However, the free-edit rendition also exposes the trade-offs of community-driven and base-game assets. Textural detail on skin and subtle aging lines are often smoothed or generalized, which can sanitize Ronaldo’s rugged match-time features into something that reads cleaner but less lived-in. Hair modeling is another mixed bag: the signature short-cut and slicked quiff are present, but the rendering sometimes flattens strands into blocks, losing the slight messiness that gives the hairstyle personality. Lighting and engine shaders in PES 2021 can help or hinder here—under stadium lights the face pops and looks cinematic; in softer daylight, the texture limitations become more apparent.