[How long does it take you to complete a season?]

i found 40k player database to be the sweet spot for me. thats enough to have the major european leagues playable and all other european leagues as viewable.

I don't add leagues outside of europe, as i feel adding Brazil i.e. would be cheating and most likeley see me ending up with south american players only.

[How long does it take you to complete a season?]

pre season - about 20-30 hours

maybe 20-30 additional hours for the season itself

usually i start 2 or 3 saves with the same club, playing one pre-season and 2 entire seasons to build a tactic and evaluate a team before i go into the first season with a lenghty save.

(its all about optimizing gameplay)

therefore, in fact i do spend about 100+ hours before i start the "real" save

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it has not been always like that

however, after all these years playing football managers, i now usually enjoy the "preparation" part most

[Official Football Manager 2019 Announcement]

Although i changed my playstyle from 3D to 2D lately, i'd rather have a poor 3D engine than none at all..  its still nice to watch the highlights in 3D

(for the sake of immersion - not so much for tactics/management)

[Official Football Manager 2019 Announcement]

vor 4 Minuten schrieb akm.91:

This point has nothing to do with FIFA. If FM choose to release a game with a graphics and Match engine, then they need to be held to account for releasing a game that is poor in respect to those features. 

 

FM 2019 looks average and no different to any release from the last 5 years. 

Then you should probably play fm 2015.

i bet you get it for 5 bucks at ebay uk.

 

its not all about new features, but to ensure fm is kept alive

(well, at least thats the main reason why i buy each years version)