Guide

The arena is home to your club. You have one from the start, and it is where you play your home matches and put on concerts that top up the budget.

You can customize four facility types in the arena: lounges, restaurants, bars, and shops. Building a facility costs 100.000 EUR and demolishing one costs 25.000 EUR (25% of the build cost). All facility changes are applied in a single development that always takes 6 hours, regardless of how many facilities are affected. The arena level sets a total facility limit and a separate limit for every type (see the table below).

Facilities work in two ways. Every facility, whatever its type, raises the attendance of home matches by 0.5%, up to 10% in total — from the twenty-first facility on the bonus no longer grows. On top of that every type earns its own money on match day. A lounge holds 25 VIP seats and every occupied seat brings in 100 EUR; all of them sell once the arena is three-quarters full, and proportionally fewer with a smaller crowd. Restaurants serve 5–10% of the crowd at 3 EUR a head, bars 15–25% at 2 EUR and shops 5–10% at 2 EUR. The first facility of those types serves the lower bound and each further one moves it towards the upper bound, adding less than the one before. The takings follow the attendance, so the league brings the most, a ranking match less and a friendly the least.

Arena upgrades increase the capacity, lighting, parking, and facility limit. The upgrade cost rises with the level, from 300.000 EUR for the second level to 2.000.000 EUR for the tenth — adding a stand to a large arena costs more per new seat than to a small one. The upgrade duration depends on the level and ranges from 12 to 42 hours (see the table below).

Arena downgrades shrink the arena one level at a time. The cost is 50% of the previous level's upgrade cost, and the duration matches the upgrade time of the level being removed. Facilities beyond the type limit of the new level are demolished automatically, and when the total limit is exceeded as well, the excess is demolished starting from the cheapest types.

Every week the club pays an arena maintenance fee based on its level, from 10.000 EUR per week at the first level up to 145.000 EUR at the tenth — the larger the arena, the less it costs per seat (see the table below). If the club cannot afford the fee, its reputation drops by 5% instead.

You develop the arena one thing at a time. The next job starts only once the current one is finished.

Every completed arena upgrade to a higher level raises club reputation by 2.5 points, while a downgrade to a lower level reduces it by 1%. Facility-only changes (without a level change) do not affect reputation.

A speedway or ice-speedway arena is built around a track you shape yourself. Expanding the track and preparing it are two separate jobs — you run one at a time.

Track expansion changes the track length within the 260–430 meter range in 1-meter steps. A single expansion can change the length by at most 30 meters in either direction, costs 250.000 EUR, and takes 12 hours.

Track preparation changes the surface value within the 10–90 range. A preparation costs 5.000 EUR and takes 3 hours. Values 0–9 (wet after rain) and 91–100 (slick after rain) appear only as a consequence of weather conditions. Ice speedway is ridden on ice alone, so the prepared surface never affects an ice meeting.

Surface categories shown in profiles:

• Wet (0–9) — happens only after heavy rain.
• Soft (10–36) — softer surface, favors riders who prefer grip over speed.
• Normal (37–63) — balanced surface, the default racing condition.
• Hard (64–90) — packed surface, favors riders who prefer speed over grip.
• Slick (91–100) — happens only after rain on hard tracks.

Your arena hosts concerts. They earn the club money away from match day — you keep what the tickets bring in.

Choose a band, set the ticket price between 50 and 300 EUR (in steps of 10 EUR), and select a promotion length between 3 and 14 days. A longer promotion attracts a larger audience.

You can run only one concert at a time. On the day you booked, the concert goes ahead and the ticket money lands in the club account.

Band popularity (1 to 5 stars) is recalculated daily from the band concerts over the last 30 days, based on the number of concerts and their total attendance.

The expected audience depends on the ticket price, the band popularity, the promotion length, and how frequently concerts are organized at the arena and by the band over the last 30 days.

A scoring game based on offensive and defensive plays. The result is built over four quarters, with shooting efficiency being key.

On the field: 5. Named for the match: 10. Starting squad: 14.

