I found a way to fix the (footstep) sounds
This is completely unexpected, but there's this graphics setting called "High Fidelity Objects Amount" that weirdly enough seems to impact quality of the sounds you're hearing. I changed it to Ul...
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In ear monitors (IEM) are the best for positional audio in multiplayer games. I've used inexpensive $20 Salnotes Zero IEM and they blew away $200 Sennheiser HD 560 S and $300 Beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X headphones when it came to position audio.
Does the inexpensive IEM sound better than headphones? No! Do IEM have better positional audio? Absolutely!
Unfortunately IEM stretch out your ear canals so I don't consider them good for your health. Cranking up the volume in headphones to hear footsteps also isn't good for your health.
I've moved on to surround sound speakers to help protect my hearing. Keeping them at a reasonable volume.
The problem is that it's not a hardware issue. There are other games, even previous Battlefield titles that have footsteps sound that I can easily and precisely track in terms of position, distance, directionality, verticality, etc.
I didn't mean to suggest that you should crank up the volume to ear damaging levels, but if you're going to listen to something that has a high dynamic range, then you do need to have enough volume to perceive the loud, but also the quiet sounds.
When it comes to IEMs I've noticed that they require you to be much more careful with the volume. Because the sound source is inside your ear channel, so there's no room for it to dissipate, before it reaches the ear drums. So the chances of you accidentally getting hearing damage is greater than if you were using headphones or speakers at comparable volume levels.
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