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Project Cars 2 (2017)

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Special thanks to "FRENCHY" for the Forza 7 footage.
So, let's avoid the stupid war between fanboys and let's discover together which game has the most accurate engine sounds!
I've passed 4 days on internet watching a lot of videos about real car sounds. I accuarately selected the videos with the best sounds: HD, less muffed as possible, clear, less wind noise, less distorted as possible.
Of course, in some cases they can't exactly replicate the HD microphones used for the engine recordings, but if you watch the video, you'll notice some racing game sounds are exactly the same!
Trying to evaluate sounds in racing game it's obviously subjective, but I've been UNBIASED to give you my honest opinion about them.
I rate the sound according on how close is it compared to the real sound.
Gran Turismo got the bad sound reputation during theses years with the previous chapters. But GT Sport was a real improvement in this aspect, even if it still got the LOWEST rating for the OUTSIDE sounds at the end of the video. But concerning the INSIDE cockpit sounds, honestly Polyphony did a good job.
About Project CARS 2, I think the main problem is the high notes are too high, "destroying" the clear sound of the car. Moreover, some sounds are recycled: for example the Porsche Carrera GT and the Lamborghini Huracan have the same sound in PC2. And it's a shame, because as you saw the Aston Martin in this video has the best sound.
About Forza Motorsport, sounds are quite average. Some of them are realistic, others are more "synthetic". Some fans of the series complained about a lower sound quality compared to the previous chapters.
About Assetto Corsa, inside cockpit sound are the TOP. But cornerning the outside sounds, it has bad and good sounds, so quality is quite inconsistent in my opinion. Most of AC outside sounds are recorded from static position, and in some cases they aren't good. But overall, I think AC has good sounds.
About Dirt Rally 2.0, it wins this challenge, especially for the outside sounds. Almost all engines sound realistic, not distorted or muffed. The real counterparts are perfectly recorded and integrated.

Anyway, I hope you'll appreciate the effort I put into this. :-)

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