And can someone please tell me what this ball shooting bug is??
I think the shooting is fine in this version. What is wrong with the ball physics??
You are right, for the last guys there is nothing that needs to be patched about the ball physics, balll physics is determined by a bunch of equations, if you don't like the default settings, there is a file in the FIFA2002/data/environment folder called the ini.big file, you can open it in word pad or note pad, make shcanges and save it, and u would see the changes in the game, there you would find lots of options you can change for the on-pitch game, including all the ball physics, to avoid every thing you dislike about ball physics(i.e. too much boounce, not enough height, etc have a look and fiddle around for yourself) alternatively, some people have made some great patches, having altered and fiddle with these details themselves and tested them. You can download their ini.big files and use them, go to the links section for soemlinks, or look in othere posts on this forum (if they havne't been deleted) try fifastyle.com or soccered.com and go to their patch sections, if not use their links, you'd find some somewhere.
SO I repeat, this aspect needs no patch, you can chang eit, EA don't have to mak e a patch for it, if they do trust me all they would have done, owuld have cahnged some of teh figures that you can change and including that ini.big in their new patch.