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Jaketa's avatar
Jaketa
New Traveler
2 months ago
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Audi and Honda Sound are not used in the Game files?

I already mentioned that in the General Discussion thread, but more and more it seems like a big mistake or bug in the game: The Honda and the Audi engine sounds exactly like the Mercedes and I see more and more comments like that in some comments sections;

„I actually just discovered something in this regard because when I looked through the audio files in the PC version, I found an engine sound for a non-existent 2026 Renault engine, literally named renault_2026.bdl, and it appears this is what's used for the 2026 Alpine. More alarmingly, despite Audi and Honda sounds for 2026 existing in the game data, THEY GO COMPLETELY UNUSED! If you have the PC version of F1 25 and the 2026 DLC, swap mercedes_2026.bdl with literally any other engine sound, and you'll notice not only the Mercedes-powered teams change sound (excluding Alpine), so do Aston Martin and Audi.
Was this a placeholder that was never looked at prior to release? That, to me, shows a complete lack of attention to detail and is quite inexcusable. I don't have EGO ERP
Archiver, which is the tool used to mod the F1 games, but I bet if someone was to dig into the car data for Aston Martin, Audi and Alpine, the cars are explicitly given the wrong engine sounds, Mercedes for Aston Martin and Audi, and a non-existent Renault for Alpine.“

Could this please be solved or atleast give us feedback to that issue. Every Fan that knows a little bit about the current engines, recognised immediately that the Honda and the Audi engines sounds completely different than they sound in reality. You can hear that especially at the downshifts. While the Audi has a rough sound in reality, it’s just sounds like the Mercedes in the game. The Honda downshifts in the game are literally the Mercedes downshifts.

 

compare that to:

 

https://youtu.be/F-L3noAHF54?is=LLGlSEpWwbPbb-VB

2026 season pack

21 Comments

  • ryouma17's avatar
    ryouma17
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    as someone who does not like the sound of modern F1 engines i like to substitute the official engine sounds with my own which is how i discovered what appears to be a bug perhaps or an oversight by codemasters/EA

     

    in the game mercedes, aston martin, and audi are listed as having their own engines

    mercedes uses mercedes engine

    audi uses audi engine

    aston martin uses honda engine

     

    however if you change the mercedes engine file with another it also replaces the sound of the aston martin and the audi engine to the same sound indicating that this is either a bug or that for some reason both aston martin and audi are using the mercedes engine which they should not be doing

  • homesvslupin's avatar
    homesvslupin
    Seasoned Veteran
    3 months ago

    Why do Mercedes, Honda, and Audi sound the same?

    Ford isn't even similar. It doesn't sound like the intricate sounds of mechanical parts; it sounds more like distant noise.

  • Bonimon's avatar
    Bonimon
    New Spectator
    2 months ago

    Yup I noticed this as well. Aston Martin 2026 is using Mercedes engine sounds instead of Honda and I found out via modding

  • millo16's avatar
    millo16
    Rising Rookie
    2 months ago

    I’m also keen to get a response on this. Really wanted to use the Audi in career but the engine sound is awful and nothing like irl.

  • mantazzoLTU's avatar
    mantazzoLTU
    New Adventurer
    2 months ago

    Looking through the data on the PC version, it is likely that Codemasters "forgot" to update the engine sounds that the cars should use and they use 2025 data. Unconfirmed yet, I'm still analyzing.

  • TheRagebeard's avatar
    TheRagebeard
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    My guess is they are just using place holders because they haven't had a chance to record the actual sounds yet. They did mention prior to launch that several of the cars would not be complete and would be updated at a later time.

  • footballking840's avatar
    footballking840
    New Spectator
    2 months ago

    Yes I’m getting this as well. The Aston Martin and Audi I am hearing Mercedes engine sounds I am not hearing Audi or Honda sounds like I should be hearing. The Mercedes power unit sounds nothing like the Audi or Honda power unit at all I hope this is fixed. Alpine also needs to be fixed as well the ditched their own Renault engines to be a Mercedes customer team. They should sound like the works Mercedes team but they have their own unique sound that shows up as Renault in the files. We need this to be fixed urgently. This is a massive defect. 

  • mantazzoLTU's avatar
    mantazzoLTU
    New Adventurer
    2 months ago

    Update: I can confirm that Audi, Aston Martin and Alpine use wrong Engine Audio. Audi and Aston Martin both use Mercedes, while Alpine still uses Renault bundle. But there's more. 
    Turns out that Audi and Honda Engine Sounds files are just copies of the Mercedes Engine Sound file. So that means we actually DON'T have Audi and Honda engines in the game currently at all.

    The only outlier is Alpine, who use Renault engine sounds bundle - but that could be a differently sounding Mercedes engine in Alpine, but renamed for ease of use. So this one is just a "probably wrong".

    This will require an official answer from EA Codemasters, I think.

  • Jaketa's avatar
    Jaketa
    New Traveler
    2 months ago

    Same here! I already mentioned that in several posts. When are the developers responding?