Its not in FM10 though because the announcement was only recently made.

Any change in competition rules that are announced before game release or during the patch period will be implemented. Any others will not as they are hard coded.

I suppose this raises an interesting point - would people find it useful if the game DID evolve as it went along? For example, SI could hardcode a certain number of random changes to take place at certain points in the future in order to reflect possible fictional changes, such as the World Cup being expanded

I suppose this raises an interesting point - would people find it useful if the game DID evolve as it went along? For example, SI could hardcode a certain number of random changes to take place at certain points in the future in order to reflect possible fictional changes, such as the World Cup being expanded

I brought an idea like that up before here.

There was a mixed response.

About a 40 team World Cup, you might be able to use the advanced panel in the editor to create that and replace the current world cup with it, maybe that is what he has. It definitely does not come into the game automatically though.

I suppose this raises an interesting point - would people find it useful if the game DID evolve as it went along? For example, SI could hardcode a certain number of random changes to take place at certain points in the future in order to reflect possible fictional changes, such as the World Cup being expanded

I think they should include new sponsorship deals for leagues or renewed contracts so that prize money and tv money will increase slightly over the years just like it does IRL.

To think that the prize money and tv money would be the same in 2020 is just silly.

I think they should include new sponsorship deals for leagues or renewed contracts so that prize money and tv money will increase slightly over the years just like it does IRL.

To think that the prize money and tv money would be the same in 2020 is just silly.

Average salaries and all other costs would have to go up as well then - you'd essentially be modelling inflation in the game's finances.

Average salaries and all other costs would have to go up as well then - you'd essentially be modelling inflation in the game's finances.

don't other prices go up in the game over time?

I constantly see people complaining that in long term games, players cost a fortune.

don't other prices go up in the game over time?

I constantly see people complaining that in long term games, players cost a fortune.

Player prices dont get higher over time. I think the complaint is that players cost too much in general

ah ok.

10...............

I'd love to see little rule tweaks over time, I honestly think that would be fantastic.

Would add so much more to long term career games

Honestly mate, he's lying. There are no plans for FIFA to do this so SI wouldn't code this to happen.

I thought i heard that there were plans to expand. or was that the UEFA Euros :confused:

The European Championships from 2016 will be a 24 team competition. Its not in FM10 though because the announcement was only recently made.

I thought i heard that there were plans to expand. or was that the UEFA Euros :confused:

Like I said in the above post?