A match has 4 quarters of 10 minutes. The team with more points wins and a draw is a final result — there is no overtime. A player with a fifth foul leaves for good and the team plays with four until you bring a substitute on.

A variation of football played on sand, favoring dynamic plays and frequent shots on goal.

On the field: 5. Named for the match: 10. Starting squad: 14.

A match has 3 periods of 12 minutes and a draw stands — there is no overtime or shootout. A player sent off never returns, but after two minutes, or sooner once the short side concedes, you may send a substitute into the place. The team lines up in a 1-2-1, 2-2 or 1-1-2 formation — you pick it in the lineup and can change it in the tactics panel during the match.

A version of volleyball played in pairs on sand, with one reserve on the bench.

On the field: 2. Named for the match: 3. Starting squad: 4.

A match is played to 2 won sets. A set goes to the team that first reaches 21 points (15 in the deciding set) with a two-point lead. A toss decides the serve in the first and the deciding set, and in the others the serve alternates. A match always ends with a winner.

A competition divided into attacking and defending phases, where teams score runs in a set number of overs.

On the field: 11. Named for the match: 14. Starting squad: 15.

Each team plays one innings of seven overs. A toss is held before the match and its winner bats or bowls first as the game plan says. When the first innings ends early, the second one starts after a short break. The team with more runs wins, and equal runs mean a draw. You may make three substitutions between overs: the substitute takes the replaced player’s place in the batting order and their over limit.

Tactical round-based competition in Strike Protocol, where precision, roles and carrying out the plan matter. A team wins a round by eliminating the opponents, letting a planted bomb go off or holding out until the time runs out, and map points decide the match.

In the game: 5. Named for the match: 6. Starting squad: 8.

A match always consists of five maps. Each map is a series of rounds: one team attacks and tries to plant the bomb on one of two sites, the other defends, and after twelve rounds the sides swap. The team that first wins thirteen rounds takes the map, and at 12:12 the map ends in a draw. A won map is worth 2 points, a draw 1, and the whole match may end in a draw. A substitute comes on only for the next map.

A goal-based game founded on tactics, space control and finishing in front of the opponent's goal.

On the field: 11. Named for the match: 16. Starting squad: 25.

A match lasts 2x45 minutes and a draw stands. Every foul inside the penalty area is a penalty, and a player sent off leaves the team a player short for the rest of the match.

An indoor variant of football with a fast pace and frequent goal-scoring opportunities. The smaller pitch forces dynamic play and intense passing exchanges.

On the field: 5. Named for the match: 10. Starting squad: 16.

A match lasts 2x20 minutes of effective time and a draw stands. A player sent off never returns, but after two minutes, or sooner once the short side concedes, you may send a substitute into the place.

A fast-paced goal game with a high number of offensive plays and dynamic transitions from defense to attack.

On the field: 7. Named for the match: 12. Starting squad: 18.

A match lasts 2x30 minutes and a draw is a final result. A player gets at most one warning and a team at most three, after which every offence costs two minutes. A third two-minute suspension or a red card means disqualification: the team plays two minutes short-handed, after which you may bring a substitute on. In the league only a direct red card brings a ban for the next match — a disqualification for a third two-minute suspension ends only the match in progress.

A dynamic game on ice where quick formation changes, power plays and finishing in front of the opponent's goal are crucial.

On the field: 6. Named for the match: 22. Starting squad: 24.

A game has 3 periods of 20 minutes. A draw stands — there is no overtime and no shootout.

A winter variant of speedway raced on ice, with scoring based on positions in each race.

On the track: 2 per heat. Named for the match: 8. Starting squad: 10.

A match runs over fifteen heats, with two riders from each team on the track every time. The result is the total of the points they score. Ice speedway follows the rules of speedway, but it is ridden on ice alone: the track surface counts for nothing and composure counts for more, because the ice is slippery.

A contact field game. Points come from tries and kicks at goal.

On the field: 15. Named for the match: 20. Starting squad: 25.

A match lasts 80 minutes and a draw is a final result. A yellow card means ten minutes short-handed, and a second yellow or a red sends the player off for the rest of the match: after twenty minutes you may bring a replacement on, who does not use up the allowance.

