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Looking in the pre-game editor (screenshot), it appears 20 teams are added to the Irish Senior Challenge Cup Preliminary Round who play 10 games. The 10 winners are added to the 22 teams entering the First Round to make 32 total. This makes a total of 42 teams invovled. In real-life, the format involves 20 teams added to the Preliminary Round who play 8 matches, meaning 4 teams get a bye to the First Round. The byes are just the 4 teams who were not drawn, there is no pre-draw awarded byes. This means a total of 12 teams progress to join the 20 teams added in the First Round, meaning a total of 40 teams are involved in the competition. Below is the draw of the 2023 edition as an example. https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/draw-for-fai-mens-senior-cup-2023-preliminary-round-confirmed As well as this, the 20 teams involved in the Preliminary Round are based off performances in the Irish Intermediate Cup (Last 16 teams) and Irish Junior Cup (Semi-Finalists). As these cups are not active in the game, are the teams involved just random teams from the levels outside the Irish Premier and First Divisions?

In 2022, there was a change to the format of the Irish U19 National League. At present, the game has an older format where the top 4 of both groups then go into a knockout phase to determine the winner (included in screenshot). As detailed below on pages 2 (in screenshot as well) and 7, teams play 1 round of fixtures in Phase 1 and then 2 rounds in Phase 2, with Phase 2 including a Tier 1 (where the overall winners are found) and Tier 2 (where the team with the highest points total are Shield Winners) https://cms.sseairtricityleague.ie/sites/default/files/inline-files/EA Sports National Underage Leagues Fixtures 2022.pdf There were some small alterations to the format for the 2023 season to account for the addition of 2 more clubs. Teams still play 1 round of fixtures in Phase 1, but 4 teams in each group progress to Phase 2 Tier 1 (8 total) while 7 play in their respective groups Phase 2 Tier 2 (14 total). Both Tiers in Phase 2 involve 2 rounds of fixtures. https://www.extratime.com/competition/2126/582/2023/

The Irish Promotion/Relegation Final is not taking place at a Neutral Venue as it does in real-life, although the First Division Promotion Final is. Teams are instead playing at Home for this match. Looking in the pre-game editor, I think this is due to the Fixture Date for the Final being set to "Home" as oppossed to "Neutral". Any other reference to the Promotion/Relegation Final is set to "Neutral", yet the match is still being played as a "Home" game.