NBA 2K21 "The Eccentric Edition" - Next-Gen Slider Set

[EccentricMeat]

The PS5 is here, and with it comes a 2K game worth buying? Well hopefully, as I'm downloading the game as we speak. Rest assured it will probably be on sale for 50% off next week, because I can't have nice things...

Anyway, thought I'd get a jump on the next-gen version early so that I might have a slider set posted before the playoffs next year. If you know you know

3/1 Progress Report: I am finally posting a full (BETA) slider set for the 2K default roster. After literal months of brain-numbing work, I am finally satisfied enough with the results to post the full set. And, partially, I also just want to move on to use the MUCH BETTER Attention to Detail Roster by CelticLG et al.

You will still need to do a mass-edit of all players to decrease the Speed w/Ball attribute by 15, then make sure to set all of the Speed w/Ball (Max/Min) sliders to 55 to offset this decrease. Instructions for how to do this can be found below after clicking the SPOILER tag.


2K Default Roster Slider Set v0.9 *BETA* - 3/1 Update:

Spoiler

IMPORTANT: Main Menu > Features > Create Roster > NBA > Official 2K Roster
Cycle over to "All Players" via L1/LB, enter Quick Edit, move over to the SPD/BALL column, press X/A to Edit Column, and decrease this rating by 15. This will lower the Speed with Ball rating for all players, which will drastically improve the look and feel of movement while also fixing the issue of athletic forwards (Lebron, Ben Simmons, Giannis, etc.) being WAY too fast with the ball. This step was not needed until 2K broke the Speed with Ball (Max) slider this past week. Until this slider is fixed, I HIGHLY recommend using a roster with this edit in place. Remember to load the roster via L3 in Play Now.


IMPORTANT: Pause > Gameplan > Coach Sliders > Help Defense - 100
This will make the defense rotate and help when needed.
*Unfortunately you'll have to do this for both teams at the start of every new Play Now game, except when selecting "Rematch" at any point after you've already made the change.*


Gameplay Settings
Difficulty - Hall of Fame (Make sure to update ALL sliders after changing difficulty)
Quarter Length - 12 Minutes
Fatigue - On
Injuries - On
Game Speed - 60
Shot Meter - Off
Shot Feedback - User Preference

Coach Settings
ACE: Defense Only (Having Offense ACE set to ON breaks the auto offensive playcalling and the game will only call 3 or 4 plays on repeat all game)
PlayVision - All Plays
PlayVision Display - Full
Offense Playcalling - Auto

These settings make your offense wake the hell up! Your AI teammates will no longer stand around doing nothing. Instead, they will be running plays and creating opportunities for your half-court offense.

Controller Settings
Shooting Type - Real Player %
FT Shooting Type - Real Player %
Shot Aiming - Off
Defensive Assist With Intense D - 5
Pass Target Direction: 63
Pass Target Distance: 36
Pass Target Openness: 1

Shoutout to OS user talucchessi for the Pass Target Profile settings. Now I don't ALWAYS have to use icon passing when using Broadcast Cam!

Camera Settings
Drive
Zoom - 1
Height - 5
Key Zoom - Off

This camera view makes the game come ALIVE! It will take a few minutes to get used to, but I think that once you do you won't be able to play the game any other way!

Feel free to use the Broadcast camera view if you'd prefer. The game still looks and plays great from that view (I actually used it in my testing to make sure the player/animation speed was realistic), I just prefer the Drive camera.

User vs. CPU Sliders
If there is only one value listed, it applies to both User and CPU. If there are two values, they will be in User/CPU format.

Offense
Inside Shot Success - 66/69
Close Shot Success - 66/69
Mid-Range Shot Success - 55/60
3PT Success - 66/69
Layup Success - 57/60
Dunk in Traffic Frequency - 40
Dunk in Traffic Success - 48
Pass Accuracy - 40
Alley-Oop Success - 48/52
Contact Shot Success - 40
Ball Security - 60
Body-Up Sensitivity - 100
Pass Speed - 42

Defense
Driving Contact Shot Frequency - 100
Inside Contact Shot Frequency - 100
Layup Defense Strength (Takeoff) - 100
Layup Defense Strength (Release) - 80
Jump Shot Defense Strength (Gather) - 65
Jump Shot Defense Strength (Release) - 80
Help Defense Strength - 100
Steal Success - 50 (Increase by 5 for USER and/or CPU as needed to get more steals)

Attributes
Acceleration - 35
Vertical – 25
Strength – 49/51
Stamina – 59/61
Speed – 35
Durability - 50
Hustle – 95/80
Ball Handling – 55/65
Hands – 80
Dunking Ability - 35/50 (User will not trigger flashy dunks; Necessary compromise to stop poster-dunk spam)
On-Ball Defense – 65 (I use 55/75 *USER/CPU* for more of a challenge on both ends of the court)
Stealing – 50
Blocking – 52/57
Offensive Awareness - 50/90
Defensive Awareness – 65
Offensive Rebounding - 30
Defensive Rebounding – 35
Offensive Consistency - 20/80
Defensive Consistency - 20/80
Fatigue Rate – 41/39
Lateral Quickness - 20/80 (The "blow-by" slider; Lower value = more blow-by's. Tweak as needed)

