the snow is known to be playing less beautiful football, but fifa 18's ultimate team is upgrading with winter upgrades at that time. the so-called ratings refresh provides new player ratings and fresh wind in the transfer market. what happens to the cards and when is the release date of fifa 18 winter upgrades expected? we would like to present you all the new ratings here and provide you with the most important information about the winter upgrades.

the player cards in fut are pretty inflexible. unlike other game modes in fifa 18, the fut cards can not be constantly updated and adapted to the real performance of each professional kicker. except for otw cards (and path to glory cards), the values on a card remain the same throughout the season.

some players will receive in-form cards (if cards) during the season, but the stats of the standard cards will not be changed. with one exception: the winter upgrades in february.

what are the fifa 18 winter upgrades / ratings refresh?

twice a year, the standard player cards in fut are updated: when a new fifa offshoot appears (in the fall) and after the winter transfers, in february. these adjustments are intended to reflect the real achievements of the players, who showed them consistently in the field in the months before.

until fifa 16 there were only "winter upgrades". so player cards could only be upgraded, only get better values. in fifa 17, however, there were some changes: the winter upgrades were renamed "ratings refresh" and there have been downgrades since then. presumably, fut 18 will again provide ratings refresh with upgrades and downgrades.

usually the gold cards are upgraded by 1-2 points in the rating. silver and bronze players receive upgrades of about 4 points. in rare cases, the improvements in bronze players can reach a whopping 15 points.

how do the if cards behave during the winter upgrades?

the "in-shape" cards, such as the "team of the week" cards, are a bit complicated in winter upgrades.

in a nutshell: if the player's winter upgrade card is better than or equal to the previous if card (s), the if cards will be automatically revalued. these should continue to be better than the regular cards.

however, if a player changes his quality during the winter upgrade (eg from silver to gold) and the previous if card was a silver card, it remains unchanged.

the regular card for the launch had a rating of 87. after the winter upgrade aguero received a regular card with 88. since one of his if cards already had 88, this is increased to 89. his totw card, which was two points better than 87 at 89, turns 90 to be 2 points better than the new regular card.

by the way: not only totw cards, but also heroes cards and other special cards are considered if cards.

how can i get an upgrade card with a higher overall rating?

which players are affected by the rating refresh will be completed as soon as they are known. over the last few years, hundreds of professionals have been upgraded and downgraded.

once the winter upgrade cards appear, they can be pulled in the sets. the only requirement is that the set can contain players. the "old" cards of each player are from this moment no longer in the sets to find.

if you already own a player's card that is upgraded, it will remain unchanged. it will not be updated automatically. if you want the player's card with improved attributes, you have to draw them from a set. it is also possible to purchase the winter upgrade cards from other players in the transfer market.

in other words, after the ratings refresh, two versions of each player's standard cards coexist in fut.

fifa 18 winter upgrades / ratings refresh release dates

official dates are not yet available from ea sports. however, the upgrades and downgrades have always taken place in february in the last few years. the upgraded cards do not all appear simultaneously, but in "baskets".

presumably ea sports will proceed as in fifa 17 and publish the rating refreshment charts sorted by leagues one after the other.

the first batch of ratings will appear on february 16, 2018 (friday). the other bataches come in sets every 2 days.

but this is not confirmed. as soon as official information is available, we will update the article.

fifa 18 winter upgrades predictions

which players will receive an upgrade or downgrade, we can not say at the moment. however, there are some players who are likely to be a few points higher after the "ratings refresh".

we are pretty sure that, for example, joshua kimmich, harry kane, ciro immobile or alfred finnbogason will be updated - in a positive sense, of course. as soon as the new winter upgrade ratings are released, this guide will be updated. in the near future, we will publish detailed predictions sorted by leagues to release the winter upgrades. until then, here are a few fifa 18 ratings refresh predictions:

• ashley young (rb): manchester united – 75 –> 79

• philipp max (lb): augsburg – 74 –> 77

• antonio candreva (rm): inter mailand – 80 –> 82

• samir handanovič (gk): inter mailand – 87 –> 88

• nabil fekir (cam): olympique lyon – 82 –> 84

• mohamed salah (rw): liverpool – 83 –> 85

• joshua kimmich (rb): bayern münchen – 81 –> 83

• iago aspas (st): celta vigo – 83 –> 84

• danny grainger (lb): carlisle united – 63 –> 70

• alfreð finnbogason (st): augsburg – 76 –> 80

• bobo (st): sydney fc – 74 –> 78

• matthias ginter (cb): gladbach – 78 –> 81

• harry kane (st): tottenham – 86 –> 87

• ciro immobile (st): lazio rom – 82 –> 83

• kevin de bruyne (cam): man city – 88 –> 90

• david silva (cam): man city – 87 –> 89

• edinson cavani (st): psg – 87 –> 88

• lorenzo insigne (lw): napoli – 85 –> 86

• marc-andre ter stegen (gk):barcelona – 85 –> 86

• jordi alba (lb):barcelona – 85 –> 86

• mauro icardi (st): inter milan – 84 –> 85

• koke (cm): atletico madrid – 84 –> 85

• ivan perisic (lm): inter milan – 84 –> 85

• nicolas otamendi (cb): man city – 83 –> 85

• jonas (st): benfica – 83 –> 84

• marquinhos (cb): psg – 83 –> 84

• raheem sterling (rw): man city – 83 –> 84

• ederson (gk): man city – 82 –> 84

• fernandinho (cdm): man city – 82 –> 84

• sadio mane (lw): liverpool – 82 –> 84

• timo werner (st): rb leipzig – 82 –> 83

• leon goretzka (cm): schalke – 81 –> 83

• adrien rabiot (cm): psg – 80 –> 82

• sergej milinkovic-savic (cm): lazio – 80 –> 82

• matija nastasic (cb): schalke – 80 –> 81

• daniele rugani (cb): juventus – 80 –> 81

• alisson (gk): roma – 80 –> 81

• kingsley coman (rm): bayern munich – 79 –> 81

• marcelo (cb): lyon – 79 –> 81

• james tarkowski (cb): burnley – 77 –> 81

fifa 18 bundesliga winter upgrades & downgrades predictions

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