Many of you may already know what FIFA mods and patches are and how to play with them, but for those that have no idea, this article will sort the matter for you. It is no secret that FIFA titles severely lack in certain departments and the focus is normally on features most players don’t want to use or see. So, how do you get the features you want in your favourite FIFA game? Simple, you add them! Thanks to the magic of modding, it is super easy to play FIFA exactly the way you want. Here’s why mods and patches are the way to play FIFA, and any other game if possible, and how to go about it.

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What is a Mod/Patch?

A game mod is, simply put, a package/file that modifies the vanilla game. It can be anything, from gameplay to graphical changes and the idea of mods is to enhance the gameplay experiences. Graphics can include kits, player faces, banners, balls, boots, adboards or 2D faces aka minifaces.

Patches are essentially the same thing with just minor changes in what they do and are also a part of mods. These mods are created by modders of the gaming community who pursue modding as a hobby and do it out of the love of the game and the fanbase.

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How Do They Work?

Mods can either improve the mechanics of the game or provide visual enhancements. Take FIFA for example. There are gameplay mods out there that help in improving the AI level and creating a more natural flowing match. Some mods focus on the mechanics and help tweak the AI for the boardroom, players, youth academy, etc. You can also find mods that do it all in one single package.

Then you have the visual mods that help give you skins, overlays, tournament themes and more. You can even get player faces, boots, kits, etc. to make your gameplay more immersive. Installing mods is super easy and all you need is some basic knowledge in how they work and how to install them. Please note that mods can be used only on PCs and do not work on consoles.

Mods are script and data files that are installed into the game so that the game can read them and change the way it works. You need a software to install and run mods and that is Paulv2k4 Modding Tool. Install the software and link it to your FIFA application and you’re good to go! Each mod needs to be installed by the software before you can run your game and that will take some time to occur. Let’s just say, the installation is long enough for you to go spend some time over at luckynuggetcasino.com, but hopefully your computer is kind to you!

FIFA 21 Mods You Must Try Out

Now that you know the basics, it’s time for some of our top recommendations. Here are a few mods/patches we think you should definitely use for FIFA 21:

Perhaps THE most essential mod for any FIFA title, Aranaktu’ Live Editor is a blessing in disguise for the hardcore FIFA players. Using his Live Editor and Cheat Table, players can virtually change anything and everything in the game, from player stats to player bios and even add tattoos and new faces to the game with the correct files. Make sure you download this now!

This is for all you career mode fans out there. Paul is a modding veteran in the FIFA community and his latest iteration for FIFA 21 promises to improve Career Mode to great lengths. Paul’s mod helps improve transfers, contracts, youth academy and much more. Definitely give it a try if you wish to have a better career mode experience.

The other extension of Paul’s mod, the gameplay mod focuses on the match AI explicitly rather than game mechanics. The mod helps improve player/AI movement, improves AI decision making, enhances the outcomes of shooting, blocking and intercepting as well as improve player roles such as goalkeepers and centre-backs. If sliders just don’t cut for you or if you want a more natural football experience, do check this mod out.

The FIFA 21 National and Club patch is designed to add new teams and competitions. The mod adds 77 new national teams from many zones with their kits and banners and also adds prestigious competitions into the game, including the Club World Cup!

The Unlock, Expansion & Licensing Mod is a mod primarily created by SomersGaming in collaboration with others. This mod is paradise for RTG Lovers as it brings the Vanarama National League to FIFA 21 (replacing the Argentine league) as well as a few unlicensed teams getting properly licensed along with the pre-season tournaments. Go give it a shot right now!

For European league fans, and more specifically the German ones, you can try EEP 21! The mod will add Regionalliga (4th German division) in FIFA 21 and includes many graphic updates like new kits, banners, adboards or minifaces for the rest of European leagues. Serie B is also fully included and you can start a new Career Mode save from the bottom and work your way up to Serie A.

• BONUS: FIFA 21 Nintendo Switch Patch by diazjesux

If you’re playing FIFA 21 on Nintendo Switch, fear not as there’s something for you as well! Thanks to diazjesux and the modding community, you can now download and install his patch that includes various updates to unlicensed teams like Juventus or AS Roma. Also Serie B has been added and a full realistic Brasileirao Serie A. Moreover, hundreds of banners, kits and minifaces have been added!

We hope you have fun trying out these mods for FIFA 21. If you are still playing older titles, worry not! There are mods out there for most of the past titles! Head on over to our Download Centre and browse through our collection!

FIFA 21 might be about scoring goals and winning games, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look stylish while you're doing it. So whether you're schooling your mates in online mode, kicking-off a new career or building a winning squad on FUT, you want to look the business.

