Best College Football 25 settings and controls: Passing, defense, and camera

College Football 25 lets you adjust your controls to your liking, including forpassing,defense, and the camera — and some settings are clearly the best to use out on the football field.

EA has created an authentic experience with College Football 25. These are college kids on the field, not professional athletes and it shows. It’s hard to make tackles, a quarterback can bomb deep passes with ease, and crowd atmosphere plays a significant factor in aplayer’scomposure.

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Given how different gameplay is compared toMadden, you’ll need to approach choosing controls and settings with a slightly new perspective.

Best passing settings in College Football 25

There are four different types of passing options in College Football 25. EA advertised Revamped Passing because it’s the system created for this title and combines player ratings and pass context to give players the most control over their throws.

However, after testing each option, we found thatPlacement & Accuracy are the best choices for consistently throwing to receivers, as players can aim more precisely where they want the ball. When mastered, back shoulder throws will be easy, and you have more control of throws over the middle of the field.

A screenshot of passing settings in College Football 25.

The placement reticle is where you aim your left stick when throwing a ball. The Reticle Speed indicates how fast the reticle moves, and we believe it’s better to have this setting at a faster speed to get the ball out of your quarterback’s hand faster.

Best defense settings

Even a seasoned football veteran will struggle with defense in College Football 25. Based on that logic, we recommendturning on several assistance settingsto make the task easier.

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Most importantly, turning onDefensive Heat Seeker Assistwill be a game-changer. The setting is not on by default, but if you enable it, user-controlled defenders are steered toward the ball carriers when attempting to run or dive into them.

Without this setting, players miss their tackles more, which has been one of the hardest things to master so far.

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Best camera settings

After trying every camera setting in College Football 25,Standard for defense and offense works best.

All other choices are either zoomed in too close or too far away. Wide provides an excellent view of the field pre-snap, but a weird zoom-in when the play starts makes it hard to confidently recommend it.

Now you know the best settings and controls you should use in College Football 25, for more on the game, check outhow to kick, thebest teams to rebuild,how to enable play selection, and ourrecruiting tips for Dynasty mode.