Races held on an oval track where four riders start simultaneously, with the result built up over successive heats.

On the track: 2 per heat. Named for the match: 8. Starting squad: 10.

A match runs over fifteen heats, with two riders from each team on the track every time. Points go to the finishing places in each race, and the match result is their total.

A shorter version of basketball played at a single hoop, with higher intensity and fewer players.

On the field: 3. Named for the match: 4. Starting squad: 6.

A match lasts until 21 points or until the time runs out, and a draw is a final result. From the seventh team foul every defensive foul gives two free throws, and from the tenth the ball as well.

A set-based game played over a net. A point falls on a successful attack or on an error by the opponent.

On the field: 6. Named for the match: 12. Starting squad: 16.

A match is played to 3 won sets. A set goes to the team that first reaches 25 points (15 in the deciding set) with a two-point lead. A toss decides the serve in the first and the deciding set, in the others the serve alternates, and every set starts from the starting line-up. A substituted player comes back only in their own place, and the libero comes on only automatically for the middle blocker in the back row. A match always ends with a winner.

A mixed martial arts competition combining striking and grappling techniques.

A special sport — you run neither a team nor a squad in it. The end-of-season tournaments draw athletes from the club’s other sections.

A gala consists of several bouts. The club whose fighters win more bouts wins.

A competition based on games and sets, featuring singles and doubles matches.

A special sport — you run neither a team nor a squad in it. The end-of-season tournaments draw athletes from the club’s other sections.

A meeting consists of two singles matches and one doubles match. The team that wins at least two of the three matches wins.

Each season lasts 10 weeks and follows a fixed calendar structure with training camps, league rounds, and transfer windows.

• Week 1, Days 1–3: Training camps available. Teams can organize camps at facilities with 1–5 star ratings.
• Week 1, Wednesday: First league round begins.
• Weeks 7–10: Transfer window for permanent transfers and new signings. The league finishes in week 9, so the window stays open throughout the whole of week 10.
• End of season: the game archives the final standings to team histories and athlete careers, settles bonuses, contracts and retirements, promotes and relegates teams between divisions, resets the league tables, and awards league trophies.

Training sessions develop athlete attributes. Each session targets a specific attribute and is conducted by a coach.

Teams can organize training camps during the first 3 days of week 1. Higher-rated facilities improve effectiveness.

Training effectiveness depends on the coach's attributes, the athlete's workload, and the facility level. High workload reduces performance.

Health, tiredness and training load are shown next to every athlete. The game combines them with build into condition, which it works out at the first whistle — nothing drives it between matches, so it is not on the profile.

Weight against height feeds into condition too. As long as the body mass index stays inside the healthy band of 18.5 to 24.9, an athlete loses nothing; every point outside the band costs 2 points of condition, the same for being underweight as for being overweight, and never more than 15 in total. It most often catches fast-growing juniors — height rises every week while weight catches up with a delay, so an athlete who has just shot up is temporarily weaker.

Health, fatigue and training load recover every hour. Health always returns to 100%, even while the athlete is busy, and fatigue falls to zero. The pace depends on the athlete: a younger and stronger one gets back on his feet faster than an older one.

A match is played live and lasts fifteen minutes. You can follow it on the match page the whole way through: the score, the events and the athlete statistics keep moving, and every fixture of the same round finishes at the same time.

Every sport runs by its own rules. Football, futsal, handball and rugby have two halves split by a break, ice hockey and beach football three periods, basketball four quarters and cricket two innings. Speedway and ice speedway are fifteen heats, while volleyball, beach volleyball, esports and street basketball play without a break.

The break between halves, periods or quarters is part of the match too. Play stops, but your orders still go through, so it is a good moment to bring a substitute on or change the playing style before the next part of the match.

The match header shows you what really tells you where the match stands: the minute and the half in football, the quarter and the clock in basketball, the period in ice hockey, the heat number in speedway, the set in volleyball or the innings in cricket. During a break you simply see Break.

