Another night, another bout of testing.
So here's a thing. I was reading about the PC patch, and that
@Matt10 suggested that, after playing a Kick Off game, his gameplay almost seemed to "reset" to a slower speed.
Now since I bought the game and played my first few games on SLOW etc., I've been convinced it suddenly started playing faster and with strange differences.
Tonight, I played a Kick Off game, and then started a new Career Mode save from scratch. The first game I played, on Legendary, SLOW, with almost default sliders... It was absolutely sensational. The AI finished with 68% pass accuracy and it felt right. (And I scored my favourite goal yet - see below.)
I then went back into Kick Off mode to play a "rematch" of that Career Mode game, with NO FURTHER CHANGES, and... The AI was hitting laser passes again.
I've put together a video and the difference is subtle, but look at how the AI pass the ball around a little more in the first match with less accuracy, then control/hit the passes way more quickly in the second match.
(Here's the goal I mentioned... Please forgive the wailing, I didn't know I'd left that "record microphone when recording game footage" option ticked after doing the PES review...)