Great video of Rick's 748

[Garry Russell]

Looks really impressive

Sort of smooth by powerful

Garry

[phantom_fgr2]

Dave B Said:

"......... it was akin to watching a formula 1 racing car and hearing a Ford Escort......"

being a ford fanatic also, I would like you remind you that certain vairiants of the ford escort, notably the following:

MkII RS2000
MkIII XR3i
MkIII RS Turbo Series 1
MkIV XR3i EFI
MkIV RS Turbo Series 2
MkV RS Cosworth T3
MkV RS2000 4x4
MkVI RS Cosworth T25

......are now regarded as classics, but then again, if if topic was to continue, i think it would deserve a place in escorts and stewards.
Please don't slate the Escort. Its as Dagenham's finest. OK back to the subject matter.

Ben

[Chris Trott]

While it looks good, is there any chance of getting it remade with a proper soundset? To me it kills the "suspension of reality" to have the butchered Beech 350 soundset (which is what that is) that isn't real to ANY aircraft when there are no less than 3 excellent sound sets out there for the RR Dart engines.

[DaveB]

Ben..

When I say 'Ford Escort'.. I mean just that, not one of your 'Dagenham's finest' on dope To equate any of the models you mentioned to your basic road car is exactly the reason why the video the link is about is lacking!!

CT.. agree with that matey but I don't know how it would be done without the vid being remade with the 'correct' soundset :think:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Garry Russell]

I suppose the easiest way is to dub over with suitable music.

It really was a joy for me to watch as without sound I was not distracted....I was imagining them in my head as they should be.

A pity it's spoiled by that.

Garry

[Chris Trott]

Although, I have to say, at least it is a "turboprop" soundset he's using. I watched a video several years ago of one of Tom Gibson's Convairliners that was using the default Cessna soundset... That one *really* made me cringe. Having heard the real thing up close and personal from outside and inside, it was scary.

On the subject of sound - did anyone who tried the FSX demo notice that it now has the capability for different sound sets from varying angles? For an airplane like the Convair 240/340/440 with its augmentor/silencer stacks, this will be great because now we'll hopefully be able to have sounds where in front you only hear th soff purr and clicking of the prop and rockers at idle from the front and the steady rumbling and grumbling of the exhaust from the back.

[Garry Russell]

Hi Chris

Re FSX. sound I did notice.and someone else did the awlful variation in outside sound depending on angle,

So bad it mnakes spot plane view very unpleasant.with the tuboprops at least.

Garry

[Chris Trott]

LOL. Yeah, it'll take some time for people to figure it out correctly, but it's something that a couple guys I know who are into that kind of stuff have been experimenting with in other programs to be able to do, so with FSX now capable, they may bring some of the stuff they did over there into FS and we'll get some superb sound sets.

Erick Cantu was one of those actually and he'd made a version of the Meteor soundset he did that supported such positional variations. Was very smooth when he sent me the compiled sound demo of what it would sound like in FS if you moved through 180 degrees with the sound set. This was almost a year ago too, so you might say he was clarvoiant. :roll:

[Garry Russell]

I think her Chris it would be useful if it could be turned off unless activated by a definitive soundset else it will have problems with everything that exists and I doiubt if all the soundsets woiuld be updeated within the life of the sim.............unless it's the last

There is just too much out there.


Garry

[VEGAS]

I enjoyed watching that video and it looks great in that paint scheme. Agreed that the sounds are a bit naff! :roll: