EA Sports College Football 26received a new update just a few days after the game’s launch on July 10. The newEA Sports College Football 26update addresses some lingering issues that have affected the game since launch, including one that negatively impacts the performance of linebackers.
After more than a decade of inactivity, theCollege Footballseries returned with the release oflast year’sEA Sports College Football 25. Although some fans were initially skeptical about the series becoming yearly once more, EA put an end to fears about another hiatus when the company announcedEA Sports College Football 26back in January.EA Sports College Football 26was released on July 10 to positive critical reception, with the game now sitting at an 85 Metascore on Metacritic at the time of this writing. Although critical reviews of the game are mostly positive thus far, players have run into various technical issues, and EA has begun to release various updates to address the problems that players have encountered.
EA released the July 15 Title Update forEA Sports College Football 26, along with patch notes that outline the number of bug fixes and adjustments. According to EA, the update makes improvements to online stability, and there were adjustments made to gameplay andEA Sports College Football 26’sRoad To Glory mode. An issue that caused linebackers to run slower than intended when defending running plays has been fixed, and EA confirms a fix was applied to a bug that caused a blocked kick to not play out when using a left-footed kicker. Another issue that prevents players from snapping the ball after inputting a specific button combination was also fixed. Moreover, a bug that caused wide receivers to get a speed boost when calling specific Reverse Pass plays was addressed.
EA confirmed that theCollege Footballdevelopers reduced the size of the timing window for “Perfectly Timed” stiff-arms and increased the catch chance of interceptions. Additional adjustments to these mechanics will be introduced ina future update forEA Sports College Football 26, as the team is investigating a balancing fix for stiff-arms and more improvements for catch drops.
Lastly, the July 15 update makes two notable adjustments to team and user Per Play Grading events in Road to Glory. The developers reduced the positive and negative impacts of team Per Play Grading events for MIKE and CB, while the positive and negative impacts of user Per Play Grading events were increased.TheEA SportsCollege Footballdeveloperswill likely make more balancing changes in a future update.
This update contains improvements to online stability and the following:
