So. I have this EQ setting in place for FM since it severely lacks bass. Fired up FH5 and was like ‘wow, this sounds really good’. Then I checked my EQ and it was still on from my last FM session. Idk why all the Forza audio engineers are so bass and dynamic range averse, but they need to sort it out. This game sounds far better with +6dB of each of these 3 bands. 63hz, 125hz and 250hz. I have a Denon X4700H and these are the settings I have in play with its graphic EQ. My system is running dolby atmos mode with passthrough off. Passthrough on is far too bright for whatever reason. Now that I think about it there was an update today so maybe it was addressed? I hope so. Getting really tired of this too compressed sound y’all have going on. With passthrough on I hear 1khz pushed up and it sounds like it’s a 1940s recording. Just… no.
Basically any time we can push these muddy frequencies this hard and not have it come out muddy through the speakers, your mix and/or master isn’t right. Better yet, when we can push these muddy frequencies this hard and it sounds better, the mix and/or master isn’t right.