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{{Infobox game
|name = The Sims 2: FreeTime
|image = [[File:The Sims 2 FreeTime Cover.jpg|250px]]
|caption =
|developer = [[The Sims Studio]]
|publisher = [[Electronic Arts]]
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|creature = [[Genie]]
|neighbor = [[Desiderata Valley]]
|related pages = yes
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[[File:The Sims 2 FreeTime Icon.png|left|link=]]
'''''The Sims 2: FreeTime'''
==Description==
[[File:
''Now your Sims can rediscover the joys of leisure time! Awaken your Sims' true passions in life as they discover and excel at all-new activities. Whether they're tossing a football with the family, practicing ballet, restoring cars with friends, or building train sets, your Sims now have more ways to build skills, enhance friendships, and make their lives more successful. Craft new, unique items for your Sims to use in their daily lives including clothing, pottery, and more. Your Sims will even unlock secret rewards by mastering their hobbies and advancing all-new careers. Explore a wide variety of new hobbies that will change your Sims' lives!''
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==Game Features==
===Lifetime Aspiration
{{Main|Lifetime Aspiration}}
Sims now have a new bar between the daily [[aspiration bar]] and the [[Influence]] bar, the Lifetime Aspiration bar. This bar indicates how happy a Sim has been throughout their life. The longer the daily aspiration bar is kept high, the more points the lifetime aspiration bar
===Lifetime Aspiration Benefit===
The higher a Sim's lifetime aspiration bar is, the more [[aspiration benefit]] points
===Secondary Aspiration===
The [[secondary aspiration]] unlocks Sims' possibilities for new [[Wants and Fears|wants and fears]] that are outside their primary [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]]. Sims can choose their secondary aspiration as an aspiration benefit.
===Hobby Enthusiasm===
The new simology includes [[hobby]] [[enthusiasm]] for each Sim. Sims who do activities
===Secret Hobby Lot===
{{Main|Hobby lot}}
Sims who have gained enough enthusiasm in a hobby will discover a secret [[hobby lot]]. The instructor for that hobby will give the Sim membership in the hobby club, which will
===Best Friends Forever
BFF is a new [[Relationship#The Sims 2|friendship]] level. Two [[
===NPC Aging===
Sims' [[townie]] friends no longer remain the same age forever. Whenever a Sim grows up, they can choose any 3 townies they know to grow up together. With this feature, childhood friends can grow older, and teen couples can
===Genie===
{{Main|Genie}}
==New Additions==
* '''New Life State''': Genie
* '''New Careers''': [[Architecture]], [[Dance]], [[Entertainment]], [[Intelligence]], and [[Oceanography]]
* '''New Lifetime Wants''': Become City Planner, Become World Class Ballet Dancer, Become Prestidigitator, Become Head of SCIA, and Become Hand of Poseidon
* '''New NPCs''': Food Judge, [[Hobby#Instructors|Hobby Instructor]], [[Rod Humble]]
* '''New Skills''': Nursery Rhyme and [[Life skills|Parenting]]
* '''New Radio Station''': Indie Wave
* '''New Talent Badges''': [[Pottery]] and [[Sewing]]
* '''New Meal''': Grandma's Comfort Soup
* '''New TV Channel''': [[Movie]]
* '''New Video Games''': MySims, FIFA 08, Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Spore, and The Sims 3
===Minor Features===
* [[Rod Humble]] will come to greet newly moved-in family and drop off a gift. The gift will contain a free computer and a [[video game]] of the preview of ''[[The Sims 3]]''.