In speedway and ice speedway the orders close just before every heat, and a countdown to the start appears in the header. Send your substitution or tactical order before it begins. Once the result of the heat is announced you can give orders again.

There is no extra time and no shootout. When the time runs out, the score on the board is the result, a draw included. In the league a draw will in future share the points between both teams.

Some sports finish early because there is nothing left to play: volleyball and beach volleyball once the last set is taken, cricket once the target is passed, and street basketball at twenty-one points. Esports always plays all five maps. No match, however, ever runs longer than fifteen minutes.

A team has to turn up with a legal line-up. When it holds fewer athletes than the discipline requires — seven in football, six in ice hockey, volleyball and speedway, eleven in cricket, thirteen in rugby — or, in speedway, puts a rider in a place their age group may not take, the match ends in a walkover. The rival is awarded the score its discipline prescribes: 3:0 in football, 5:0 in futsal and ice hockey, 10:0 in handball and beach football, 20:0 in basketball, 28:0 in rugby, 3:0 in sets in volleyball and 40:0 in race points in speedway. Such a match hands neither side experience, fatigue or an injury, because nobody took the field. When neither team fields a legal line-up, the match ends with no winner. The lineup screen warns you of this risk when injuries or suspensions leave too few athletes able to play.

Every match is settled once the final whistle has gone. The club is paid for the tickets it sold, everyone who took part receives their bonuses, and the people who were on the field carry the match with them — what they learnt, how they feel about the result, how tired they are and, now and then, an injury.

Only the host earns from the match: the home club is credited with the gate money, which follows from the attendance and the ticket prices of the arena. A marketing specialist named for that competition fills the stands better, bringing up to 20% more supporters through the turnstiles — the more experienced they are, the bigger the crowd. The crowd also depends on the competition: a league match fills the stands hardest, a ranking match draws a fraction of that audience and a friendly only a handful. From a team's fourth match of the day, no more than a couple of dozen supporters are left in the stands. The arena facilities add their share: each raises the attendance by 0.5%, up to 10% in total, and every facility type earns its own money from the crowd, which also goes to the host.

Everyone named for the match, athletes and staff alike, is paid the match bonus written into their contract, plus the win bonus when the team won. The club pays them from its balance, and when it cannot afford them the bonuses go unpaid.

Every athlete and employee who took part gains experience, and athletes improve their technique on top of it. The pace depends on the competition: the league gives most, a ranking match clearly less, a friendly least. A trainer named for that competition speeds development up by as much as half, younger athletes grow faster than older ones, and the closer to the maximum, the slower each further point arrives. Learning has a daily ceiling, though: only the first three matches a team plays in one day develop anybody, and every further match that day gives neither experience nor technique.

The result moves the athletes who played: a win gives half a point of form and 1.6 points of morale, a draw 0.1 point of form, and a defeat costs 0.4 point of form and 2.4 points of morale. Form below 70 points drifts back towards that value every day. Form and morale never fall below 10 points.

Every passage of play tires an athlete a little. An athlete already carrying an injury tires half as much again, while a physiotherapist named for that competition takes up to 40% of the fatigue away — the more experienced they are, the more they take.

Only the athletes who actually played are exposed: whoever stayed on the bench cannot be hurt by that match. A rested athlete still carries a small risk, and it grows with the square of the exhaustion, so the last matches of a worn-out squad are the dangerous ones. An athlete who never healed fully is far more fragile, and an inexperienced one breaks down sooner than a seasoned team-mate. A doctor named for that competition takes up to 60% of that risk away, the more experienced the more they take. Most injuries are light and take little health, while a ligament tear or a fracture is rare.

Sanctions reach beyond the match, but only in the league. A red card (in handball only a direct one — a disqualification for a third two-minute suspension ends only the match), a fight in ice hockey and an exclusion for a foul in speedway mean a ban for the next league match. In football, futsal and beach soccer the fourth yellow card collected in league matches brings a ban too — after the ban the count starts from zero, and a new season clears it. Yellow cards from a match in which the athlete was sent off do not count. Cards from ranking and friendly matches cost nothing, and a suspended athlete may play in them. In the league lineup, in the squad and on the profile a suspended athlete carries the suspension icon; its hint gives the reason, the length of the ban and the matches remaining. A suspension is not a sending-off: an athlete sent off leaves the match being played, a suspended one misses the next league match.

