Thanks For posting this. Good reference vid 👍
What Exhaust sounds best on the Premium Lotuss'
The Esprit sounds accurate with the stock exhaust, just like a Flat-plane V8 should sound.
The semi-racing will give it a more classic cross-plane V8 sound that it can be achieved irl with a proper tunning of the exhaust manifold. On the downside, this is an overused sound sample in the game.
The racing exhaust sounds too much of an American V8, and the sports sounds nothing like a V8.
So bottom line, since we are aming for realism:
Lotus Esprit: Stock preferably.
Here's a reference for two Lutus Esprits with a different exhaust setup. Very awesome vid.
The red one has a modified exhaust, but it seems that something has been left stock, since the typical Flat-plane V8 sound can be heard specially in the driveby, and it does sound vaguely to the Lotus in the game.
The silver however seems to be modified more extensively, and a more classic V8 sound comes out of it.
This is an even more stock Esprit. Only the cats and the exhaust tips have benn changed. When he revs it up, the sound is much like the one in the game, except that his sounds more real... because it's real
On a side note: As I mentioned in another thread, it's funny how the silver Esprit starts exactly like the one in the game, even failing to start at the beginning.