This has been my experience with a Deportivo save, full game (not Beta) - there are a couple of issues, but on the whole, I think it reflects the reality which is that 2020/21 is a transitional season:
Had a good season as you'd expect with pretty much the strongest squad in the league bar the B teams. Comfortably won the first league round, qualified for the promotion group. Issue 1: The promotion round schedule has a four week gap in it. This is likely caused by pulling out the incorrectly scheduled games against the teams from your own half of the draw - that would have been four games, so the four week gap, with the last game happening on the scheduled date seems likely to be the result.
We won the Promotion group, and as noted elsewhere in this thread, the teams in the section below were shown as promoted, despite the fact that they would actually be in the same tier as they currently are. My Deportivo team won the first playoff round, but lost in the second round, thereby missing promotion to La Liga 2. Issue 2: immediately after failing to win promotion, I was congratulated on winning promotion. After checking to see if this was due to a B team not being allowed to move up, I understood that I was being congratulated for winning promotion to the successor of the league I was already in. This in itself is not a huge issue, but for the five weeks or so until the fixtures come out, the league I've been 'promoted' to doesn't exist in the game. Therefore, my wage and transfer budgets are adjusted to Liga 2 levels, and I pass all my Board Vision requirements, despite still being in the third tier.
I don't know if all the AI budgets in the new Second Division Pro are inflated, but mine certainly was, although attracting players was still tricky because of the low reputation of the new league.
Issue 3: No cup competitions in the new season. This may reflect reality; I don't see anywhere online to check, but in season 21/22, Deportivo are playing 38 league games, and no cup competitions at all. Having said that, I'm only in late November, so perhaps the Copa del Rey hasn't been drawn yet - I do see it, however, in the 'Competitions' section of higher-ranked teams like Osasuna, for example.
When I look at the league structure in 21/22, it seems that the Segunda Division B has simply been shunted down a tier to make room for the new Second Division Pro, albeit with a slightly different structure. This would explain the 'promotion' situation, and I don't know how easy it would be to fix.
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This has been my experience with a Deportivo save, full game (not Beta) - there are a couple of issues, but on the whole, I think it reflects the reality which is that 2020/21 is a transitional season:
Had a good season as you'd expect with pretty much the strongest squad in the league bar the B teams. Comfortably won the first league round, qualified for the promotion group. Issue 1: The promotion round schedule has a four week gap in it. This is likely caused by pulling out the incorrectly scheduled games against the teams from your own half of the draw - that would have been four games, so the four week gap, with the last game happening on the scheduled date seems likely to be the result.
We won the Promotion group, and as noted elsewhere in this thread, the teams in the section below were shown as promoted, despite the fact that they would actually be in the same tier as they currently are. My Deportivo team won the first playoff round, but lost in the second round, thereby missing promotion to La Liga 2. Issue 2: immediately after failing to win promotion, I was congratulated on winning promotion. After checking to see if this was due to a B team not being allowed to move up, I understood that I was being congratulated for winning promotion to the successor of the league I was already in. This in itself is not a huge issue, but for the five weeks or so until the fixtures come out, the league I've been 'promoted' to doesn't exist in the game. Therefore, my wage and transfer budgets are adjusted to Liga 2 levels, and I pass all my Board Vision requirements, despite still being in the third tier.
I don't know if all the AI budgets in the new Second Division Pro are inflated, but mine certainly was, although attracting players was still tricky because of the low reputation of the new league.
Issue 3: No cup competitions in the new season. This may reflect reality; I don't see anywhere online to check, but in season 21/22, Deportivo are playing 38 league games, and no cup competitions at all. Having said that, I'm only in late November, so perhaps the Copa del Rey hasn't been drawn yet - I do see it, however, in the 'Competitions' section of higher-ranked teams like Osasuna, for example.
When I look at the league structure in 21/22, it seems that the Segunda Division B has simply been shunted down a tier to make room for the new Second Division Pro, albeit with a slightly different structure. This would explain the 'promotion' situation, and I don't know how easy it would be to fix.