Free kicks go in way too often, but you can stop that by either putting a player on the post or moving the wall so the keeper stands in the middle of the goal.
As for pace, I agree with Rex that it's a very important aspect of football and the game should reflect this, but I still think pace is overpowered in FIFA15. You'll notice just how ridiculous it is if you buy 3 extremely pacey players and use them as supersubs. Every game, around the 65th minute, I sub off my front three (Cam, ST & ST), and put on Walcott (96 Pace), Aubameyang (95 Pace) and Bernard (90 Pace), and they absolutely destroy tired defenders.
