FM26 Increase Realism Megapack by Daveincid

Increase Realism Megapack for Football Manager 26 introduces comprehensive changes that make the game more realistic and authentic in numerous areas.

A major focus is on balancing long-term saves, particularly in terms of player abilities and finances, to ensure a realistic long-term development of players and clubs.

The mod is updated monthly and expands across various topics – from player attributes and ticket prices to financial re-balancing, new wonderkids, more complete club data, and much more.
Additionally, transfer and financial systems are adjusted more precisely to reflect real-world football conditions.

Check out the READ ME file in the download-link to get a more detailed explanation of the latest changes of the current month's update.

How to Install the Realism Megapack by Daveincid in FM 26

1. Place all files (not the folder) into:

Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 26/editor data

2. Start a new savegame to apply changes.


MAY Update
✅ CA/PA adjustments

This update includes more than 3,000 changes, including:

various nationality switches for the 2026 World Cup

missing wonderkid information such as height, stronger foot, etc.

improved attribute distribution for incompletely filled player profiles

✅ Completely rebuilt of the “NEW Players” file

I have completely rebuilt the "NEW Players" file from scratch.

In total, 61 new players have been created, including top talents such as:

Max Dowman, Cavan Sullivan, Marli Salmon, Deinner Ordonez, Ebrima Tunkara and Believe Munongo.

The reason why I rebuilt the file is a bug in the old one which caused around 100 other random players to be missing in-game.

A quick note on a question that comes up quite often:

Why don’t I create a lot more wonderkids?

There are mainly two reasons for that:

The official database already contains a very high number of U16/U17 players, and in some cases even U15 players. My CA/PA file already includes many adjustments for those players, so in most cases only the very best missing talents had to be added.

Too many wonderkids damage the game balance. This affects everything from the transfer market to national team selections and the overall strength balance between nations.

The goal of my files is to ensure a certain level of consistency in the short, medium and long term. With the May Update, I have taken a big step closer to that goal.

✅ Increased difficulty

The game is now a bit more challenging:

Board members are less patient with you so be prepared to get sacked more often if your results do not match the board’s expectations

Cheers
Daveincid