FM24 Match Physics Mod: FM Tweak

With this custom Football Manager 2024 Match Engine physics mod, every match feels more like real football; strategic, dynamic, and unpredictable. Whether you’re a tactical mastermind or a casual player, this mod will transform the way you experience Football Manager 2024.

More Realistic Matches
Adjusted the in-game physics to make player movements, ball dynamics, and match flow feel more natural than ever.

Authentic Results & Stats
Say goodbye to unrealistic scorelines! These tweaks ensure that match statistics and results align much more closely with real-life football.

Tactical Diversity
A wider range of tactical approaches are viable, rewarding creativity and adaptability rather than forcing managers into the same overpowered meta gegen tactics.

Revitalized Midfield Play
Central players, like Attacking Midfielders and Box-to-Box players regain their importance.

A community effort for an even better ME mod

A group of people actively conversing on reddit about the gameplay changes caused by these mods formed a team coordinated by Head_Championship917 aiming to create the best simatch file we can possibly have. You can join their discord server to share your feedback in an organised way to improve this further.
Discord: FM TWEAK
We all love FM, and with FM25 cancelled there's a need for this kind of community work to fresh things up. The FM TWEAK team launched a dedicated website where they're presenting the results of their work, by providing different 'flavours' of ME files.

How to install the match physics mod on FM24

1. Back up your original simatch.fmf file. This is really important. Make a copy of it in some other directory and remember where it is. If something screws up, you can always go back to it.
   
2. Locate your data directory. This exists whether you run the game on Windows, Mac, or Linux through Proton. It is not the same directory that your graphics and editor data files go in. You'll know you've found the right directory because it will be called "data" and will have a bunch of FMF files - simatch.fmf, simatchshared.fmf, simatchviewer.fmf and so on.
   
3. Copy this version of simatch.fmf over the existing one in that directory. You don't need to use the Resource Archiver tool unless you are trying to combine this with other patches that impact simatch.fmf (such as the MetzFM sound pack).
   
4. Share feedback on how this version works. Once you get it working, play some games and let everyone know how this works. Let's get some community feedback going and see if we can turn FM24 into the game it should have been all along.
   

Donations

If you wish to support the FM TWEAK team, you can donate using the link below.
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Credits

This version of simatch.fmf was created by the FM TWEAK team.
Website @fmtweakupdates
Thanks to Head_Championship917, FrancescoMuja and EvensenFM for their communication and for making it possible to share these physics mods here.