FM26 "Increase-Realism"-Megapack SEPTEMBER EARLY-ACCESS (28.08.26) (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

The September Update brings another major step forward to the highest level of realism I've ever created for Football Manager, with improved worldwide player balance, updated 26/27 data, more realistic match statistics and faster simulation speeds.

Important: I've created a subfolder called "25/26 season". If you want to play the normal 25/26 season, use these 2 files instead of the same ones in the main folder. If you want to play with the latest data, just ignore the folder and use all files in the main mens folder


FOR BETA USERS:
No changes compared to the BETA

Here’s what’s new:

CA/PA Adjustments, New Wonderkids and Others

• Further improvements to the worldwide distribution of CA values. Nations with too many highly rated players across the broader player pool—such as Argentina, Brazil and Spain—have been rebalanced.

• Several top leagues around the world have been updated for the 2026/27 season.

• Older players aged 30+ can now maintain their peak level for longer. This creates a smoother transition between real players aged 16–38 and future Newgens.

• Player Traits have been added or realistically recalibrated for thousands of players. These changes directly influence player behaviour and overall match statistics.

• Performances from the latest World Cup have been taken into account.

Youth & Training Facilities Adjustments

Further improvements have been made worldwide, particularly in several African leagues and nations that were still rated slightly too low.

Alternative Youth Ratings, Game Importance and Others

Youth Ratings, Game Importance and related values have been adjusted to reflect the latest developments in world football.

Performance Improvements

Database clean-up has increased weekly simulation speed by approximately 5%, without removing important realism-related data.

Player Personality Improvements

• Keeping the entire squad happy is now more challenging again.

• Player development speeds now vary more noticeably, creating less predictable and more realistic career paths.

Referee Adjustments

Referees have been rebalanced so that the number of yellow and red cards across leagues worldwide is closer to real-life values.

Salaries, Market Values & Sponsors – 2026/27 Season

Further updates have been made to salaries, market values and sponsorship data for the new season.

Staff Adjustments

• Missing or incorrect preferred formations have been created or corrected for hundreds of managers.

• AI manager behaviour has been improved to better reflect each manager’s real-life tactical approach.

• Every manager in England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany has been reviewed in detail.

• These changes produce significantly more realistic league and match statistics, including lower and more believable pass-completion numbers.

What's planned until public release:
I'm still waiting to see some good 26/27 season update in terms of promotion/relegation to finally update my "List of files I recommend for FM26.
Beside that, I'm already set my focus forwards to the October update which will be the last update for FM26.

As always, thank you so much for your continued support! I hope you like the changes of this months update:)

Cheers
David

Link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/iyksp9y3ymql30m/FM26_-Increase_RealismMegapackSEPTEMBER_EARLY-ACCESS_by_Daveincid_%252828.08.26%2529.zip/file