# Football Manager 26 FM26 Update (26.0.6) Out Now - Product: Football Manager 26 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26) - Vendor: Sports Interactive - Date: 2025-11-25 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/621061805456754005 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26/releases/2025-11-25-fm26-update-26.0.6-out-now What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — Tweaked player wage demands logic for youth players and lower league players - **changed** — Improved defender reactions against opposition dribbling in match engine - **changed** — Tweaked frequency of players shooting at the near post from tight angles - **changed** — Improved attacking movement of players during counter-attacking transitions - **changed** — Tweaked the line defenders hold when defending in their own box - **changed** — Improved logic to defenders' decision-making with headers when not under pressure - **changed** — Refined AI logic of Saudi based clubs when it comes to buying players - **changed** — Improved squad building logic of top clubs - **changed** — Tweaked frequency of rain occurring during matches - **changed** — Tweaks made to the general screen flow - **changed** — Further extensive polish and refinement done to the User Interface - **changed** — Tweaks to how a player's current reputation is processed following a match - **added** — Added preference option for user to select their desired FPS setting or to match their monitor refresh rate - **added** — Added preference to adjust the quality of the crowd - **added** — Added a Recruitment Budgets tile to the Finance Summary - **added** — Reintroduced the training calendar for youth teams - **fixed** — Fixed freeze issue in Online Games when using Large Custom Databases - **fixed** — Fixed soft lock while trying to view a past match - **fixed** — Fixed issue preventing user from accessing or making changes to the youth teams Training Calendar - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the incorrect amount of European co-efficient points would be added following a result in the 2nd leg of knockout round stage matches After initially rolling out yesterday onto the Steam Public Beta Track, we’re pleased to say that update 26.0.6 is now available for FM26 on Steam, Epic, and Microsoft Store. The update includes more than 250 fixes and tweaks, including: tweaks to player wage demands, the option to select an FPS limit within ‘Preferences’, and the reintroduction of the training calendar for youth teams. A full changelist can be seen below. For queries about how to update on these platforms, please review this (https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/40392673567633-FM26-How-to-Install-and-Update). For Steam Public Beta track users, please consult the [FAQ ](https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/40670358368273-How-to-use-the-Football-Manager-26-Steam-Public-Beta-track)for any questions about reverting to the retail version and save game compatibility. **Match Engine** Further to today's update, work is underway to provide a new Match Engine version in December. We can now share some of the scheduled changes, which will include: - Tweaks to the frequency of players shooting at the near post from tight angles - Improvements to defender reactions against opposition dribbling - Tweaks made to the line defenders hold when defending in their own box - Improved logic to defenders' decision-making with headers when not under pressure - Improved attacking movement of players during counter-attacking transitions - Various other AI tweaks **FM26 Update (26.0.6) - Changelist (non-exhaustive)** - Further extensive polish and refinement done to the User Interface. - Further extensive crash and stability fixes. - Further fixes to freezes at Half-Time during Human vs. Human Online Matches. - Further improvements made to in game translations. - Fixed freeze issue in Online Games when using Large Custom Databases. - Fixed soft lock while trying to view a past match. - Fixed issue preventing user from accessing/making changes to the youth teams Training Calendar. - Added preference option for user to select their desired FPS setting, or to match that of their monitor refresh rate. - Tweaks made to the general screen flow. - Preference added to adjust the quality of the crowd. - Fixed an issue where the incorrect amount of European co-efficient points would be added following a result in the 2nd leg of knockout round stage matches. - Fixed issue where Association Coefficients weren't being correctly allocated for the qualifying and playoff stages of European competitions. - Fixed issue that caused current season co-efficient total to display as zero until end of season. - Improved logic behind youth player wage demands. - Improved logic behind player wage demands in the lower leagues. - Fixed issue where player condition would always display full. - Tweaked frequency of rain occurring during matches. - Snow will now appear on the outside of stadiums, not just on the pitch. - Fixed crash when continuing with club from United Arab Emirates (UAE) during Advanced Game Setup. - Loading a tactic within a match now functions as intended. - Fixed issue preventing user from assigning shirt number to players out on loan. - Fixed issue where home shirt icon would always display in the in-match Tactics Planner, regardless of the kit worn on the day. - Data Hub > Last Match > Summary will now display data from the correct match. - Fixed Place of Birth functionality within Manager Creation. - Clicking ‘Apply’ when selecting which attributes to filter between on the Player Search now takes you back to the correct landing page. - Fixed issue where all subs would display as “S1” on team talks. - Fixed issue where Ligue 1 trophy image would display regardless of the competition. - Fixed an issue where the Prize Money portal message would incorrectly state that the user had drawn. - Added a Recruitment Budgets tile to the Finance Summary. - Fixed an issue allowing the user to create a Recruitment Focus for a Women’s competition despit _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/621061805456754005]_