Gameplay is slightly different from 20, but I would not say improved. Especially the AI does weird things. Players break off runs on through balls just when they should power through. CDMs can’t be asked to deal with counter attacks. CB won‘t stay in position etc... only improvement so far is that attackers don’t run off side all the time.
Besides that, the player ratings have nothing to do with the real world. Pointless to have the players faces if the performances don’t correlate with the real thing. How is Nelson Semedo better rated than Alphonso Davies after that CL game 🤨???