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In this guide, we’ll explore just how frequently your players might sustain injuries in Madden NFL 26 while playing the Franchise Mode.
A realistic Franchise mode would need to represent all aspects of a player’s life on and off the field. In real life, football players are prone to undergo injuries at various points of a season. Some might hurt themselves during training, while others might fall victim to a brutal tackle during a match. Either way, injuries are just a part and parcel of the game and a player’s life. Madden NFL 26 includes a deep injury system for specifically this reason.
It brings the authenticity that you’d expect from a full-fledged football game, featuring all 32 teams. But, you might be wondering just how the injury system works. In this guide, we’ll discuss injuries in Madden NFL 26, their frequencies, and whether you can change how often they happen by messing around with in-game settings.
How Frequent Are Long-Term Injuries in Madden NFL 26?
Long-term or serious injuries are extremely rare in the game. Even though your players might be involved in a tackle or incident that causes them to get a few scratches or bumps, these are mostly not bad enough to keep them off the field for a significant period. In most cases, the injury might keep the player away from games for a week or two at most.
The low frequency of injuries is especially true for QBs. The game seems to give all QBs an extra layer of protection that prevents any long-term injuries. In fact, many of your Quarterbacks who are injured during a game may be able to make a comeback in that same match after going off the field for a while. Madden NFL 26 gamers report that almost none of the players in Franchise mode ended up on injured reserve. If you’re a fan of real-life football, you know that’s simply not how it works.
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Is There a Way To Fix the Low Frequency of Injuries in Madden NFL 26?
If you’re someone who wants to experience that authentic feel in Franchise mode, you’d want to make the injury system more realistic. Although there is an injury slider in the game, changing it around doesn’t completely fix how often a serious injury occurs. However, players might have found a way around it.
Some of them report that the key is to bump up your Fatigue and Injury sliders higher than what they are set to. For instance, it seems that setting Fatigue to 75 and increasing the Injuries slider to around 52-60 can improve matters. It can lead to more realistic injuries and recovery times for your players. However, there’s a risk that messing with these sliders can lead to too many injuries, which also doesn’t make the experience feel as authentic as you’d want.
It also seems that certain aspects of the injury system could be bugged. Many players marked injured and out for a week often play in that same game. Others might have a serious injury, such as a ruptured disc that takes weeks or months to heal, and they might be back on the field in a week or so. For now, these weird systems do mess with your immersion in the game. EA might come up with a patch for these issues later on.
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