Fashion matters, and that’s still the same in the virtual world.

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Here’s a look at our 10 best kits on FIFA 21…

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10. Kaizer Chiefs (home)

Kaizer Chiefs’ home kit is a refreshing change from the mundane strips most clubs prefer these days. The South African side have followed up last year's tiger stripe pattern with another vibrant design which brilliantly captures the club's dominance in African football.

This season's strip features the classic waspish colouring, with a jagged, black flame stretching down from the shoulders into the yellow torso. It's menacing and we're big fans.

9. Manchester United (away)

The 'Zebra kit' as it's come to be known, might not be to everybody's tastes but, on a game like FIFA, what's the point in opting for the mundane, the plain, the ordinary?

Manchester United's bizarre and brilliant away kit is exactly what a computer game kit should look like. If anything, it's more suited to the virtual world than in real life. Why not pair the world's weirdest kit with some strange signings on career mode while you're at it? David Luiz at centre-back, Mark Noble breaking down play in the middle of the park - the possibilities are endless...

8. Inter Milan (home)

The same vintage black and navy stripes... only some genius has made them into zig-zags! The Inter home kit looks phenomenal in real life as it attempts to contain the meaty torso of Romelu Lukaku, so why not sign a few more beefcakes and see if it's a common theme? Adebayo Akinfenwa might not have much pace in his locker, but this is Serie A - famously the slowest of Europe's top five leagues.

Just imagine those biceps in this instant Inter classic.

7. Real Madrid (away)

Every club tries out baby pink at some point. Juventus did in 03/04, Manchester United gave it a whirl more recently. Now it's Real Madrid's turn.

In real life, baby pink kits always feel like some bold statement about masculinity and fashion. In the FIFA series, though, they just look cool. Feel like taking a break from the classic all-white look? You need something a bit different, a little more colourful, a little more pink. We know just the thing.

6. Monaco (third)

Monaco have had some of the coolest kits in world football down the years but this season's third kit is one of our all-time favourites.

They might no longer have some of the best talents in world football (James Rodriguez, Kylian Mbappe and Benjamin Mendy are just a few of the team's more high-profile departures over the past 10 years) but you can change all of that on career mode.

Signing the best players and then popping them in this gorgeous yellow and navy Kappa design is a must on the latest editions of FIFA.

5. Ajax (away)

Another of our favourites released during the summer. It's hard to do grey and make it look cool and, while we usually think colourful kits look much better on FIFA than the plainer ones, this Ajax away strip is so retro it still gets a thumbs up from us.

Playing as the Dutch club on FIFA is a winner anyway, given the quality of players that come through the youth ranks every season, but now there's an additional reason. There's barely a better dressed team on the planet this year, with the home and third choice kits also winners this season.

4. Barcelona (home)

A desperate, retro hark-back to the golden collared days of Pep, that Wembley win and the days of Barcelona's undisputed status as the greatest team on Earth. Sad as the club's latest home shirt may be, we at FFT love it.

It's chunky stripes and the aforementioned collar are genuinely cool, and as this may be one of the last editions of FIFA in which Lionel Messi dons the famous red and blue shirt, it's well worth firing up a season and enjoying the wee maestro for as long as possible in the threads he was born to wear.

3. Malaga (away)

Well, this is obviously among the coolest kits in the world. Malaga might not have the cash or the status - they're sadly a second division club these days - to attract even second rate stars these days, but FIFA needn't mirror reality.

Start a career with the Spaniards and turn them into the snappiest-dressing world-beaters the world has ever seen. Just imagine Neymar in this devilishly-cool green and purple magic eye of an away strip? He'd actually love it, to be fair.

2. Forest Green Rovers

Known, first and foremost, for their energy-saving, environmentally-conscious, vegan-menu-offering ways, Forest Green Rovers have now got a sensational kit to go with their status as one of the world's coolest clubs.

This is one of those kits that look incredible in high-def, on a big screen, on a sunny day at the Bernabéu. It wouldn't ever happen in real life, but a few seasons on career mode should have you in the upper echelons of the game in no time, and right where this amazing strip belongs.

1. Fluminense (home)

Where do we begin? The cool collar, the classic colour combo, the fact there isn't even a sponsor? We love every single stitch of it.

Fluminense might just have the best home kit on the planet this season. The green and red looks especially great in high-def. Even if you don't know a thing about the Brazilian league, you'll be tempted to give a career with the Rio-based side a go. If not, they'll look the part in a one off friendly-match-stroke-kit-off with Forest Green Rovers.

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