Man, that's a tough one.... I don't really listen to the engine sounds
for the sound itself. I listen for what the engine sound TELLS me.
But after a long session racing, they all sound horrible
OMG!! The GTR "tuck tuck tuck" sound...horrible! And F1C was supposed to be an F1 game!! lol...unless you get the newest 2005 add-on, TC blows!!
I do find the BF1 to be alright/quite good from inside the cockpit, and the TC is ermm...good as you can get in anything right now. The only thing is the BF1 needs more of a whine/tone change when spectating
I voted for the RAC cos of it's exhaust sound at mid to low revs, although it doesnt sound so good higher up, and personally I don't like th Fxr, sounds like a square wave off a synthesiser rather than a car :S
Those sound good at various RPM levels. But seriously, the cars that should sound good... sound dissapointing. BF1 sounds horrible with no backfire and that horrible TC sound. LX4 and LX6 should actually sound way beefer and more like some open header metal to metal bangin beauty. I am not even gonna try and think how the other cars should sound, the entire sound engine needs a revamping in my opinion. The sounds aren't so bad that they ruin the game (like some say), I can still drive with them without my "ears bleeding". The game would just be 10x more immersive --and impressive-- if it had nicer sounds.
you misunderstood my first port, imho the XF's and XR's sound awful, and i thought that seeing as he may not know about S2 cars i was pointing out there are more than just 3, but doing it subtley, alas, too subtley i think! the "how did you hear those?" was an honest question, the emoticon was there simply because i thought id say it sounded a tiny bit suspicious
Yeah to get back on topic,id have to say the sounds in lfs,definatly need a big upgrade i wish something would be done so we could enjoy this game a lot more
Desperately trying to bring this back on topic ....
Sounds are in need of a bit of an update, sure, but we don't know how soon, or how much is being done on the sounds ATM do we? and what the results of tha development will be.
It'd be lovely if Scawen would publish his 'to do list' or even open a moderated discussion on the sounds etc.
I don't mind the sounds, as I normally drive only in cockpit view for realism sake, and the sound is of course more immersive to me in that view.
Some here drive outside the car to gain some advantage etc which gives a different tone to the sounds, and may be resonsible for some comments that they are a bit shallow etc.
But I wonder if we all went back, did laps in cockpit view (as thats the way cars are driven!) for comparison, before we make real serious judgements on car sounds.
(All views, other than cockpit are in my opinion only there for taking screenies or offline viewing/replay analysis and should be disabled when online racing, this would force realism and even up the playing field)
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