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polydamas · 03-14-2026, 07:09 PM

From a steam review:

OOTP never had perfect simulations, but by year two's all-star break I saw Ezequiel Tovar outslugging Nick Kurtz! and Kody Funderburke with a 2.29 ERA through 17 starts! Edouard Julien hit 17 HR! Michael Toglia has a higher BA and slug than Juan Soto! Like I know you want some degree of uncertainty, but it's really a vibe killer to have things that no sane human would ever think are possible happening all over your sim. My early impressions are that the MLB The Show chalky sims may actually be better than OOTP 27 because at least the outcomes aren't an insult to my awareness of baseball. Feel free to make fun of my and call me a dumb idiot if Nolan Gorman has a higher OPS+ than Judge, Witt, Soto, or Ohtani halfway through 2027 but it seems pretty unlikely!

Edit: ran through another half-season and saw Jacob Young outslugging James Wood 100 games into 2026 ya something is CLEARLY wrong with the sim. Jacob Young hit 7 HR in 100 games! My man has 5 HR in 300 career games!

03-14-2026, 07:09 PM	#1
polydamas All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 604	Sim Quality Worse? From a steam review: OOTP never had perfect simulations, but by year two's all-star break I saw Ezequiel Tovar outslugging Nick Kurtz! and Kody Funderburke with a 2.29 ERA through 17 starts! Edouard Julien hit 17 HR! Michael Toglia has a higher BA and slug than Juan Soto! Like I know you want some degree of uncertainty, but it's really a vibe killer to have things that no sane human would ever think are possible happening all over your sim. My early impressions are that the MLB The Show chalky sims may actually be better than OOTP 27 because at least the outcomes aren't an insult to my awareness of baseball. Feel free to make fun of my and call me a dumb idiot if Nolan Gorman has a higher OPS+ than Judge, Witt, Soto, or Ohtani halfway through 2027 but it seems pretty unlikely! Edit: ran through another half-season and saw Jacob Young outslugging James Wood 100 games into 2026 ya something is CLEARLY wrong with the sim. Jacob Young hit 7 HR in 100 games! My man has 5 HR in 300 career games!