The result moves club reputation against the class of the rival. Beating a side a class above is worth the most, holding one to a draw earns a little, and losing to a stronger rival costs nothing at all. Beating a weaker side is worth almost nothing, while losing to one is what really hurts, and a draw a favourite was expected to win costs a share too. A league match counts for almost twice a ranking one, and a friendly for a fraction. Reputation is earned in points and lost as a share of what the club already has, so it falls faster than it climbs. A press officer named for that competition talks up to 60% of a defeat away.

In speedway and ice speedway the meeting also leaves a track record behind. The fastest ride of the evening is compared with the record standing for that arena, that season, that track length and that surface, and beats it or leaves it alone.

Every match adds to the statistics of the season: the game totals eight numbers chosen for the discipline — goals, assists and saves in football, penalty minutes and plus-minus in ice hockey, the heat average and starts in speedway — and shows them in the league statistics table. The heat average is calculated from the points and rides of the whole season, never as an average of averages.

Alongside the league a team arranges its own matches at any time. The waiting room pairs you with another manager — and in a friendly, when nobody suitable is waiting, the game fields a club of its own, so a friendly always takes place.

A ranking match counts towards the club ranking and is the competitive way to measure the squad against another manager.

A friendly match carries no ranking consequence. It is there to try a line-up, a playing style or a formation without risking the position.

Opponents are matched by team strength, the average overall rating of the athletes the match squad fields. Every ten seconds the game lines up all waiting teams by that strength and pairs neighbors, starting from the two closest to each other. A manager on the Platinum plan is served first. Teams already playing a match never enter the draw.

A Platinum manager is paired first: when several teams wait for the same rival, the draw serves the Platinum ones before everybody else.

In a friendly the manager who sends the invitation hosts. In a ranking match the lower-rated team hosts and the stronger one travels.

Home and away alternate. A team that hosted its previous match of the same kind travels to the next one, and the other way round; ranking and friendly matches are counted separately. When both teams claim the same role, the one that has been waiting longer keeps it.

An empty waiting room is not a failure. In a friendly, when no rival joins within the waiting window, the game arranges the match against a club the game itself runs. A ranking match is only ever played between the teams of managers, so there the match waits for a person. The daily limit still applies.

Every plan grants its own number of matches per day, counted separately for ranking and friendly matches. The limits reset at the start of the game day.

Every ranking match moves both teams along the ladder. Points are added for a win and taken away for a loss; they never fall below zero.

What the ladder rewards is the upset. The game measures how far the winner sat below its rival in the ranking and how much weaker its squad was, and pays out accordingly — beating a stronger, higher-placed team is worth several times more than beating one you were expected to beat.

A loss always costs less than a win pays, so one bad night never undoes a season. Climbing takes a run of results, and so does falling.

A team that plays no ranking match for two weeks starts losing a small share of its points every week, so an abandoned ladder position slowly frees itself up.

Positions are recalculated the moment points change, and the ranking board shows how many places each team moved since the previous recalculation.

Athletes aged 10 to 15 belong to the academy. They train with the team and grow, but they do not play matches until they turn 16.

Every academy receives ten-year-old prospects. You either accept one, which turns them into an athlete of your team, or turn them down, which removes the offer for good.

Each competition has its own minimum age: friendly matches from 13, ranking matches from 15 and league matches from 16. The squad screen only offers the athletes old enough for the competition you are arranging.

Technique and experience grow in matches alone. A league match teaches the most, a ranking match less, a friendly the least, and an experienced trainer speeds the whole squad up. Experience grows slightly faster than technique, and the higher an attribute stands the harder it is to raise — nobody ever reaches the top of the scale.

How much an athlete takes out of a match also depends on how they played. Their statistics are compared with everybody else on the pitch, from both teams: above the average they learn faster, below it slower. An athlete who never came on learns nothing.

