No variance in VAR

[marcMCFC1986]

I've noticed that whenever there is a VAR decision to make, it is always the exact same outcome:

 

Goes to VAR to check a foul inside the box > Penalty awarded 100% of the time

 

Goes to VAR to check offside > Player was offside 100% of the time

 

Goes to VAR to check whether the foul was inside or just on the edge of the box > Just on the edge of the box 100% of the time

 

No point having VAR in the game if it's going to have the same result every time - doesn't add to the excitement/tension, as I know what the outcome is going to be. 

[Guest]

I just wish you could skip the 'referee runs to monitor to check' animation, as you can replays etc.

Gets old very quickly.  Those who like it can of course not skip it.

[Carambau]

Yes, I noticed that too

[craigcwwe]

Yeah, the VAR never goes against the initial call in game which makes it an utterly useless feature in the game. 

[Starsurfer]

4 hours ago, bringbacklilnux said:

I just wish you could skip the 'referee runs to monitor to check' animation, as you can replays etc.

Gets old very quickly.  Those who like it can of course not skip it.

Agree 

[djpdavey]

Is this because it adds drama but always makes the right decision? I'd rather not have dodgy decisions in the game personally. There's enough things to deal with including your own players stupid decisions.

[Tyburn]

Not sure how many more threads and comments there needs to be for some sort of acknowledgement from SI that this IS a thing....

[TheJock83]

I've had variations on edge of the box inside, which has lead to a red card/yellow card for the defender depending on the outcome.

But do hate scoring a last minute winner and then seeing the ref with his finger in his ear.

ALTHOUGH what I would say is in real life, checks are always carried out for goals etc and apart from a delay, we don't see any difference from goal to kickoff - and when I get my post match news section it always says my first goal was given with the help of VAR but I've had no animation during the match.

[enigmatic]

Can assure people that it is possible to have VAR rule a penalty on the edge of the area is inside the box

That was where my end of season collapse started  

[Hazpro]

the problem with VAR for me always seems to be that players are having goals disallowed for off-side when somebody 15/20 yards away on the other side of the pitch gets done for it.

[White Flag]

Doesn't seem right. But could it be that the game only shows disallowed VAR goals, and goals scored (which may need a VAR decision, but have a positive decision), are just shown as normal goals? I only watch highlights so I'm not sure.

Either way, VAR as it is implemented at the moment adds nothing but annoyance to the game. Just like it does in real life.

[Daz2205]

Has anyone noticed VAR being used for mistaken identity, direct red card? I’ve had a couple where a tackle has taken place inside the box and a corner was given after a check.

[jim owen]

12 hours ago, marcMCFC1986 said:

I've noticed that whenever there is a VAR decision to make, it is always the exact same outcome:

 

Goes to VAR to check a foul inside the box > Penalty awarded 100% of the time

 

Goes to VAR to check offside > Player was offside 100% of the time

 

Goes to VAR to check whether the foul was inside or just on the edge of the box > Just on the edge of the box 100% of the time

 

No point having VAR in the game if it's going to have the same result every time - doesn't add to the excitement/tension, as I know what the outcome is going to be. 

this certainly isn't the case, a rough estimate has the referee right in about 80% of cases in my game, which i imagine isn't far off real life

 

7 hours ago, craigcwwe said:

Yeah, the VAR never goes against the initial call in game which makes it an utterly useless feature in the game. 

As above, about 80% which i reckjon is realistic. You wouldn't expect 50/50 unless the referee was blind guessing 

[jim owen]

2 hours ago, Daz2205 said:

Has anyone noticed VAR being used for mistaken identity, direct red card?

I'll be honest i don't think i've seen this in all my seasons in the game

[Tyburn]

14 minutes ago, jim owen said:

this certainly isn't the case, a rough estimate has the referee right in about 80% of cases in my game, which i imagine isn't far off real life

 

As above, about 80% which i reckjon is realistic. You wouldn't expect 50/50 unless the referee was blind guessing 

This is interesting. A few of you now say that it’s working as intended.

In my game it is literally, I’m not exaggerating, 100% the same outcome.

A pen shout? It’s a pen. An edge of the box pen shout? It’s a free kick. 

I absolutely don’t doubt you.

But why am I seeing it my way (for 6 whole seasons - from main game launch) and you’re seeing it, I can only presume, the way it would be intended by SI?

I only play a network game, if that makes any difference, with one other, and we both see it the same.

[hungmn]

Don't know if they made any changes since last patch, but I just had a match which VAR decide it is no pen after the ref gave a pen due to a tackle inside the box

[Daisuke Shirou]

On 13/02/2020 at 20:37, sidslayer said:

This is interesting. A few of you now say that it’s working as intended.

In my game it is literally, I’m not exaggerating, 100% the same outcome.

A pen shout? It’s a pen. An edge of the box pen shout? It’s a free kick. 

I absolutely don’t doubt you.

But why am I seeing it my way (for 6 whole seasons - from main game launch) and you’re seeing it, I can only presume, the way it would be intended by SI?

I only play a network game, if that makes any difference, with one other, and we both see it the same.

Same for me it's always the same decisions being made for every situation.

[Norfair]

It's mostly the same for me, but last season we had the VAR penalty decision turned down twice in the span of just a few games. Then it never happened again and was back to "normal" again. I thought they had somehow fixed it but nope.

I can live with it, but it does seem a pointless feature when it just removes everything that VAR is irl.

[lzab]

it has been the case since VAR was introduced in FM....i do not understand what is the point of having VAR in FM if the decision taken is always the same...i guess this issue will be solved before the end of the century

[fmjonek]

it would be really nice to have this little bit of adrenaline when VAR chacks situation, that little bit of wondering is it goal,pen,red card. shame we don't have it atm.