NHL sliders maintain a little-known modern tradition in EA sports games. By inputting specific parameters in the settings menu, you can tailor the NHL 25 experience to your liking – making it more difficult, or more realistic, or both. That’s what we’re aiming to do here. The numbers below should increase the challenge found within EA’s new ice hockey sim, and bolster authenticity too. All is explained in your NHL 25 sliders guide.How to input NHL 25 sliders You’ll know how this works if you’ve sampled our guides to Madden 25 sliders and College Football 25 sliders. All you need in terms of applying NHL 25 sliders is found in the settings menus. Jump into the game, then scroll down to the small Settings square on the left of the screen. The two key tabs are Game Settings and Gameplay Sliders. Go into these, then match the headings on the list below to each respective entry. Be sure to press R3 once you’re done, in order to save these sliders as a preset.If no value is listed here than leave that slider at the default level. Once you’ve made the necessary changes, play a few exhibition games to test out the new feel of the game. In this way you can further tweak the experience to your liking. Wondering who to use in those practice matches? Dip into our NHL 25 best teams guide. Best NHL 25 sliders for realism Game SettingsPeriod Length: 6 minutesDifficulty: All-StarCamera: Dynamic MediumShootout Camera: MediumGameplay Sliders: GeneralGameplay Version: LatestGameplay Presets: (Custom Preset)Broken Stick Frequency: 35*Game Speed: 3/6*Fatigue Effect: 60/50Fatigue Recovery: 50/50SkatingBack Skating: 75Puck Carrier Agility: 45Puck Carrier Skating: 50Player Acceleration: 40/40ShootingOne Timer Accuracy: 45/45Shot Accuracy: 50/50Slap Shot Power: 55/55PassingPass Assist: 65/65Min Pass Speed: 35/35Max Pass Speed: 65/65Saucer Pass Speed: 45/45Pass Accuracy: 10/51Pass Reception Ease: 30/30Puck Control Rating Effect: 70/70Puck Speed Reception Effect: 60/60Bouncing Puck Receptions: 40/40Puck ControlPuck Control: 20/20Deking Impact: 60/60Spin Deke Impact: 65/65GoaliesGoalie Cover Frequency: 70Goalie Passing: 48CheckingBoard Effect Non-Puck Carrier: 50Board Effect Puck Carrier: 5Stumble Threshold: 70Agression: 45/45Hitting Power: 7/10Size Effect: 55/55Preparedness Effect: 55/55Incidental Contact Effect: 70/70Stick Lift Effectiveness: 80/80PenaltiesCPU Penalties: 85CPU Teammate Penalties: 55Tripping: 30/30Slashing: 20/20Elbowing: 85/85High Sticking: 100/100Cross Checking: 90/90Boarding: 95/95Charging: 85/85Delay of Game: 60/60Holding: 70/70Hooking: 85/85Interference: 90/90NHL 25 sliders credits As with our previous sliders guides, we need to pay tribute to the guys and girls at Operation Sports. Their forums are full of fans experimenting with parameters that switch up sports sims, and these NHL ones were heavily influenced by Al_Tito13 and Pearly.
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