Each day an athlete learns from one league match, two ranking matches and three friendlies. Further matches the same day still count as appearances but teach nothing. The counters open again at midnight.

In friendly and ranking matches the class of the rival counts: a game against a much weaker side teaches far less, and against one four times weaker it teaches nothing at all. In the league the fixture list picks the rival, so the rule does not apply there.

Every win and every defeat moves the morale of the athletes who took part.

An athlete has one specialization within their sport — a goalkeeper in football, a setter in volleyball, a bowler in cricket or a sniper in esports, for example — and it never changes. In the sports played in a formation — football, futsal, handball, ice hockey, rugby and volleyball — the position for a given match is handed out by the lineup: every place carries the position of the chosen formation. You may field anyone anywhere, a goalkeeper out in the field included, but when the place asks for another specialization the athlete loses 30% of their technique and half of their experience for that match. The loss lives in that match alone and nothing is written to the athlete for good. In every other sport a place in the lineup asks for no specialization.

You set the lineup by filling places, and you can view it as a list or on the pitch. In speedway, ice speedway and esports these are numbered slots, and each one only accepts a player allowed to take it. In the other sports you fill places on the pitch and the game recognises the formation from where the players stand. When the same arrangement fits several formations, you choose one of them; an arrangement that fits none cannot be saved. Click a place to pick a player from a list with the natural players for that position at the top, or drag a player onto an occupied place to swap the two. A player removed from the lineup is left out of the matchday squad.

Every lineup place carries a label with its number or the shorthand of its position and the full name, for example "RB · Right back". When a player plays outside his natural position, the game shows a warning next to him.

Below the lineup you name the set piece takers: penalties, free kicks and corners in football and futsal, penalties and corners in beach soccer, penalties in handball, faceoffs in ice hockey and goal kicks in rugby. The named player takes them while he is on the pitch; without one, the game picks the taker. In beach soccer the fouled player always takes the free kick.

Ice hockey splits the lineup into four lines, P1 to P4, with the goalkeeper standing outside the numbered line and the backup goalkeeper taking the last place. In speedway and ice speedway places one to five (S) go to seniors, riders of 22 and older, or to juniors aged 16 to 21; place six (J) to a junior only; place seven (J) to a junior or an adept, a rider of 15 or younger; place eight (R) to the reserve. A senior never takes a junior place, and an adept takes neither a senior place nor place six. A line-up breaking these rules cannot be saved. An adept riding in place seven scores double points for the team. An adept never rides as a tactical substitute or as the joker.

While a match is being played the manager of a team taking part gives orders from the match page. An order is carried into the match and takes effect as soon as the sport allows, so it reaches the simulation as a plain number, not as a wish.

You give orders in the Tactics panel on the match page. On the Orders tab you choose an Action, and the panel shows only the fields that action needs. The Game plan tab shows the tactical rules at work in this match, and a manager who is still learning tactics sees tips at the bottom of the panel. The Pending and Refused counters in the panel header show the orders waiting to be carried out and those the match turned down; click a counter to see the list.

A newer order replaces an older one of the same kind before either takes effect. An order about a named athlete replaces only the earlier order about that same athlete, so praising one athlete never cancels a substitution of another.

The playing style switches between defensive, balanced and offensive. An offensive team plays with more fighting spirit and presses harder in attack, but leaves more space at the back and tires sooner. A defensive team saves its strength and plays with more composure, but threatens the opponent less often.

The formation switches to another arrangement the sport supports. A side that keeps more athletes back defends better and attacks worse.

Every athlete plays a match with a certain confidence. It starts from their morale, and during the match it is moved by your words and by the athlete's own plays. A confident athlete plays their game. An overconfident one loses vigilance and makes mistakes more easily, while an unsure one dares fewer attacks and plays cautiously. In the orders panel you see next to each name how confidently the athlete plays, and an arrow shows whether that confidence is rising or falling. Without new impulses, confidence settles back to normal over time.

Praise gives an athlete confidence. It helps an unsure athlete most: they regain belief and their morale rises. An athlete who already plays confidently is easy to over-praise — they grow overconfident and lose vigilance. You can only praise a player who is in the game, never one on the bench.

