Another welcome overhaul is that foot races are much less predictable. It’s no secret that an overreliance on pace has continually hampered the series. However, rather than put the brakes on the likes of Neymar, a new feature FIFA 23 coins, AcceleRATE, splits players into three different speed categories: explosive, controlled and lengthy. With enough space, this allows a rangy runner like Virgil Van Dijk to make up ground and win the ball ahead of someone with more of an explosive standing start, such as Kylian Mbappé.

Also set to get tongues wagging is the addition of a Power Shot, AKA thunderbastard mode, which you activate by pressing L1+R1 at the same time as shooting. It takes an age to animate and you’ll need optimum precision as you need to aim your shot manually. The key is knowing exactly when to use it.

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Accuracy is absolutely crucial for success on FIFA 23. There are more ways to score than ever – including downward volleys into the ground and new types of diving headers – but mistime a connection and you leave yourself at risk of looking pathetically Sunday League, hitting thin air as your hopes, dreams and that inch-perfect cross sail past you all at once.

Score a worldie, on the other hand, and you might even bag yourself an AR intelligence replay, which annotates spectacular finishes in slow-mo with lines of trajectory, degrees of curvature and a speed clock. Could this help banish the scourge of the ‘sweaty goal’? I certainly attempted more long-range efforts than I normally would in the hope of unlocking the souped-up replay.

It might have been a while since we first saw Roberto Carlos bending a freekick on FIFA, but the Brazilian would no doubt approve of the new aim mechanics on free kicks and corners. Such is the level of control when using the right stick to decide what part of the ball to make contact with and how you’d like to bend or swerve it buy FUT 23 coins, you might as well be putting Tiger Woods on corner duty.