Car Sounds

[xrobot03]

Does TDU use real-recorded sounds of the cars in game? Just curious, and if not how do the cars sound?

[iLLestOne]

I dunno if they are real-recorded, but they sound pretty generic to me.... :(

[dziqsek]

This game have the worst engine-sounds i've ever heard in a modern game, guys from atari doesn't even try to make cars sounds simmilar to real, for example gallarde, ferrari, saleen, volkswagen, this cars soundt pathetic:bulb: i really hope there will be sound-pack-patch, maybe even 1gb i dont care!! I JUST WANT REAL SOUNDS!!! SIMMILAR LIKE IN NFS SERIES!! This game would by the best ricing game ever but sound discriminate this game from first place ;/;/ PLEASE ATARI FIX THE ENGINE SOUNDS!!!

[Appulluk]

This game would by the best ricing game ever but

No, that would be NFS Underground ;)

Anyway, when I was reading complaints about the sounds I figured it was some hardcore nitpicking - but I agree, they're not that great. But eh, not a showstopper for me. The only thing really bugging me is all the sounds seem to be stuck on the left channel.

[iLLestOne]

I REALLY wished that you could hear the BOV in turbo cars when changing gears....not CRAZY loud, but still there...

I've always liked that sound :) (and I'm NOT a rice fanboy at all...i hate them, so don't call the BOV ricey!)

[dziqsek]

yeah bov sound would be great , please ATARI make some sound fix patch !!!!!

[EFI 4-EYE]

You guys kidding? I think this game has some of the best sounds in any racing game. The muscle cars sound perfect IMO, which is REALLY unusual. Out of the 8-10 cars I've owned not one sounded like a dud

[Taylor_F355]

Driven the Ferrari yet? Sounds like it's on a commodore 64.

[dziqsek]

true... true... not only th Ferrari sounds ****ty, lamborghini Wiessman, lotus etc, only muscle cars sounds quite good, and i find another anoying thing - VW GOLF and AUDI QUATTRO ( all ) & Lambo's - are RWD !!!!!! WTF ???? these cars should be AWD!! I've checked it when i hit a building and try to go on, i stand in a place and only rear wheels was working , besides try to do powerslide in audi a6 it is understeer like hell!! My father drove a6 3.0 tdi and i can't make it powerslide!! 2xWTF !!!!!!!

[Taylor_F355]

If you want a real driving simulator, with good sound and driving dynamics, then GTR2 is the way to go. In terms of driving control and accuracy, it's in an entirely different league than this game. This game's driving is very arcadish. Only slighter more than what I would expect from EA.

[dziqsek]

when i want good psyhics , realism etc, i play GLT, LFS or GTR but when i want to relax i play TDU but when i hear sound of cars in this game i want to kill person who put so ****ty sound to the besst cars ever made !! GIVE ME THE GUN LADS!!!

[RocketPunch]

Does TDU use real-recorded sounds of the cars in game? Just curious, and if not how do the cars sound?

I say 99% no. Logic tell me usually they brag about it a lot if they do something like that. Seen anywhere with anything mentioning about "REAL RECORDED CAR SOUNDS"?

[dziqsek]

YES!! For example in Project Gotham Racing or Gran tourismo 4 was real engine sounds ;)

[Mowaza]

I dont know why all this negativity on audio guys i really think this game has some awesome engine sounds....maybe its my hardware setup but i really like the car sounds....very realistic and you can tell what the car is doing by just listening in

[dziqsek]

They are quite good but they don't mach to cars!! Lamborghini and Ferrari sounds like in real life my brothers VW Golf mk5 GTI ;/;/ Low class cars sounds quite close to real but supercars sounds ****ty!!

and where tf is skyline r34 BMW and other sport cars? i want to sign a petition to atari to make more REAL LIFE engine sounds , rest of the sounds are really good ;)

[stlounatic]

I REALLY wished that you could hear the BOV in turbo cars when changing gears....not CRAZY loud, but still there...

I've always liked that sound :) (and I'm NOT a rice fanboy at all...i hate them, so don't call the BOV ricey!)