A scolding takes an athlete's confidence away. Given at the right moment, when the athlete is overconfident, it restores their vigilance and lifts their morale. Scolding an athlete who plays confidently costs a little morale, and it breaks an unsure one: they lose morale and dare even fewer plays. Every further well-timed word to the same athlete lifts morale less, so it cannot be pumped up forever. You can only scold a player who is in the game.

An athlete's own plays move their confidence too. It rises after a goal in football, futsal, beach soccer and ice hockey, after a try in rugby, for a goalkeeper after a saved penalty and for a rider after a good place in a heat. A missed penalty and last place in a heat lower it, but they never push an athlete into doubt — only you can do that. Only the confidence of the athlete the play belongs to changes, never that of the whole team, so a lead does not feed itself.

Experienced athletes react more calmly: praise, scolding and their own plays move their confidence less. The captain is steadier still.

In a break of the match you can talk to the whole team once: encourage it or demand more. A team talk works like a word to every athlete at once, only softer, and by the same rules: unsure athletes need a lift and overconfident ones a firm word. The team talk is available in the disciplines with breaks in the match: football, futsal, beach soccer, handball, basketball, ice hockey, rugby and cricket.

Every sport follows its own rule, taken from the governing body of that sport. A substitution takes effect as soon as the sport allows one.

In esports the sixth player is the substitute, and a series is played over five maps drawn from ten. Each map rewards a different combination of the players' attributes, so the substitute is worth bringing in for the map that suits them. The substitution is applied before the next map.

In speedway and ice speedway the reserve has no programmed rides and may stand in for another rider at most four times per match — every one of their rides counts. A senior reserve stands in for a rider on a senior place (1–5 and 9–13), a junior included, but not for a rider on a youth place; a junior reserve stands in for a senior or a junior but never for an adept. The reserve cannot be nominated for the fifteenth heat, but may replace a nominated rider in it. When a side trails by six points or more, every rider — the reserve included — may ride one heat in place of another once per match as a tactical substitution; at ten points or more one rider may ride one heat in place of another once per match as the joker, scoring double. A senior may not ride this way in place of a junior or an adept. Right after heat 14 each side nominates its two best riders for heat 15 — by points in the match, then bonuses, then overall rating — so there is time for a change before it starts. A rider injured in a fall or left without a working motorcycle rides no more heats: in each of them he is excluded for being late to the start, and nobody rides in his place unless you send the reserve or a tactical substitute. These are the house rules of the game's league, inspired by the Polish league.

In speedway and ice speedway every rider also brings a motorcycle, rated from 70 to 100. The rider sets it up themselves, so the less experienced they are the more often they get the setup wrong, while a veteran gets it close to right almost every time. The machine wears down a little with every ride, and now and then a bad batch of engine or carburettor parts gives a rider a bad spell that lasts a few rides before it is sorted out. A good motorcycle is worth a little speed and keeps the engine failures away; it never wins the meeting on its own.

Scouting is how you find and judge new talent — the longer a scout watches an athlete, the more you learn.

As observation progresses from 0% to 100%, more detailed information about the athlete is revealed.

Assign a scout, set search criteria, observe athletes, and receive recommendations.

Transfers are how athletes change clubs — you buy them from another team or sell your own.

Permanent transfers are available during weeks 7–10; with the league concluded in week 9, the window stays open throughout the whole of week 10. Offers include transfer fee, signing fee, salary, and bonuses.

Every day you get one candidate to consider. There is never more than one waiting.

Staff candidates are former athletes (age 40–45) who ended their career. Retired athletes cannot be recruited.

Athlete candidates are young talents that can be added to the team roster.

On the commodity exchange you buy and sell gold, silver, oil, copper and uranium.

Commodity prices change every hour. Gold is the most stable, while Uranium has the highest volatility.

More stable commodities carry lower risk, while more volatile ones can bring greater profits or greater losses.

Your club can buy and sell commodities to earn money. Buy low and sell high to maximize your profits.