What's the worst engine sound in GT5?
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How are you going to call your self an impreza addict if you didn't know the 2 premium(JDM) sti imprezas use an entirely different engine? a extremely higher reving spirited 2.0 twin scroll turbo charged engine, rather then the 2.5 liter in the eu and us spec models.
Also the spec C standard imprezas use the 2.0 twin scroll turbo engine.
It's spot on to the real sound.👍
It's hard to beileve how people do know about the 2.0 unit in newer jdm spec subarus, as for "All" no. alot of standard models have the boxer rumble in low revs, just dont rev to high.
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- big_noobowski924
Is it bad that my super bird(standard) sounds better than my 08 zr1. both have titanium exhaust.
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If you knew as much as you imply, then you'd know that the two engines sound almost identical. One of the big differences is that the 2.0L engine revs 1000 rpm higher.
JDM STI (EJ20):
Export STI (EJ25):
GT5 2010 STI (EJ Vacuum Cleaner):
GT5 2005 STI:
GT5 GC STI:
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- mullac2k9
Jaguar XFR '10 & XKR '10 (stock); always sound like a cruising barge
They're the best sounds in the whole game though...Worst has got be the Fezza's with racing exhausts, I mean that uses exactly the same sound byte as the racing exhaust for the Beetle 1200! When it should really sound like this:
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- ReTyger
Those videos (1241 Penguin's) are poor comparisons as clearly the GT5 vids have bad sound with very little low-end (the music in the last video illustrates this perfectly, it's very tinny-sounding)
If you want realism, get a decent sound system (most TV speakers are pretty appalling) and turn the volume up loud, and GT5 will give you that bassy rumble.
Other racing games "simulate" this by using generic engine sounds that sound the same at any volume (they are pretty much looped multi-layered white noise) and are wholly unrealistic.
If you want realism, get a decent sound system (most TV speakers are pretty appalling) and turn the volume up loud, and GT5 will give you that bassy rumble.
Other racing games "simulate" this by using generic engine sounds that sound the same at any volume (they are pretty much looped multi-layered white noise) and are wholly unrealistic.
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Because poor sound systems lack low-end (bass) response and therefore will sound raspy and unrealistic. TV shows, like the unrealistic games I mentioned before, are rather like radio in that they flatten out the sound and accentuate the lower end range unrealistically. They work within a limited range, whereas sitting in a real car you get a far greater dynamic range, which can be almost deafening when pushing high-performance cars, yet you can still hear the engine of a 500cc car burble away too.
In some ways, it's a little like when you see a movie at the cinema, it's actually pretty loud at times (well depending on the movie). When the DVD or Blu-Ray you play at home seems kinda quiet at times it's because you're not using a good sound system and turning it up loud to get the full range you experience in a cinema.
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C6 ZR1 and Z06 along with the new SS Camaro, it breaks my Chevy heart!!
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Eh, the (stock) twin-scroll doesn't have that boxer exhaust rumble. Everything else sounds the same, though.
The 22B in GT5 has the right exhaust sound, but unfortunately it's masked by the "engine" whirring noises that PD love so much.
Also, you won't get real bass from GT5 without the right hardware. It doesn't use phantom techniques.
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I see your points, but, why do cars sound good in, say NFS Shift or rFactor using speakers? Doesn't this mean that there is something PD can do to improve the engine sounds, rather than have their customers purchase an expensive sound system?
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- mullac2k9
With the stock exhaust? Because I swear they're pretty much bang on in that respect (for the Z06 at least)
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- Rosemeyer78
The 'sound' of the 1982 Audi QUATTRO is the first that comes to my mind.
I own this car, and I can assure that the symphony of her 5-cylinder is quite different..
ditto for the Mk1 Golf..
I own this car, and I can assure that the symphony of her 5-cylinder is quite different..
ditto for the Mk1 Golf..
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Distortion and phantom-bass (usually called [WIKIPEDIA]phantom fundamental[/WIKIPEDIA]) effects, pre-mixed into the samples.
Plus those games are generally frantic, so everything bolsters everything else to give an over-the-top experience.
Also, and I've said it too many times now, GT doesn't have intake sounds. The intake is usually guttural and meaty (even inline fours), and it's that sound that is emphasised on many cars in Forza 4, and is naturally dominant in PGR4's interior views, for example.
So yes PD need to include intake sounds and sort out their allocation of samples from car to car. That alone will make the sounds immensely superior, without having to resort to trickery.
I suspect that phantom bass might be a good thing to include for TV speakers, as an option, but it doesn't fool everyone.
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Any of the generic racing exhausts. I've heard enough.
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- crash27wwjd
RM'd with racing exhaust they all sound like what would happen if a jet plane mated with a dyson vacuum.
Sports exhaust is ok, stock sounds spot on......on the z06 anyway.
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