Update Speculation thread

Dang, and here I was all hyped up for BeamNG V0.3: Insects & Critters Update.

 

I just always thought the crackling on my car was the brakes), turns out it's the engine

 

When a car has been running for a while and it's warm it will make sounds like this from exhaust and other parts cooling down, very cool, gt7 uses this same sound in loading screens after a race.

 

ssssh, let them speculate¡

 

Ohhhh yep sry my bad, mmm maybe it is an engine problem lol

 

No BeamNG.fly then?

 

Sounds like the engine cooling down after its turned off, might be a sign that engine sounds could be getting a little bit more complex...?

 

it's probably a whole audio update, since if you listen carefully, you can hear the sea sounds are different aswell.
(also probably since the in-game audios haven't been updated since the mid - 2019)

 

(Insert joke about bugs here)

 

so i just watched the teaser and looks like i was correct about it being a racing variant also i was defiantly surprised when i heard the popping sound at first i thought it was heavy machinery but then i watched it over and over again and after reading some post i agree this sounds like engine crackles like when i shut off my 04 odyssey, so im looking forward to what this update going to have in it, who knows maybe even car reliability and car age

 

Okay, it's a speculatin' time:

With this teaser showing the sound effects when the engine cools down + the lava lamp teaser, I think the devs are revamping the entire thermal system of BeamNG. The lava lamp demonstrates that fluids (like oil, fuel or water) have different volumes and resistences when cold vs when they're hot, and this current teaser shows the thermal system will be connected to the audio system in some way. Maybe we will get things like cars sounding slightly different when being pushed hard on a cold vs on a hot engine.

I wonder what else they improved thermals on. Brakes? Tires?

 

That would be nice.
Also that cheeky tire thermals mention…

 

This teaser really makes me think the devs are going to put some implementation of engine sim for sounds in. They've said they want to do it, and if they're updating engine off sounds they'll probably update engine on sounds.

 

Audio updates finally

i don’t think so. That’s too complicated for now

 

> SXS in the Johnson Valley teaser
> "the SXS is not part of the teaser"
> SXS is now coming to BeamNG

This confirms insects will come in 0.31

 

Some random details from the teaser:

• It's at the industrial spawn point on Small Island but with better effects (the sun is rotated 90° and the color temperature is too cool in-game)
• The SxS has race tires on (meaning either a race or asphalt rally config)
• The engine off sounds are clearly the focus but the engine doesn't sound like anything in game (maybe a new turbo I6?)

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They said something similar after the 0.29 release:

 

It could be I3_3

 

I think it is I3_3 actually.

 

The more I listen to this tapping, the more I wonder, "is it not too much but a ringing knock" like a wrench on a pipe, in reality it is quieter and not so ringing, correct me if I am wrong.