The link in the first post doesn't work by the way.
You're right...they must have removed it.
This is what was said though by Adam Biatti representative of Konami.
PES 2014 – OMITTED WEATHER, TEAMS AND STADIA
PES EU Community Manager, Adam Bhatti, has returned to his old stomping ground within the PES community, the WENB forums, to share some news about rain not making it into the retail version of PES 2014 – and other omissions.
“Rain has not been implemented for 2014 as we had to overhaul the whole game and build it from scratch. While implementing rainy weather itself is fairly feasible, we need to think through of how its effect shows through in gameplay. This includes the pitch becoming slippery, ball bouncing, some elements to make the team used to that climate somewhat more power in terms of balance.
We are going to try further this year to get the elements sorted and have them implemented for 2015.
As for the kits getting dirty, this triggers on multiple requirements, often to do with the player contacting the ground.”
- He went on to mention that there has been a significant reduction in the number licensed stadia – with numbers now down nearer the 20 mark, something that has happened as a direct result of EA being “extremely aggressive with signing deals with clubs and leagues this year”. The particular loss is the entire Spanish league – all of which were licenced in PES 2013. Not one Spanish stadium will be in PES 2014.
- That was also compounded by the fact that there will also be no stadium editor in PES 2014 too.
- Also, a few of the other European teams haven’t made it into the final game too (details are still TBA).