Imho it sounds weird now. I’d rather it sounded accurate than ‘exciting’ as it does now. Too much high frequencies while in cockpit view. Tbh I just want more bass and stereo width in all cockpit views that need it. There’s some great examples of proper sound design in this game so we know they’re capable. The new Porsche 718 GTS sounds about as perfect as it can get. Absolutely excellent job on that one. McLaren 720S is another example of great work. If they’re going to make the cars look and feel like their real life counterparts then they should make them sound like them too.
You guys are still playing this game? I lost interest a long time ago despite the pretty graphics and all the other stuff. The car sounds just put me off in a huge way every time. I’ve gone back to FH3 and 2 - never happier.
I jus stick to using the cars that sound good.
Aye, still playing the game - route creator really upped the replayability. Can’t say that about FH2/3 and their stock routes, getting a wee bit boring to race the same tracks over and over. I’ll take disappointing sounds over that.
Hahah, alright - to each their own then. I can’t live with disappointing car sounds cos’ I have a decent sound system (never played on TV speakers) and whether it’s cruising around, revving the engine for kicks and thrills or hammering it in a race - you’re hearing your car and other cars 100% of the time, and that to me is a critical element of “getting stuff right” in a racing game.
I used TV Speakers a long time. Upgraded to a soundbar some time ago. But it makes no difference. Horizon 4 sounds like a piece of sh**.
Don’t expect a sound bar to make any real or meaningful difference over TV speakers. Even the most expensive sound bars will never compare to an amp and dedicated midrange, surround and woofer setup.
Get a surround amp. Some of the car sounds become half decent. Although I wouldn’t use FH4 as an example to show off what my sound system can do…
Now if we could just get them to fix all the other sound issues.
I gotta say that even tho the 718 has that minor bug, it does sound really good. Gives me hope.
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Does anyone else think they should bring the Honda/Acura B and K series sounds back from Horizon 3? They sound like kazoos in Horizon 4. :\
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Absolutely.
I agree, Civics and Integras sound terrible in this game - they were nearly perfect in FH3.
What I don’t understand about the Mclaren modern road cars is that why in the world do they ALL sound like the game’s Senna? It’s the same issue in FM7: all the modern Mclaren road cars sound like the P1 sound in the game… !
this is really getting irritating now - something which makes me move further away from their games and continue to play more games like PCARS2, AC, Dirt Rally 1 & 2, maybe I’ll pick up the new NFS game just for the sounds.
Fix your stuff PG - I hope you haven’t abandoned the game like T10 did with FM7. It is ridiculous how wrong the sounds still are in the game after a year, with copying/pasting all over the place. Why should people bother purchasing deluxe and ultimate editions or DLC/expansions if you’re not diligent enough to record and represent true/accurate sounds for each car?
I’m fed up with this right now because eveyrone has been more than patient, waiting for car sound improvements… they never came.
New Viper GTS road car - fantastic job putting a 1990s Viper RT-10 sound on that - just fantastic… ! You had the right sound for many cars from previous games… and you goofed them, because???
Are you guys even the same team that developed the first two exceptionally brilliant Horizon games? The sound in those games are the best I’ve heard in any racing game. Even the sound in FH3 totally destroys the car sound design in FH4. Anybody with a keen sense of hearing and a good sound system will instantly pick up the differences.
I just want louder turbos and blow off valves. T10 has successfully turned the RB26 powered cars into boring commuter cars. FH2 had the turbos and that right. That game feels amazing. FH3 not so much. I think the watering down started there. The RB26 in the R34 in that is just lame and boring. Not as lame and boring as it is in this game ( or at least was before the FM7 sound was implemented and that still isn’t right), but still pretty lame and boring. The R32 and R33 are more accurate, but they lack the violence. They lack the turbo and blow off valve. They lack the GODZILLA! R35 isn’t terrible, but the cockpit sound has a bit too much woosh 'n wind noise and not enough of the growl the VR38 is known for. I have hope tho cos the 718 GTS and LEGO 911 sound great. Kinda irritated that the LEGO 911 sounds better than any other 911 tho.
^^ If they can work so hard to create gorgeous visuals, they can certainly compliment them with real car sounds. It can be done, it’s all possible in 2019, especialyl with the budget these guys have.
But they have been lazy since FH2 - so that means, there are other driving games out there for me to try and continue to appreciate them.
I would, but no other team does open world driving like this team does. They’re 2nd to none in that arena.
Have not touched this game in months, went back to playing Horizon 2 and 3. I don’t care how good the graphics are, or how many cars are in the game, if you ruin the engine sounds I will not play. And that goes for a lot of us. I have never wanted to refund a game more than this one. I heard the director said that “there is nothing wrong with the sounds” in a live stream, how ignorant and just plain dumb do you need to be to think we are all complaining for no reason?
Yeah, and I think it kinda shows arrogance on their part and the whole “this will do” and “if it sounds right to me, then it is right” thing. These guys are plain ignorant and losing customers as a result of cheaping it on the sound.
I recently had a friend play H4 who goes to 600-1000HP drag races and highway pulls every weekend. He said the car sounds were a joke - even more embarrassing was that my Harmon Kardon sound system looks like a total joke with this game…
Like many other people here - I’m having a lot of fun with the first three Horizon games. The first two particularly have really brilliant car sounds.
Yeh it absolutely doesn’t do my SVS system justice either. H1 and H2, however, sound great.