FC 25: All Updates and Improvements Over FC 24

What are all updates and improvements over FC 24 coming in FC 25? As publisher EA readies another yearly release of its football simulator, you may be wondering what sort of new features and upgrades the 2025 version has over the old edition released in 2023. In this FC 25 guide, we're going to cover all updates and improvements over FC 24. You'll also find all new Icons and Heroes in FC 25 through the link.

All FC 25 Updates and Improvements Over FC 24

On this page, you'll find a comprehensive list of all the new features, modes, and enhancements EA Sports has made for FC 25 that you won't find in last year's version. We will provide an easy-to-read overview of every new addition alongside a bullet-pointed list so you can easily digest what's new in FC 25.

New FC 25 Mode: Rush

Completely new to FC 25 is a mode called Rush, which replaces Volta from previous years. Available across all the main modes like Career Mode and Ultimate Team, this is a 5v5 mode available both offline and in online multiplayer with your friends. It's designed to simulate the 5-a-side version of the sport you'd typically see played at indoor football centres. A match lasts a single 7-minute half, and if it ends in a draw, then there'll be extra time and a penalty shootout.

• New 5v5 mode available in both offline and online play that replaces Volta
• Available across all core modes: Career, Ultimate Team, Clubs, Manager Career, and Kick-Off
• A 5-a-side version of the sport with a smaller, more square-shaped pitch
• Matches consist of one half lasting 7 minutes
• If a match ends in a draw, it goes to extra time and then a penalty shootout
• There are no substitutions
• Free kicks are always indirect; you must pass to a teammate rather than shoot
• Red cards are replaced with blue cards, which require you to sit on the sidelines for 1 minute
• Blue cards are awarded for serious foul play or denying a goal-scoring opportunity
• Two yellow cards result in a blue card, but goalkeeprs are completely exempt
• If a team happens to have three players on a blue card all at once, they forfeit the match and lose
• Kick-off is done via a rush to the ball, with a ball launcher shooting the ball into the centre circle
• The offside rule applies where the two dotted lines on the field are marked
• You're offside if you're beyond a defending player when the ball is played and in the attacking third after the dotted line
• In Career Mode, it's your youth academy that'll utilise Rush
• In Ultimate Team, earn Rush Points to go towards completing objectives
• In Clubs, you can compete on a global leaderboard to earn seasonal rewards
• In Manager Career Mode, you'll be developing youth players in Rush
• In Kick-Off, you can play a standard match of Rush with any of the available teams

FC 25 Career Mode: All Updates, New Features, and Enhancements

For FC 25, EA Sports says it wants to add more "authenticity and player control" into Career Mode, from a managerial and player perspective. The big new feature is Live Start Points, which allows you to play out specific club storylines from the real world in-game. This may be when a team is on the verge of a historic victory or still in the running to win the Premier League and domestic honours. You'll be able to jump in and play the following matches for yourself.

Other updates to the Player Career Mode are the ability to play as Icons and an Origin Story option that allows you to fill out the backstory of a player.

For the main Manager Career Mode, you can now take control of a women's football team across any of the top five leagues. Press conferences and the player morale system have been refreshed, you'll be able to scout new wonder kids from more countries (more than 160), and new customisations options can let you better simulate the sport or go for a more arcade feel.

• Live Start Points lets you play out real-life football storylines in the game
• The new feature is available across 10 leagues and 12 cup competitions
• Snapshots is designed similarly, but will instead focus on single events
• In the Manager Career Mode, you can take control of a women's football team from any of the 5 main leagues
• The Womens Champions League will also be available to compete in
• In Player Career Mode, you can play as an Icon
• In Player Career Mode, you can create your player's own Origin Story across three different paths
• Tactical Vision system overhauled to become Tactical Presets
• Offers more flexibility and customisation between your formation, tactics, roles, and coaching staff
• You can now scout for players with specific roles
• Squad Hub and Transfer Hub now surface role information
• The questions asked in press conferences will now be about tactics, opposing teams, and match stats
• Updated morale system so players can become complacent if you give them too much attention
• Over 160 countries to scout youth players from
• Scout for up to four different positions
• Scout for three roles within a specific position
• Develop youth players through the new Rush mode
• Winning bi-monthly Rush tournaments provides huge boosts for youth players, accelerating their growth
• New Social Media page allows you to view stories and posts from players, fans, and journalists
• Fabrizio Romano is confirmed to be in the game, featuring on this page

FC 25 Ultimate Team: All Updates, New Features, and Enhancements

Business is mostly as usual for Ultimate Team in FC 25, with the biggest addition being the previously detailed Rush mode. When playing it in the Ultimate Team setting, you and up to 3 friends can form a 5-a-side squad and compete in Events for rewards and points towards objectives.

Elsewhere, the Ultimate Team stadium and matchday commentary have been upgraded. Evolution cards can now be customised, and a new Duplicate Storage function allows you to keep up to 100 untradeable cards for use in SBCs.

• The new Rush mode offers a new way to play and earn rewards
• Manager items now have tactical presets
• Player Roles replace Work Rates on cards
• You can share custom tactics via a code
• CF, LWB, and RWB positions have been removed
• 4-4-1-1, 4-3-3 (5), and 5-2-2-1 formations have been removed
• New stadium experience includes bigger away sections, better atmosphere, and shots of the tunnel, dressing rooms, and stadium exterior
• Match commentary will highlight dangerous players and custom tactics during the game
• Select cards can be customised through colour options, animations, and sound effects
• New Duplicate Storage option lets you keep up to 100 untradeable duplicate cards for SBCs
• Rewards system in Division Rivals is now based on points instead of wins
• A win gets you 3 points and a draw gets you 1 point
• Fewer checkpoints in Division Rivals and relegation is being added to Division 1 and Division 2
• Players will no longer need a contract to be in your team, so contract items are being removed

All FC 25 General Improvements

Below you shall find a bullet-pointed list of all the other updates and additions coming in FC 25 that affect all gameplay rather than one specific mode.

• 11 new or rebuilt stadiums: Estadio de la Cerámica (Villarreal CF), Mâs Monumental (River Plate), Estádio José Alvalade (Sporting CP), RAMs Park (Galatasaray), Ülker Stadyumu (Fenerbahçe), De Kuip (Feyenoord), Stade Bollaert-Delelis (RC Lens), Orange Vélodrome (Marseille), Coventry Building Society Arena (Coventry City), Ewood Park (Blackburn Rovers), and Ashton Gate (Bristol City).
• New AI model
• Team Tactics feature overhauled to better replicate real-life
• Over 50 new Player Roles
• Make decisions and changes during a match with new real-time suggestions on the screen
• Shooting will now more closely mimic that of the real-life player
• New off-balance animations
• New dribbling animations and improvements to turning angles
• 4 new skill moves: Big Feint, Stop and Go, Step Over Ball, and Toe Drag Stepover
• You can purposefully commit a professional foul
• Improved defensive AI
• Manually move a goalkeeper by 1 or 2 steps on a cooldown
• Select players to fill up to 3 important roles during corner kicks
• An optional offside overlay makes it easier to identify players in an offside position
• You can now have up to 9 substitutes on the bench
• New wind effects can be toggled on in offline matches, and effect ball trajectory, player's hair, and shirt physics

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