Sound Problem in rfactor2

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  1. zeEeeN

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    Hello Guys,

    i have got a strange Problem with the car sounds in rfactor 2. I havent found any similar Sound issues or fixes for that on Google.

    All cars Sound like im driving in/through a tunnel or something like that. I dont know exactly how to describe it.

    I already checked the game for Errors on steam. Even reinstall hasnt changened anything.

    I hope someone can help me :D

    Thanks in advance!
     
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    If it isn't caused by an activated Windows Sound-Scheme, i would suggest to play around with the Ingame Sound-Settings first.
     
  3. zeEeeN

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    Hey all,

    I just recorded a clip and put it on Youtube. I hope im allowed to post links :D

    You can clearly hear how the sound does change after 0:42. And at 0:47 the strange sound appears again.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiHL3sY3rwk
     
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    Strange this! Sounds like a driver problem.... (I mean soundcard-driver, not you as a driver LOL;) )
    I doubt that it´s a games fault, as you say reinstall does nothing.
     
  5. kaptainkremmen

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    You are :)

    This sounds like the in-game reverb from being close to walls.

    Try a more open track and see if it disappears.

    I get this a lot if I turn the Rear Surround up too high. There is a way to alter it in a JSON somewhere.
     
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    @kaptainkremmen haha haven`t thought about thatbut that would make sense. Is there a way to completely shut these soundeffects down?
     
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    Check Your audio cables too.
     
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    I have tried to delete all the reverb files in the plr file but obviously that didnt help :p because it just recreates the files when you start the game.

    Im pretty sure those "reverb" sounds are my "problem". Is there an other way to get rid of it?
     
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    you could try reducing this value .

    "Reverb Max Dist":13,
    "Reverb Max Dist#":"Distance from wall at which reverb drops to zero",
     
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    Jeeez, how did I miss that setting? Thanks for that :)
     
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    Yea, thanks a lot. Its awesome now!
     
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    Sorry I know this post is 1 year old but I think I have a similar problem. Where I found the files to change these values "Reverb Max Dist":13,
    "Reverb Max Dist#":"Distance from wall at which reverb drops to zero" ?

    Thanks !
     
  13. Lazza

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    @Nismogtr It's in your player.JSON file, which is in the rFactor 2\UserData\player folder.

    Full path might be something like:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\rFactor 2\UserData\player

    You can open it in notepad.

    Just make sure the comma stays at the end of the line, or you'll get a JSON format error. So maybe:
    "Reverb Max Dist":3,
    Or something like that.
     
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