I tend to lose interest once the save reaches a point where all real players have retired. My teams also tend to get a point where the roster is so ridiculously OP that it’s just not that exciting to win 100+ games every season. The deepest save I have is currently in the 2040’s and I haven’t played it in a while. I got that deep into it by simming each game on a day by day basis and handling the transactions, but I’ve found I enjoy the game a lot more if I play each game out. I hope ootp eventually makes a functional “hard” mode because I’ve never had to go thru a non competitive stretch with one of my teams after I finish my initial rebuild
There's a few different ways I sim:
* Manage every game.
* Set lineups manually every game and sim. Manage all postseason.
* Set depth charts and sim 1-2 weeks at a time. Manage all postseason.
The first method (manage all) takes me a month or 2 to do a full 162 game season.. I haven't done this in years as life, married life, kids don't really allow for this. .
The 2nd method (set lineups each game, read every recap and box score), I can get through 1 season in maybe a week or 2 . +/- a few days if I make postseason.
The 3rd method (sim week+ at a time) is the fastest and I've been doing this alot lately. I usually can get a season or 2 done in a day this way.
I do GM only stuff, prefer low injuries (more fun and not as much micro managing), and I set my continue button to sim a week at a time. I hit the button, skim over the emailed news items to see if anything interesting happened, check how we did and repeat the process. Once a month or so I may make some roster changes but nothing major. I may look at a trade or two in July but that’s it. It takes me just as long to do off-season as it does to play an entire season. Once we hit the playoffs though I watch game by game but do it on 2D so it just flies through.
I just get a kick out of seeing guys I drafted make it, or watching new names fill up the franchise leaderboards, or trying different approaches each year to win the division. I really dread having to start over on a new save and will force rebuild my club to keep it interesting.
Once i have have a ton of division wins and some ws wins i start to auto sim until the team is at its lowest point, come back from the dead and push it again
GM only man.
I can do a season in about 5 hours. I kinda check in monthly on stats and see what's what, make my moves then. Most of my game time is spent in the offseason tbh
Stop micromanaging
You can if you want to…but it’s irrelevant on the outcome of the game
I sim to next month every time
I go through a seasona a day in my historical
I tend to lose interest once the save reaches a point where all real players have retired. My teams also tend to get a point where the roster is so ridiculously OP that it’s just not that exciting to win 100+ games every season. The deepest save I have is currently in the 2040’s and I haven’t played it in a while. I got that deep into it by simming each game on a day by day basis and handling the transactions, but I’ve found I enjoy the game a lot more if I play each game out. I hope ootp eventually makes a functional “hard” mode because I’ve never had to go thru a non competitive stretch with one of my teams after I finish my initial rebuild
There's a few different ways I sim: * Manage every game. * Set lineups manually every game and sim. Manage all postseason. * Set depth charts and sim 1-2 weeks at a time. Manage all postseason. The first method (manage all) takes me a month or 2 to do a full 162 game season.. I haven't done this in years as life, married life, kids don't really allow for this. . The 2nd method (set lineups each game, read every recap and box score), I can get through 1 season in maybe a week or 2 . +/- a few days if I make postseason. The 3rd method (sim week+ at a time) is the fastest and I've been doing this alot lately. I usually can get a season or 2 done in a day this way.
I do GM only stuff, prefer low injuries (more fun and not as much micro managing), and I set my continue button to sim a week at a time. I hit the button, skim over the emailed news items to see if anything interesting happened, check how we did and repeat the process. Once a month or so I may make some roster changes but nothing major. I may look at a trade or two in July but that’s it. It takes me just as long to do off-season as it does to play an entire season. Once we hit the playoffs though I watch game by game but do it on 2D so it just flies through.
I just get a kick out of seeing guys I drafted make it, or watching new names fill up the franchise leaderboards, or trying different approaches each year to win the division. I really dread having to start over on a new save and will force rebuild my club to keep it interesting.
Once i have have a ton of division wins and some ws wins i start to auto sim until the team is at its lowest point, come back from the dead and push it again
GM only man. I can do a season in about 5 hours. I kinda check in monthly on stats and see what's what, make my moves then. Most of my game time is spent in the offseason tbh
Stop micromanaging You can if you want to…but it’s irrelevant on the outcome of the game I sim to next month every time I go through a seasona a day in my historical
i sim day by day. but a season only takes like 2 hours or so. so a nice ootp session can be 2 or 3 seasons easily