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marvin martian
I'm Long-time PC player here (thousands of hours across the series, from FM04 betas to grinding FM24 holiday tests on dual monitors). Absolutely buzzing for the Unity glow-up—smoother sims, better mods, all that jazz could make this the GOAT edition. But man, this beta's UI is terribly its exhausting, and it's got me worried we're losing that deep-dive immersion that hooked us in the first place. Feels like the mouse/keyboard flow's taken a backseat to console-friendly pops and widgets, turning what should be a seamless strategy sesh into menu wrestling. I get engines need teething time, but as a guy who lives for those 2000+ hour saves, it's jarring.
Quick reality check from the numbers floating around: FM24 hit over 89k peak concurrent on PC alone via Steam, with die-hards averaging those marathon sessions because we can macro our setups around it—endless tabs, multi-screens, the works. Consoles? Solid crowd, but peaks hovered around 20-30k combined across Xbox/PS in past releases, and that's spread thin. Forums are full of anecdotes backing it: PC folks log 10x the hours 'cause it's our playground. (Shoutout that console KBM support, though—love seeing PS5/Xbox players bridging the gap with mice for precision clicks; makes the family more inclusive without forcing controllers.)
Not saying ditch the console push—it's smart growth—but if SI's data mirrors this (and I bet it does), leaning harder on PC polish could keep the core firing on all cylinders. Hotfix 26.0.0 helped with some freezes, but a dedicated mouse nav tweak? Game-changer. What's the plan post-launch—more beta waves or a UI options menu for us keyboard purists?
Cheers for listening—let's make FM26 the one we all tattoo on our souls. What's everyone else's setup looking like? And might I add that I think it is now possible for the Playstaytion and Xbox to use a mouse and keyboard now for this game. Your gonna kill this game with this UI. You've shot yourselves in the foot. Miles this game is like last December when you were playing at home and it screamed (NOT FUN). If you dont fix the UI you've got a massive problem on your hands and you can say you didnt turn on the PC family who built your game with there play time, but in reality you did. There is nothing fun about what we are going through at this moment and it is the low point of FM's history imho. People will stop playing this by Jan 1st if its not fixed or possibly sooner. You should have stuck with the PC family and moved slower into the other systems. The big guys arnt even streaming like the would normally be doing on twitch. Why, because the games been sucked of all the fun it used to be. The immersion has been blown to pieces in a widget boxes that just do not work.
-Curt - Yukon - MuttyFM
Bielsa is a legend
after playing since the original Domark game, this version is a dog.
it feels like im playing the mobile version with some 3d graphics
we live for the detail, the stats, the immersion-FM26 has none of it
i have processed my Steam refund im sad to say, and will continue with my FM24 jourbey, with all the faces, kits, commentary, adboards, in stadium sounds and chants, the new balls, the stadiums, the backgrounds, the crowd colours, pitch textures, new cameras etc all thanks to the dedicated community
none of the above i can enjoy in 26
kisas74
I think I can help you solve this big problem with FM26. If you'd like, follow my guide.
Everything is a little more complicated in this version, but I think the following might help resolve the issue (in general with this game).
1. Uninstall FM26
2. Go to Help -> Steam Support -> Purchases -> FM26 Refund
3. Purchase/Install FM24 (if necessary)
4. Launch FM24 and create a new career
5. Everything will automatically return to working order and look great.
Unfortunately, there are no other solutions. For other issues with the game, steps 1-4 should also help.