Sports Interactive has released a first proper trailer for Football Manager 26, giving a look at the on pitch matchday experience. It shows us the switch to Unity engine with the on the pitch action being much more fluid compared to Football Manager 24, and the player representation being a bit more detailed. Have a look and see what you think.
As you can imagine, getting the game to look its very best will require some power, and the PC requirements have been confirmed. They are as follows.
Minimum (Windows):
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:Â Windows 10 (with updates 22H2), Windows 11 (with updates 23H2)
Processor:Â Desktop: Intel Core i3-530 or AMD FX-4100 Laptop: Intel Core i3-330M or AMD A6-5200 Requires SSE4.2 & SSSE3
Memory:Â 4 GB RAM
Graphics:Â Desktop: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 380 or Intel HD 530 Laptop: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M or AMD Radeon R9 M375 or Intel HD 530 512MiB VRAM
DirectX:Â Version 11
Storage:Â 20 GB available space
Recommended (Windows):
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11 – with updates (23H2)
Processor:Â Desktop: Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Laptop: Intel Core i5-1035G7 or AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
Memory:Â 12 GB RAM
Graphics:Â Desktop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Laptop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile or AMD Radeon RX 6600M
DirectX:Â Version 11
Storage:Â 20 GB available space
Minimum (macOS):
OS:Â 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura, 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia – with updates
Processor:Â Apple M1 or Intel Core M
Memory:Â 4 GB RAM
Graphics:Â Desktop: Apple M1 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M or Intel HD Graphics 5000 or AMD FirePro D300 Laptop: Apple M1 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M or Intel HD Graphics 5000
Storage:Â 20 GB available space
Recommended (macOS):
OS: 13 Ventura, 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia – with updates
Processor:Â Apple M1
Memory:Â 12 GB RAM
Graphics:Â 1GiB VRAM, Apple M1
Storage:Â 20 GB available space
Football Manager 26 follows Football Manager 24, after Football Manager 25 was cancelled due to a myriad of issues, including issues with moving to the Unity engine and cutting content like international management. There is currently no release date for Football Manager 26.