* Advanced Neighborhood Options.<ref name="carry forward" />
==New Objects==
* ''[[Basketball#The Sims 2: FreeTime|H-O-R-S-E of course Basket Ball Hoop]]''
* [[Soccer goal|''The Goal of Paul'' Soccer Goal]]
* ''Mechanical Stitching Machine by Antique Artifacts'' Sewing Machine
* ''Upright Pottery Wheel by QuicKraft''
* ''Basic Barre by Deuxjoint Ltd.'' Ballet Barre
* [[Restorable junk car|''One Man's Junk Car from Mechanically Minded'' Restorable Car]]
* ''Round and Round Model Train Set''
* ''Don't Wake the Llama'' Board Game
* ''The Formidable Formicarium'' Ant Farm
* ''Teeny Tykes Activity Table''
* ''[[Violin#The Sims 2: FreeTime|Simavarious VII Concert Violin]]''
* [[Synthesizer|''The BOB 3942 by SoundEscapes'' Synthesizer]]
==New Interactions==
;Sims-based
* Sims can birdwatch outdoors.
* [[Hiking and jogging]].
* [[Bug collecting#Bug Hunting|Bug Hunting]].
* Older Sims can teach a Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]]s.
;Object-based
* Sims can enter [[Competition|contests]] and win prizes.
* Crafted paintings can be framed.
* Drawings drawn on ''Teeny Tykes Activity Table'' can be hung on wall.
* Sims can tinker on most appliances, plumbings, and electronics.
* Sims can discover new comets and planets that will grant §500 for the discovery.<ref name="carry forward" />
* The [[ReNuYuSenso Orb]] can be used to reset [[Aspiration benefit]]s.{{vgversion|TS2:NL}}
==Trivia==
* This pack, along with ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life]]'' are the only expansion packs in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' as well as the entire [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]] never to be released for Mac. It was planned to release both packs for Mac but this never happened. It remains unknown why they were never released for Mac.
==Gallery==
{{Mediahelp|section}}
<tabber>
Screenshots=
<gallery
TS2FT Gallery 1.jpg
TS2FT Gallery 2.jpg
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Comics=
<gallery
FT Comic - Family.jpg
FT Comic - Fortune.jpg
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Videos=
<gallery
</gallery>
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Box art=
<gallery>
TS2-FT-JP.jpeg|Japanese box art
</gallery>
</tabber>
==Media==
{{Mediahelp|section}}
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!Track!!Real-world preview!
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|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' theme
|[[File:Ts2 Sims 2 FreeTime Theme - They Might Be Giants.ogg|noicon]]
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|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' Loading Screen
|[[File:The Sims 2 Freetime Startup Theme.ogg|noicon]]
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|Bouncing the Sphere
|[[File:Ts2 bouncing the sphere.ogg|noicon]]
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|Tinkering for Toiletries
|[[File:Ts2 Tinkering for Toiletries.ogg|noicon]]
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|Candy Maker's Delight
|[[File:Ts2 Candy Maker's Delight.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|Fa-Fa-Fa
|[[File:Ts2 datarock - fa-fa-fa.ogg|noicon]]
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|It's A Party
|[[File:Ts2 fire flies - it's a party.ogg|noicon]]
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|Into The Sun
|[[File:Ts2 great northern - into the sun.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|Britney
|[[File:I'm from barcelona - britney.ogg|noicon]]
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|Take Out The Trash
|[[File:Ts2 they might be giants - take out the trash.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|Pocket Full Of Sunshine
|[[File:Ts2 pocket full of sunshine.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|Busy (Adam Freeland mix)
|[[File:Ts2 adam freeland - busy.ogg|noicon]]
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|Sim The Builder (Hyper mix)
|[[File:Ts2 hyper - sim the builder.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|''The Sims 2: Nightlife'' Theme (Junkie XL mix)
|[[File:Ts2 junkie xl - sims 2 uni theme.ogg|noicon]]
|-
|''The Sims 2: Nightlife'' Theme (Timo Maas mix)
|[[File:Ts2 timo maas - sims 2 theme.ogg|noicon]]
|}
;Non-US
{| class="wikitable heading-blue"
!Track!!Region!!Real-world preview!
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|La Otra Princessa
|Brazil, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand
|[[File:Ts2 Lara - La Otra Princesa.ogg|noicon]]
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|Your Forgiveness
|Brazil, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Thailand
|[[File:Ts2 Lexington Bridge - Your Forgiveness.ogg|noicon]]
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==References==
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