I only use 3-year recalc when simulating the entire portion of history up to 2007, but never when I'm going to play within the historical sim itself. The idea that I would know when guys' careers are going to tail off, or take off, or that, for instance, Dennis Eckersely will suddenly no longer be a viable SP candidate, would ruin trying to actually play as a GM during a recalc sim, IMO. So, for that, I take recal off, since it throws a bit of an X-factor into how players develop - some HoFers will flame out, some no-names will become HoFers. Outside of CEIs or players getting buried in depth charts, typically HoFers will perform like themselves with the recal on.
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