No problem ricer. 4th gen camaro can run 9's in the 1/4th mile N/A. But yeah tell us about how cool a BOV sounds. The best sounding BOV i've ever heard is a stock srt-4, they have next to NO sound. :noob:

[stlounatic]

They are quite good but they don't mach to cars!! Lamborghini and Ferrari sounds like in real life my brothers VW Golf mk5 GTI ;/;/ Low class cars sounds quite close to real but supercars sounds ****ty!!

and where tf is skyline r34 BMW and other sport cars? i want to sign a petition to atari to make more REAL LIFE engine sounds , rest of the sounds are really good ;)



Sklylines suck ass in real line, just like NSX's. That is why they are not on the game. People go faster in 3rd gen camaros, and fox-body mustangs then skylines. Yet thats REAL LIFE so i dont see people asking for them. :rolleyes:

[dziqsek]

kiesten dude i see you are muscle car fan, give me real nissan skyline r34 nismo 500bhp, take yourself any musclecar you want and came to europ ( france poland , germany whatever) and try to race me in normal roads not americans highway!! I bet every money i've got that in normal streetracing you have chcnce only on empty streight road, so don't compare ****ty on corners muscle cars to real streetfighters ( i love only muscle cars sound not the way they handles or get into corners )

[DepecheMode]

Bring your nissan skyline r34 nismo 500bhp (sounds like a washing machine) round to my house and I'll race you up and down the stairs. My Nikes'll beat your Nissan.

American muscle cars aren't made for twisty little European roads....

[LugNutKH]

This game's sound is par at best. Does it not annoy anyone else that every single muscle car has the exact same sound? I'm running this on a great sound setup with a Logitech 5.1 DTS speaker setup along with 500W Panasonic Stereo Sound w/ 200W Sony Sub and this game sounds like sh*t compared to most other racing games out there in this generation of gaming. I really hope the sounds are updated later on, a 350 a 455 and a 289 just don't sound the same boys.

[dziqsek]

not only sound this same, try to push the gas pedla a little so the rcar accelerate slowly and hear the engine, you can hear ALL 3 SAMPLES of the car - that is really *** ;/

[dziqsek]

atari MAYBE WITH INCOMING PATCH u WILL FIX SENGINE SOUND?? aLL PEOPLE FROM THIS FORUM WILL BE APPRICIATE!!

[YARDofSTUF]

THey reuse alot of eninge sounds for other cars. With little differences but its not that bad.

I dont miss the skyline, its in like every other racing game. I would like to see an NSX there though.

[Prej]

THey reuse alot of eninge sounds for other cars. With little differences but its not that bad.

I dont miss the skyline, its in like every other racing game. I would like to see an NSX there though.


I really like the Skyline, but I don't miss it at all in TDU.
The game would become too NFS'ish with the Skyline in it.

[Amilo-D]

What really annoys me, is that almost all car sounds (or close to the real ones) are presented in game.. however, for some UNKNOWN reason, they messed up.

Why does a SLR-Mclaren sound like a Jag xj220? When it should clearly sound more like the Shelby GR1 Concept or Farboud GTS.

[Syfoon]

What really annoys me, is that almost all car sounds (or close to the real ones) are presented in game.. however, for some UNKNOWN reason, they messed up.

Why does a SLR-Mclaren sound like a Jag xj220? When it should clearly sound more like the Shelby GR1 Concept or Farboud GTS.

Agreed. The SLR sounds like a wet fart on TDU.

[dziqsek]

Only muscle cars sounds ALMOST like the original ones, but rest of the cars sounds pathetic!! SLR, ZONDA, KOENIGSEG ans SALEEN sounds terrible like an old VW Golf ;((

[Prej]

Only muscle cars sounds ALMOST like the original ones, but rest of the cars sounds pathetic!! SLR, ZONDA, KOENIGSEG ans SALEEN sounds terrible like an old VW Golf ;((

IMO the muscle cars have the most unrealistic sounds in the game...

[WROOM]

Ferrari and Lamborghini sound is stupid! Especially Enzo! They sound just like on arcade machine in 1988.

[Maverick2201]

I agree they didn't do such a great job but it could be worse... This is major selling point for me... I wish they'd make a game with the automotive licensing & selection of GT4 (but including exotics; Lambo, Ferrari, Etc), environmental depth of GTA (but with better graphics) and engine sounds that are really really good... when I start up a 69 Camaro or Enzo, it should send chills down my spine but here I'm left wanting more... Also an awesome addition would be to have the car react to the torque the motor is making like in GT4. If I rev the piss out of a Trans Am w/ a 455 big-block, that car should be rocking side-to-side enough to make me seasick... and at idle, the dash should be shaking from the cockpit view... how cool would it be to have to keep giving it gas to keep it from stalling out if you tuned it up to Stage 3 and could hear it?

