📢 Motion Soccer 1.15: The Full Referee Experience
This is one of the biggest updates we have ever made for Referee Mode. We have not only changed how refereeing works: we have also added a completely new way to be part of the officiating team.
THE TWO BIG FEATURES
🧑⚖️ 1) REFEREE WITH WHISTLE, CARDS AND REAL GESTURES We have completely reworked how refereeing works in Motion Soccer so it feels much closer to how a real referee acts on the pitch. Until now, when you called something, time froze and you used the tablet to choose the decision. It was clear and easy to understand, but it was not the real way to referee a match. Now every decision can be made using the real tools of a referee: whistle, cards and official gestures. No strange menus, no magical shortcuts.
Signal throw-ins by extending your arm in the attacking direction.
Show cards by grabbing them and presenting them to the player.
Use the whistle, your body language and official gestures to manage the match.
Referee more naturally, more physically and much closer to real football.
And don’t worry if you do not know the official gestures yet. If you blow the whistle and are not sure what to do, wait a few seconds and the tablet will appear to help you.
Choose what you saw.
Watch the official gesture with a clear animation.
Imitate it.
Confirm the decision.
Learn real football refereeing step by step while playing.
The goal is simple: after a few matches, you should be able to officiate a full game using only your whistle, your cards and your gestures. More natural. More immersive. Much more satisfying. And if you prefer the classic tablet-based system, you can still enable it from the options menu.
🚩 2) NEW ROLE: ASSISTANT REFEREE
You can now switch to the assistant referee role by pressing GRIP inside Referee Mode. This completely changes the experience. You carry the flag, follow the match from the sideline and try to stay aligned with the offside line to help the referee in key situations.
Signal offsides.
Signal fouls.
Signal throw-ins.
Signal corners.
Signal penalties.
Help the referee with key decisions.
And yes, being an assistant referee is much harder than it looks when you are watching the replay from the couch. The assistant referee system also uses real official gestures. If you do not know how to signal something, press trigger, freeze the play and the tablet will guide you step by step so you can learn the correct gesture. This update lets you experience the full refereeing team: main referee, assistant referee, communication, pressure, decisions… and at least one player absolutely convinced he was not offside.
⚽ ALSO IN THIS UPDATE
⏱️ ADDED TIME IN REFEREE MODE
Referee Mode now shows the added time calculated by the system,
This helps you manage the final minutes of the match more clearly,
Thanks to @GiorgioPM for the feedback,
📯 MORE SPECIAL WHISTLES
We have added several new special whistles.
You can choose them from the Chaos Lab options.
They can be used both in Referee Mode and when playing as a footballer.
We love realistic football… but if a match needs a completely ridiculous whistle to reach its true potential, we are not going to get strict now.
🤖 THE AI HAS LEARNED OFFICIAL GESTURES TOO
The AI-controlled referee now performs the proper official gestures.
Assistant referees controlled by the AI have also improved their signals.
If you are going to referee like a professional, they were not going to keep signaling things like they were trying to hail a taxi.
📏 BETTER HEIGHT AUTO-CALIBRATION IN EXPERT MODE
Height auto-calibration in Expert Mode is now more stable and accurate.
Thanks to @peachfuzz and 聖CJ_The_King01聖 [GOD] for the feedback.
🥊 MORE BELIEVABLE PLAYER BRAWLS
Player brawls have been improved.
They now feel more realistic and better connected to the tension of the match.
Nothing too wild, but enough for the referee to step in and restore order.
This update is all about making refereeing feel real.
Use the whistle.
Use the cards.
Use the gestures.
Raise the flag.
Become part of the full officiating team.