EA Sports College Football 25is now available on early access, and the ability to choose between different match difficulty settings is handy for those just jumping in.

After roughly a decade, a new college football video game has been released. Whether you’re playing the casual exhibition matches or the ultra-competitive Ultimate Team mode, you can tweak the difficulty of the matches (with few exceptions). Let’s take a look at all available options and what they have to offer.

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College Football 25 difficulty modes explained

There are four options of game difficulty to choose from.

Freshman is the easiest difficulty ofCollege Football 25, while Heisman provides the hardest challenge to players. A question often arises—which is the best difficulty? Unfortunately, there’s no such thing, but I believe there are certain factors to consider that will help you choose the correct game difficulty settings.

How to change difficulty in College Football 25?

When you start the game for the first time, you’ll have to choose one of the four difficulty modes. Don’t worry – even if you make a wrong choice, you can change it later.

Do note that the difficulty level of your choice is applicable in all games, barring those where you’re playing againstother human opponents.

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