travel distance

[Raindrops]

Does how far a team has just travelled affect their performance in the next game

[hurricanekevin]

I've never noticed it in any management game I play (FHM, OOTP, or Football Manager) but I think that would be an interesting twist and add a unique element.

[Alessandro]

Originally Posted by hurricanekevin

I've never noticed it in any management game I play (FHM, OOTP, or Football Manager) but I think that would be an interesting twist and add a unique element.

In Football Manager distance does have an impact on certain things (when a player joins a team, and the likes). Not sure about performance.

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by Raindrops

Does how far a team has just travelled affect their performance in the next game

Sadly no, but would be great if it did though.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Alessandro

In Football Manager distance does have an impact on certain things (when a player joins a team, and the likes). Not sure about performance.

Yeah, forgot about that. I was thinking more about fatigue. Especially (in the case of soccer) a lot of European players get very overwhelmed by travel distance in the United States.



I think, generally, it would be interesting to see travel and scheduling make a bigger difference in management games. Most are good at fatigue with back to back games or a busy week but the reality is playing a game ending at 10 PM in Detroit and getting on a flight right after the game to fly to Nashville, check into a hotel and be back on the ice in the morning for the morning skate and play another game at 7:30 can be mentally and physically taxing.

[Castleview]

One problem is that the schedule generator doesn't currently take team locations in to account, so it's happy to schedule a game in New York, then one in LA the next day, then back to Boston a couple of days later. I'd imagine that it's complicated enough just generating the schedule correctly, without incorporating a sensible travel schedule for every team as well.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Castleview

One problem is that the schedule generator doesn't currently take team locations in to account, so it's happy to schedule a game in New York, then one in LA the next day, then back to Boston a couple of days later. I'd imagine that it's complicated enough just generating the schedule correctly, without incorporating a sensible travel schedule for every team as well.

Without a doubt I'd imagine its hard and at the end of the day probably not THAT important for most of us.



I think we are just daydreaming a bit with this thread lol

[fredbeene]

I think it would have made more of difference prior to 1980 when travel was tougher and not luxury first class gold whores for all trip