Engine Noise Issue

[Bubbles]

Hi all,

Has engine noise been borked?

I have just moved out of mum’s basement (Evac shelter) into a mostly stock Security Van - however the 4.0L V6 engine (Gas) seems a bit loud, loud enough to cause deafness, although only occasionally.

I had to add a muffler, fully repaired, thought all was well - but alas it is not. I have also fully repaired the engine, and ALL other items on that tile and the tile that Im seated on to drive thinking there might be a ‘hole in the frame’ letting sound through. The muffler is on the very back middle tile (on the edge of the car - not 1 or 2 tiles in like you see sometimes) theory being that is more ‘outside’ the car - there is a board and roof and frame (floor tile?) between it and my cargo space.

I have driven this design countless times in my 2-3 years of play - it’s my first car big enough to be babies first mobile base - never have I had noise issues - I usually end up with a 12L or at least two 6.5’s, why is a 4L popping my drums now?

Sound meter shows 12 -14 while cruising - no spikes when I do get deafened, and I can drive for hours without being so - but at least a few times a day I’m deafened, and it’s definitely the car.

[kevin.granade]

What game version are you using?
There was an issue a while back that caused engine backfires to be deafening.

[Ricky_Van]

same case with me (although im not fully care about it as long as it doesn’t break the gameplay system) but the most recent build fixed it really good + some good changes to classes as well

[Bubbles]

Latest experimental - I’m using the launcher - grabbed every update over the last week.

I have just tried moving the engine - 1 tile forward, this time it is past the row of windshields, and on the front/outer frame of the van. Sound meter halved to constant seven, but I just took a small turn at 70km/hr - sound dipped to 3, but got deafened still - ears ringing momentarily first this time.

The van is in mostly good nick - but not anywhere near fully repaired, but that never mattered for this design before.

Edit: Tried a few more locations for the engine - cant get lower than 7 Sound. The descriptor for the engine noise on screen is the usual “whirr” and “humm” etc. There’s no on screen text message for a backfire?

Can recreate it every time now going pedal to the metal on a long straight happens quite quickly, and not necessarily at top end speeds - always been over 60km/hr so far.

Edit 2: Apologies - it’s the diesel 4 liter engine, not gas. Cheated in a few different engines to test - similar results.

[Mega_Glub]

This is related but not entirely: Bicycles make humming noises like cars now too. While pretty funny, not very realistic. They should probably keep a little sound making, but they definitely should not hum like an engine.

[Ricky_Van]

confirmed… bicycle somehow produce sound similar to car engines…