No planned sound updates - short-sighted ?

AFAIK Kunos have said they don't plan to improve current car sounds any further, and intend to focus only on the new cars in the upcoming DLC.
Is it only me, or does this seem a bit short-sighted ?
The main simulator is the primary product which people will purchase - and if they're impressed they'll recommend to others. The DLC won't be experienced by the majority of AC customers (although it would be great if otherwise).
The original sounds were called 'placeholders' and sure, many of these were 'updated', but this update was nothing massively significant. The sounds haven't suddenly become impressive.
I'd assume most people expected further updates over time.
I've installed several mod cars with unbelievably immersive sounds - so good that I even felt for a moment recently that I was no longer playing a sim on a PC. Since modders are capable of getting so much more from ACs sound engine, it seems obvious that this allows the opportunity to make the product more attractive overall to many more potential customers.

I don't think I'm alone in being someone who appreciates the sounds of sportscars as one of the primary attractions. It doesn't even matter sometimes if it handles like crap - if it sounds awesome then I'll drive it for lap after lap with a huge grin & my speakers turned all the way up to 11.

(edit - nevermind then - the example sounded better while actually driving the Ford GT)
The fact remains - Kunos shouldn't just rely on modders or the DLC to impress prospective buyers.

 

If they really wanted to improve the sounds they would have to go out and get the car and then record new samples. If the samples you start with aren't great no amount if tinkering is really going to make them much better. A lot of people thought FMOD would magically make the sounds better, but that's not the case. The sounds of that Ford GT are just taken from Forza as is the model. Turn 10 has a massive budget compared to Kunos. I would personally prefer a better model, and have one of the great sound modders improve the base sounds. You can pretty much find improved sounds for every original AC car, and a lot of them have been integrated as the official sounds.

 

I would really like to hear reverb as you pass roadside structures - buildings, bridges etc. That is super-immersive. The historic lotus at the old Spa in RF2 sounds brilliant, as you pass the buildings.

 

This is a video on board a 458. This is what the car should sound like.

Right now the sound in AC just seems so mono, not to mention lacking dynamics. They could do a lot better in sounds for sure.

I hope they sort out this Fmod problem soon, it'll be fantastic when they have reverb working in AC!

 

We all want the Dreampack DLC as quick as possible. Sure some old sounds are not as good, but.... we all want the Dreampack DLC as quick as possible so its hard to complain too much about it at the moment.

 

The Ford in the OP sounds horrific....barely even like a car to be honest.....bad samples, badly mixed, bad everything.

 

Who cares?
People will buy the DLC, and a week later we'll be on to teasers for the next DLC.

 

Pretty sure when they said no plans for sound updates that was relating to the engine not the actual cars sounds, I also think the ford in the first video sounds terrible.

 

I think there are some cars in AC that could do with some more work on the sound front, but then again, things have improved so much since its first iteration. One thing I miss are the various pops and bangs which im pretty sure were in AC before the switch to FMOD, and they are still not in the game (pops when downshifting, upshifting etc).

 

I think you meant to write this for the Forza forums...

 

I think all the "meat" in the sound, at least in cockpit, have gone since FMOD .
Even the iRacing Spec Racer Ford sounds beefier than the AC Cobra in AC.

 

pretty sure luca said on twitter or similar there was no reason why certain cars wouldnt be improved in the future, game has only been out for a couple of months, there are still issues with the fmod core that luca's time is better spent on than the samples themselves (sounds (lol) like they may be fixed for 1.1 though)

 

1. That Ford GT sounds are very bad. Very bad. You could have given a much better example, like this one or this one.
2. Kunos is busy now with the DLC and 1.1.
3. Kunos is expecting for sound modders to step up and make good sound mods to replace the mediocre ones from vanilla. And as everyone can see sound modders do come now and then with good sound mods. If they are great and no legal issues are involved Kunos buys them and integrates them into the game officially, as it already happened.
4. They make no promises about doing better sounds themselves, that is both a plus and a minus.

Do I think they should do more about the sounds themselves? Yes, definitely.
Does that change their minds? No, not even a bit. I believe they can't do much more than what they did till now, because they are to small of a company, still...

So what I see in the near-mid future is that this game will progress half by Kunos efforts and half by modders efforts.
What the outcome of that will be? I don't know. We will see how this sim fares 1-2 years for now, let's say.

Hm, this post looks a lot like those made by Kunos dandelions groupies, wth is wrong with me? I actually kind of defending Kunos here... must be the end of the world.

 

gtr2, a 2006 game:

 

From Assetto Corsa Facebook page regarding 1.1 update !:
"reverberation and environmental sounds have been added or optimized, improving the overall driving and replay experience. "

 

Oooh, now I'm excited!

 

I knew you'd be