Onboard transmission sound

Hi everyone, don't you think that the sound of the transmission in the gt3/gt2 and in the other track car is too low? i mean, 2 weeks ago i had the fortune to make a lap in one of those and the sound of the transmission is nearly louder than the engine, (check some onboard videos on youtube if you don't have any clue), but ingame is barely hearable..

this video for instance:

 

yes nice but then ppl start to complain theres no engine sound

 

I'd hardly say the in game transmission whine is barely audible. In fact I think the in game Z4 GT3 sounds very like that video except the engine is a bit louder. I have decent speakers, maybe that makes a difference?

As Masden says people wouldn't be happy if they couldn't hear the engine...

 

ahah yeah, that's what i've thought too, but if this is a simulator, it must simulate

Yes, actually the z4 has the most accurate sound in the gt class

 

wtf

 

Looks like the OP needs to check the sound modding section of the forums, here you go @Haakonen > https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/bmw-z4-gt3-sound-mod-v1-5-update.21067/

Waiting for Kunos to raise the bar on their car sounds is a slow-boring-face-wrinkling-aging process... you have better chances spotting grass grow.

You're disappointed by the Z4 GT3 sounds, funny those are actually some of Kunos bests, but nevertheless Fonzy's mod is even better. What you (and everyone else) should be disappointed about is the underwhelmingly muted and unexciting sounds of the new Sauber C9, what a disservice they done to that amazing car in the sound department...

Off topic:

If you only knew how many times and how many people fail to spell my 5 letter nickname...

 

But that's onboard sound you are talking about. Track replay cameras does the job about what you said. (track cams, not chase cam, cause that's onboard sound too).

This sounds similar to the game:

 

Compared with the video above I can't really see too much of problem with Kunos's onboard sound, it's very similar. The engine is louder, the transmission whine is a bit more muted, but as with the Z4 people want a big engine sound.

 

About transmission sounds, I also agree. It needs more stuff/effects/samples to it. Car sounds in AC seem well enough accurate and simulated, but real life has more complete range. In the game vs real life this is mostly noted on up/down shifting, throttle lift off, some braking with downshifting, and when tapping the gas pedal a few times to correct corner speed in some situations, related to transmission.

 

Yes, the internals Kunos C9 sounds are exactly like the ones in that video, which is a very bad video quality (and audio). If that was the aim for them to represent bad audio quality videos on youtube then they succeeded.

Here is a better video of the C9:


And an even better one for the C11 which has exactly the same engine:


I'm sorry, but the C9 in game sounds like ****, both internals and externals. At the very least they could have made it a little louder, but that would have fixed only the volume issue, not the entire different sounds issue.

P.S. I've been talking to Fonsecker trying to help him get started on a sound mod for this great car.

 

Yes I liked I said, cars are missing (better) transmission sound simulation.

For example mercedes sls road and gt3, and shelby cobra have nicer/better transmission sounds.

 

@ Pafka I'm not sure the sound you consider better is the more realistic sound.....That video you put up looks like it was recorded with a GoPro or something alike. These cams are not known for quality sound. Even with external mics it's hard to capture the sound the cars properly. The best sound I ever recorded was with an old digital camcorder.

That one is spot on.

On the other hand

This one does give you the general feel of what the car sounds like, but the GoPro we used mostly focusses on the loudest sound there is. With my GoPro it's as if there is only 10% of all sound nuances coming through. And everything either to bassy or too pitchy. So Everything else is put into the background.

 

I never said those videos I linked are the best sounds, I said they are better than that linked by Quffy and the Kunos sounds. I'm well aware of the downsides of GoPro recordings, but between 2 bad sounds, I chose the least bad one. In other words my example although having it's flaws is better.

Btw you can expect a sound mod based on those and similar sounds soon™. Then when you hear them in game, see if I'm right or not.

 

Well, I'd love to have a rumbles and pops and tranny wine and V8 sound in my Diesel Skoda as well. But does it make that Skoda more realistic? Well......

 

I believe the correct answer to that is: the truth is somewhere in the middle.

 

I think this is coming down to which sounds you prefer.

To me rather than a twin turbo V8 the C9 sounds like a lawnmower in those vids you posted Pakfa, no base just treble and tranny whine. I agree the Kunos sounds could do with a bit more detail in the transmission but overall I prefer the engine sound.

 

That is very easy to fix actually if you use the samples from that video, because they are cleaner and higher quality than those of the video Quffy posted. All you need to do when you make the sound mod is lower the transmission whine volume and add some bass to the engine sample, because the samples are higher quality they won't get spoiled and sound synthetically by doing some slight adjustments, but the contrary will sound better.

You can do that (modifications) with good samples, but not with bad ones. If I were to make the mod I would use those sounds and make the according modifications to make them sound even closer to reality and better. No one says you have to match a video's sound 100% if it has some missing tones.

Fonsecker told me when he comes back from vacation will give it a go at doing a mod for this car. I'm sure that he can make it sound better than vanilla, because like I said the vanilla sounds are underwhelming and missing a lot.

 

I found this post while Googling sound issues on Xbox One, specifically the LaFerrari.

The trans whine is loud and ear-piercing like a striped to the bone GT race car. The engine is kind of mute and quiet in cockpit, the backfires and downshifting effects are also quiet. I remember seeing videos of the LaF on PC, and everything felt right: the trans whine, the motor revving, loud pops and backfires, aggressive downshifting effects, etc.

Same problem with others: 599XX, Zonda R, Huracan, etc. The trans whine is just too loud in cockpit and the engine sounds weak with really mute downshifting effects. It makes me want to turn the volume down.