Real Football Simulator

A free football managerial game

Welcome to the home of Rinaldo's brand new project

After many years of tools development for FIFA modding, I decided to start the project of my own game: "Real Football Simulator" (RFS). RFS is a managerial game, it can be played as a stand-alone game but, if you own FIFA 16, RFS can take the control of your FIFA 16, so you can play your next match in FIFA 16 and automatically import back the result. Take a look about how RFS works in this video.

✨DB Update for 2025-26 season available from the download page (updated 15 Sep 2025)✨

This is a DB update for version RFS 1.22, it includes the transfers for the 2025-26 season, for a better experience it is recommended you set the first transfer market window to the winter session. Installation is very simple, just unzip the RFS.DB file and copy it in your <MyDocument>\RFS\DB folder, then start a new career and enjoy.

Release 1.22 is now available from the download page

(updated 23 June 2025)

The old season is over and you can't wait to start the 2025-26 season ? You are ready to fight for the FIFA World Club but you don't want to play a full season before to go there? The new release is here for you. It will allow you to start the 2025-26 season and to play the FIFA World Club immediately.

This DB has the same rosters of 2024-25 season, so you can decide who to sell or buy and which loans you want to keep or return to the loaning team. Remember to enable the market during the 1st summer session for a better experience.

All the players skills have been updated using the latest FC25 DB.

All the leagues have been updated with promotions and relegations (disclaim: some teams may be assigned incorrectly if the play-off matches are not complete yet)

These are not the only news. Thanks to the collaboration with Murillo 14, I have improved the management of Overlays and I also provided, as a separate package, many overlays for the main competition ready to use with RFS. Just download the package and extract the files in the RFS\Overlays folder (instructions in the readme.txt file of the package).

Another improvement is related with custom stadiums, we already have a package with many custom stadiums ready to work with RFS but the camera positions are often incorrect (obscured by crowd or stadium elements). This version includes a patch that widely improve the situation and the majority of the custom stadiums are now shown properly. This is only a preliminary step while for RFS 2.0 I am planning the possibility to optimize the camera for every stadium.

Last but not least, this version supports several debug messages explaining what is going wrong in game execution that can be useful to identify problems for database modders.

I hope you will enjoy this summer update while I am working to a brand new RFS 2.0 series planned for September.

If you are new to RFS, I recommend you take a look to the Getting Started file.

RFS Master 1.12 is available from the download page (updated 23 Jun 2025)

RFS Master is a RFS Database editor with a Graphic User Interface similar to the well known Creation Master for FIFA 16.

RFS Resources (updated 23 Jun 2025)

The download page now includes a section for RFS Resources where I will share RFS extensions, stadiums and other stuff made by the Community.

If you like this project, support its maintenance and development with a Donation

What's next ? Go to the polls page

Vote for the new features to develop in RFS, choose one of the listed ones or make your own proposal. The order of implementation will depend from the number of requests but also from the complexity, complex requests may require more time to be implemented.

Main Features

No Limits Please!

No built-in limits

No limitation in terms of leagues, teams or players. The only limit will be the memory and the power of your PC

Fully Editable Database

The database is fully editable and documented, you can add leagues, teams and players yourself.

FIFA 16 Integration

Play Matches in FIFA 16

RFS will take control of FIFA 16 environment and launch FIFA 16 for playing your next match. The result is automatically imported in RFS, as well as players performance.

Play CPU vs CPU

When playing in FIFA 16, you can control your team or just watch the game played by CPU vs CPU.

Play any match

Every match can be played in FIFA 16 even if you are not the manager of the playing teams. For example you can go and watch a match with a player of another team that you would like to buy or play the Champions League final just because you like it.

Playing Modes

Start managing a team
You can start to play managing any team of your choice

Wait for a call
You can start without managing any team and wait for a call from a team of your preferred league.

Be an observer
In this playing mode you do not manage any team but you can watch all the competitions and to play, if you want , any match in FIFA 16.

Players

Dynamic Player Overall

The player overall value changes dynamically during the season according to his form, fatigue and self-confidence.

Realistic Injury System

RFS has a realistic injury system based on real world injury statistics. Your medical team will take care of injured players and their recovery.

Dynamic Player Appearance

Players appearance changes over time, they can change their hair style or their facial hair and they become older (feature not implemented yet)

Training and Tactics

Tactics in Natural Language

You can choose among over 60 different tactics to play with. You can also give instructions in natural language, to the team and to individual players. They will be understood and applied in FIFA 16 so the team will play according to your instructions.

Realistic Training System

RFS has a realistic training system based on the concept of supercompensation where intensity and recovery time affects the effectiveness of the training.

Kits and Sponsors

Dynamic Kits

Your team kits are changed at every season. Take a look to the proposals of your technical sponsor and choose your preferred style.

Dynamic Sponsor

The technical sponsor of your team can change over time as well as the main sponsor. Sign the contract as a Director or just enjoy your brand new kit.

Transfer Market

Realistic Market Values

Market values are defined on statistics reproducing the real world dynamics. The market value of a player depends not only from his age and reputation but also increases or decreases according to his performance.

Simple to Play

Intuitive playing

Confused about the many things you have to do for playing a managerial game ? Don't worry, your personal assistant will provide you a “To Do List” with all the actions you have to do for moving forward. Exploit the AI of the game and delegate functions to your staff, you can always advocate them to you later.

... and more

Yes, I have many other features in the backlog but I cannot put them all in one page... stay tuned!

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