Thats the stuff gaming dreams are made of, boys :)

[jrenkas]

If I rev the piss out of a Trans Am w/ a 455 big-block, that car should be rocking side-to-side enough to make me seasick... and at idle, the dash should be shaking from the cockpit view... how cool would it be to have to keep giving it gas to keep it from stalling out if you tuned it up to Stage 3 and could hear it?

Thats the stuff gaming dreams are made of, boys :)

if only man, if only...

If you have to give it gas to keep it running, then either raise the idle or retard the timing a bit ;)

My dad has a 71 Baldwin-Motion Camaro clone with a 454 and a huge cam. The sound is absolutely amazing...

[Hardrock351w]

Uhh......I got an idea,......lets complain about somethin else for Eden to fix! LOL! (Patch isn't comming anyway)

The last thing on my mind is the sounds.
Ya they do suck.
And to even think the muscle cars sound the closest to real life.....well you haven't heard a real muscle car.
IMO, I think the bikes sound the closest, but they still suck too.
Lets not worry about the sounds, and lets just hope (and I do mean HOPE!) for a patch, that will fix the more important problems.

[Maverick2201]

we're just discussing, man... I guess you want the entire forum to be full of conversations about the patch?

I think there are plenty of those already... sometimes it feels good to talk about something OTHER than the patch...

[Hardrock351w]

we're just discussing, man... I guess you want the entire forum to be full of conversations about the patch?

I think there are plenty of those already... sometimes it feels good to talk about something OTHER than the patch...

So your saying it feels good to talk about how bad the sounds are?
Some people were hoping for the patch to actualy fix all the crappy engine sounds, in this thread. Thats why I gave my opinion on the ENTIRE issue.

And actualy, if the entire forum did only talk about the patch, our voices might have a better chance of being heard.

[Maverick2201]

The entire forum does talk about the patch and its still not out... it doesn't matter how much we jibber jabber about the damn patch, its not going to make Atari or Eden move any faster... don't you understand? Look how many "WHERES MY DAMN PATCH!!!!??111" threads there are on this forum... Do you think one day some Atari exec is going to drop by the ol' ataricommunity.com and go, "Oh my god... get these poor people their patches! I want every able hand working on it, pronto!"

No...



On a side note, the patch notes we've seen have not said anything about crappy engine noises... they've only said they'd try to fix some sound crackling and sound balance issues. Fixing crackling and balance problems isn't going to make my 67 Z/28 stop sounding like a lawnmower...

[Hardrock351w]

The entire forum does talk about the patch and its still not out... it doesn't matter how much we jibber jabber about the damn patch, its not going to make Atari or Eden move any faster... don't you understand? Look how many "WHERES MY DAMN PATCH!!!!??111" threads there are on this forum... Do you think one day some Atari exec is going to drop by the ol' ataricommunity.com and go, "Oh my god... get these poor people their patches! I want every able hand working on it, pronto!"

No...



On a side note, the patch notes we've seen have not said anything about crappy engine noises... they've only said they'd try to fix some sound crackling and sound balance issues. Fixing crackling and balance problems isn't going to make my 67 Z/28 stop sounding like a lawnmower...

Dude you need to chill!.....I never said the patch was gonna fix crappy engine sounds,...I said others would like it to.
I just don't see why people would ask them to fix these sounds when there is alot more important issues. (That would cause yet another delay).

And yes,....it DOES matter how much we "jibber jabber" about the patch.
It will cause others to think twice before they buy a poorly coded game.
Don't YOU understand?

[WROOM]

I said thousand times and i said again, i don't understand what are ATARI/EDEN is up to? Another two months, and game will bee HISTORY!

[Sergeant_Banner]

Please don't shout at me for saying this, but how many of you have actually driven these cars in real life, i saw one guy post how a SLR Mclaren doesn't sound like an XJ220. Ever driven one ?

I must admit, it does need better sounds IMO. And how about some SUV/4X4s for the vast landscape of Oahu ?

Thanks,
Sergeant_Banner

[Maverick2201]

Actually, Sergeant, I agree with you but there are some cars that some of us have indeed heard and know they don't sound like they do in-game. Like a 67 Z/28 for example. I've heard several in person and they don't sound like that.

About SUV/4x4s, I was thinking the same thing the other day as I climed up the sided of the mountain to get to the portal to the cruise island... anyone know how to use that portal? I tried driving right through it and hitting "enter" but neither worked...

[Xmodsrcool]

drive through it at 30mph or above.

as for the sounds, agreed, i have never driven any of these exotics, but some sounds are just ridiculous.
(that said, some cars in the Need For Speed series sound better)