They also take longer to take off than normal shots
They also take longer to FIFA 23 Coins take off than normal shots, giving defenses the chance to put a block in, while the camera zooms in a little to warn your opponent what you're up to, meaning that they're far from scoring.
Set pieces require some basic understanding of Physics, with the game giving you full control over where the player strikes the ball. It's easier to grasp corners than free-kicks, in which you have to be more precise to be successful and it's a lot more sense than the odd stick-flicking system used during FIFA 22. Penalties have been revamped too by introducing a new time-based system that puts more pressure on the goalie in a way that is perhaps how it should be.
Of course, FIFA 23 still has the capacity of being horrifying. Goalkeepers often collapse into the middle of the field instead of trying to make a save, and there's nothing as frustrating as being paired by a dweeb from Seasons who seems to be more interested in doing endless complicated tricks and stepovers rather than actually playing football.
Matchmaking does seem to have been improved however. If you're playing with clubs outside of the European elite, you do not seem to get drawn against your PSGs or Real Madrids as frequently, but there's the odd Ronaldo perve does still pop on the screen as Manchester United. Perhaps this speaks more to that Red Devils' fall from grace than anything else, though.
Ultimate Team - FIFA's playable fantasy football mode and the virtual version of the European Super League - now allows you to create a team of superstars thanks to a more forgiving approach to the way its team chemistry works. Players who are from the same league or nation no longer have to be in close proximity to one others in your preferred formation to increase your chemistry score in addition, they do not suddenly become uninterested in football just because they don't FUT 23 buy Coins have anything in common with their fellow players.