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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough
That is a BIG question with answers that will vary based on your definition or "realistic" and which parts of the game you're considering. There should be entire threads of this topic on these forums, so you might want to use the search and see if you can find those threads. Make sure that you're including all the OOTP forums in your search, and not just the OOTP 24 discussions.
Personally, I'm not much of an expert in settings for modern MLB games, especially since I mostly play historical or fictional games. But I know there have been discussions of everything from AI talent evaluation to talent change randomness, trading difficulty, ratings scales, scouting and many other settings when it comes to "realism" for modern MLB games.
But I'll give you a couple of quick suggestions based on my own settings for the games that I play.
I set the AI talent evaluation to be 65% based on ratings, 25% based on current year stats, 10% based on the previous season's stats, and 0% based on stats from two years ago. This makes the AI much more competitive with the human manager, who has the benefit of knowing that player ratings drive performance in OOTP, and not the player's individual stats. This makes the experience more realistic because it puts the AI and human user on more level footing.
When you also set your trading difficulty two or three ticks harder than the default, it makes it a real challenge to complete trades with the AI. The default OOTP trading difficulty has been made harder than it once was because I used to move the slider all the way to the right. But now it seems like you can be between the middle and maximum, and that generates a real challenge without trades being outright impossible.
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Thank you for the advice. I very much appreciate it! I will use this information. What about hit and missing with players. For example, I sign a guy to a minor league contract but he turns out to be a great player for me.
For example, the Indians at the time, 2016, signed Mike Napoli to a 1 year deal and he had an amazing season. On the other hand, this past off season, the Padres signed a lot of players but they still finished out of the playoff picture and some of their stars did not put up great stats.
Bellinger was a MVP for the Dodgers but then fell apart. The Cubs sign him and in 2023, he had a really good year. I want that not knowing what you are going to get from a player. The scout misses on a player by telling you that he will not amount to anything in the majors. I love how a team like the Guardians can hit on Napoli or when the Nationals lost Bryce Harper to the Phillies, in 2019, they were still able to win a championship. I want a 3 star player have a down season and maybe a 2 star player has an incredible season.
I want hiring a staff to make a difference in the game. Guardians (my favorite team) sucked until Tito got there and in his first, they made the playoffs.
I want realistic trading and signings. Guardians would never sign Bogoarts. However, they did in OOTP 24. I want to spend hours looking for the right players and be rewarded with my efforts. Those are the main things I am looking for.