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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.

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''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!''

==NewGame Features==

===Lifetime Aspiration<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Packs</ref>===

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 accumulatesis 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>

The higher a Sim's lifetime aspiration bar is, the more [[aspiration benefit]] points he/shethey can spend. Sims who spend their aspiration benefit points will be given special personal abilities and advantages. For example, slower needs decay, making friends faster, smooth talking, higher salary, etc.

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.

The new simology includes [[hobby]] [[enthusiasm]] for each Sim. Sims who do activities inrelevant certainto a particular hobby will buildgain enthusiasm in that makeshobby, themand will be able to unlock more keenand onmore theirbenefits hobbiesas they become more enthusiastic in that hobby. There are 10 hobbies: [[Cuisine]], [[Film and Literature]], [[Games]], [[Tinkering]], [[Science (hobby)|Science]], [[Arts and Crafts]], [[Fitness (hobby)|Fitness]], [[Nature]], [[Sports]], [[Music and Dance]]. Each Sim has a predestined hobby, and Sims will build enthusiasm for that hobby faster than for the others.

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 givegrant him/herthem entranceentry to the hobbysecret clublot. The hobby lot can only be visited by Sims who have a membership, though they can takebring other Sims with them.

===Best Friends Forever<ref name="carry forward"/>===

BFF is a new [[Relationship#The Sims 2|friendship]] level. Two [[SimsSim]]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" />

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.

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 playbleplayable. 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 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

* [[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" />. Players can create new [[neighborhood]]s, add [[sub-neighborhood]]s, or switch between other neighborhoods without having to go to the neighborhood view.

* ''[[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]]

* Sims can birdwatch outdoors.

* [[Hiking and jogging]].

* [[Bug collecting#Bug Hunting|Bug Hunting]].

* Older Sims can teach a Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]]s.

* Sims can enter [[Competition|contests]] and win the prizeprizes.

* 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}}

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