Disagree, the lack of continuation of momentum and spin makes it look like they've modelled the physics on a sponge, there is so much weight and friction it's too heavy, the ball speed is too slow in every aspect, feels like it's being played on another planet with higher gravitational pull. I don't think it represents modern footballs well in the slightest. FIFA feels about 3 generations ahead in terms of ball physics, it's just a shame their player movement is so horrendous.
I would add more than ball speed, the lack of different speed regarding the physics or all relative to kicking, with the exception of some volleys, screamer with a special shoot move.
Kicking in general feels like the ball is pushed. Before, and not only related to PES 21 : you could feel the difference between a ball kicked or pushed strong, and kicked or pushed weak.
In EF, everything seems to be pushed stronger or weaker like there's no "kicking" but "pushing stronger/weaker". Only on some volley or special shoot.
The relation ball with feet is missing one very important thing, even when you're dribbling, in everything : the "tac-tac" kicking/hitting vs the ball pushed with for example the flat of the feet. On EF it feels always pushed, no variation except special moves.
That's not at all how a football ball flows all the ground. How the ball is always redirected. Sometimes a ball could feel light but fast/heavy but fast and the same for slow. That's what kicking and pushing variance / or sometimes both like pushed/kicked at 60/40 is you understand where i'm aiming to, there's shades.
It's repetitive with words and annoying to read sorry for that, but i can't explain in another way.
So in brief:
>The ball is pushed on pass practically always, and there's way rarely some hits/kick, strong or weak. Even while shooting : it's exceptional when a ball is "hit": the ball feel just pushed stronger in general. The ball feels like a rubber ball or a ball full of water.
PS/ I forgot the acceleration/deceleration ball relative to it. Then one clip from PES 21 modded vs 3 from unmodded EF where there's volley : and i can't see at all what's really better. It's the opposite, i always see a like a "push" in EF shoot, like if it's omnipresent.
In general so, all relative to the flowing feet vs ball seems like a "push" and very exceptionally a "hit" and that variation was one of their strong point before. That's practically the essence of a foot-ball and what happen when you play(ed) IRL with your friends with a poor basic ball you took from your 8th division club of your city with a or in a professional match with the latest Adidas model of ball.
Just for that variance which exist since Iss Pro Evo, the ball physics is in any ways better than his predecessors.
Because what's missing is practically the essence of how a football ball reacts, omnipresent (again) on the pitch.