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'''''The Sims 2: FreeTime''','' (Alsoalso known as '''''TS2 FT''''' or simply '''''FreeTime''''') is the seventh [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 2]]''. It was released on February 26, 2008. It mainly features group activities and hobbies for [[Sim]]s.
 
==Description==
[[File:The Sims 2 FreeTime LogoThe_Sims_2_FreeTime_Logo_(Original).png|100px|left|link=90px]]
''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<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Packs</ref>===
{{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 is awarded. Sims who reach the maximum Lifetime Aspiration will be rewarded with [[Perma-platinum]] mood.<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Packs</ref>
 
===Lifetime Aspiration Benefit===
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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 grant them entry to the secret lot. The hobby lot can only be visited by Sims who have a membership, though they can bring other Sims with them.
 
===Best Friends Forever<ref name="carry forward" />===
BFF is a new [[Relationship#The Sims 2|friendship]] level. Two [[Sim]]s who are best friends long enough will develop the BFF relationship. BFFs will have a slower daily relationship decay, and will never fall out of friendship, even if they are [[Fury|furious]] with each other. BFFs also have benefits, such as an autonomous "far away greet" interaction, and the ability to tell inside jokes.<ref name="carry forward" />
 
===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 beget married when they're old enough.
 
===Genie===
{{Main|Genie}}
The new life state introduced in the Expansion Pack is a Genie. A GenieGenies can grant 3three wishes to Sims who have received the [[Antique Lamp#The Sims 2: FreeTime|Dusty Old Lamp]]. Sims cannot become Geniesgenies, nor are Geniesgenies playable. A family whose members have high hobby enthusiasms willare havemore higher chancelikely to be have athe Dusty Old Lamplamp delivered to them by the [[Gypsygypsy Matchmakermatchmaker]].
 
==New Additions==
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==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==
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* 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==
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TS2FT Gallery 1.jpg
TS2FT Gallery 2.jpg
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FT Comic - Family.jpg
FT Comic - Fortune.jpg
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The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' Official Trailer
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (Simlish)|Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (''The Sims 2: FreeTime'')
Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (Simlish)|Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (''The Sims 2: FreeTime'')
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TS2-FT-JP.jpeg|Japanese box art
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==Media==
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==References==
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