Tendencies
Take Inside Shots - 80
Take Close Shots - 20
Take Mid-Range Shots - 35
Take 3PT Shots - 53
Post Shots - 25
Attack the Basket - 100
Look for Post Players - 50
Throw Alley-Oops - 50
Attempt Dunks - 50
Attempt Putbacks - 80
Play Passing Lanes - 100
Go for On-Ball Steals - 100
Contest Shots - 100
Backdoor Cuts - 50

Fouls
Over the Back Foul Frequency - 100
Charging Foul Frequency - 80
Blocking Foul Frequency - 80
Reaching Foul Frequency - 75/65
Shooting Foul Frequency - 100
Loose Ball Foul Frequency - 100
Illegal Screen - 75/65

Movement
Speed with Ball (Max rating) - 55 (*Currently broken and has no effect*)
Speed with Ball (Min rating) - 55
Acceleration with Ball (Max rating) - 55
Acceleration with Ball (Min rating) - 55
Speed without Ball (Max rating) - 75
Speed without Ball (Min rating) - 55
Acceleration without Ball (Max rating) - 75
Acceleration without Ball (Min rating) - 55

• These movement sliders remove the slow-motion movement of unathletic bigs, while still making athletic players stand out. Slightly hampers the user's ability to sprint-abuse their way to the basket, though a previous tuner update by 2K broke the functionality of the "Speed with Ball (Max)" slider so there's no longer a way to slow down the top-speed of players with the ball via sliders. None of the subsequent patches or tuners have fixed this. Athletic forwards are too fast with ball and have very little weight to their movement. Again, for the best gameplay, I 100% recommend mass-editing the roster to decrease Speed w/ Ball rating by 15 for all players.

PLEASE post any and all CONSTRUCTIVE feedback, positive or negative, so that I know what people like about my slider set and what I need to improve on! Also, please post any and all personal findings and/or tweaks you've tried out! Try to point out what you are seeing too much of (ex. The AI attacks the basket too often), what you're not seeing enough of (ex. The AI does not go to the post often enough), etc. And also, it's just fun to see the results everyone is getting and to have a discussion on what can be improved/what should be left alone.

Check out this post by mvpstax to get a refresher on what exactly "realistic stats" should look like in the modern NBA: 2K21 Realistic Stats to Strive For

Have a question about sliders or want to know how to fix an issue you have with the gameplay? Ask it here and I'll do what I can to help you out! I try to make my posts as informational as possible so that everyone has the knowledge needed to tweak the game to their own preference and skill level. Teach a man to fish, and all that

And as always, PLEASE feel free to give my thread 5 stars and LIKE this post if you enjoy my work. It shows others that these are quality sliders, and it makes me feel a little warm inside, too.

Enjoy!

[EccentricMeat]

First impressions, default Superstar settings:

Graphics are INCREDIBLE.
Movement is a little floaty.
Animations too often ignore nearby defenders.
Driving to the rim is too easy and feels like there's no resistance.
AI offensive decision making is TERRIBLE.
Players move too fast with the ball in their hands.
I SAW A SHOOTING FOUL ON A JUMP SHOT :O
PnR defense is GOD AWFUL. Criminally-bad.

So far, I'm impressed with the game and the problems SEEM easily fixable :cheer:

12/2 UPDATE: All above issues have been resolved in my current test build, and a full slider set will be posted once I'm finished fine-tuning help defense and AI tendencies.

[CelticLG]

So happy to see you on next-gen! Looking forward to your set

[CujoMatty]

If you can figure out how to get fouls and free throw attempts anywhere close to realistic numbers I will buy you a drink.

I have foul sliders at 100 and the cpu regularly has around 4 free throw attempts all game. In 7 mynba games they havent had more than 6.

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by CelticLG

So happy to see you on next-gen! Looking forward to your set

The feeling is mutual. 2K never seems to get the rosters anywhere near right (for gameplay OR simulated stats), so we’ll need you to save us as usual!

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by CujoMatty

If you can figure out how to get fouls and free throw attempts anywhere close to realistic numbers I will buy you a drink. I have foul sliders at 100 and the cpu regularly has around 4 free throw attempts all game. In 7 mynba games they havent had more than 6.

Shouldn’t be difficult, actually. I’m already seeing a realistic number of Charging and Blocking fouls, and that’s just with the default Hall of Fame settings. I’m also seeing multiple shooting fouls a game on jump shots. These were the issues you just couldn’t solve in previous years, so it looks like they at least took care of that for us.

Once I fix the AI offensive tendencies, I’m confident I’ll be able to get plenty of free throws for them [emoji1305]

[EccentricMeat]

Well that's what I get for being confident. Spent the last few hours trying EVERYTHING I can to fix the pick n roll issue, but it's a gameplay issue that goes beyond what sliders can fix. 2K has to patch it or else the game will quite simply be unplayable.

At least this lets me put 100% of my focus on the movement sliders and then the AI tendencies, but until 2K fixes this gamebreaking glitch I don't see myself devoting any additional time or effort to the game after that.

Unbelievable.

[ch46647]

Quote: Originally Posted by EccentricMeat

Well that's what I get for being confident. Spent the last few hours trying EVERYTHING I can to fix the pick n roll issue, but it's a gameplay issue that goes beyond what sliders can fix. 2K has to patch it or else the game will quite simply be unplayable. At least this lets me put 100% of my focus on the movement sliders and then the AI tendencies, but until 2K fixes this gamebreaking glitch I don't see myself devoting any additional time or effort to the game after that. Unbelievable.

Da Czar said a fix is coming in Patch #2