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Anyone heard a 2016 car yet?

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  1. gt4me

    gt4me F1 Veteran

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  2. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    Think overall it'll just be louder, not much tone change. They found quite a bit of power last season compared to 2014 and the sound was mostly the same.
     
  3. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Louder is good!

    It may be Paddy is blowing smoke, but the twin exhaust approach sounds (no pun intended ;)) at least a little promising.

    Just a couple more weeks till we find out...... :)

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  4. cf355

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    basically no positive news
     
  5. subirg

    subirg F1 Rookie

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    I don't think the volume of noise is the issue. Having been to a few races over the past couple of years, I've actually enjoyed the fact that I don't have to wear ear defenders to the races and you can hear other really good sounds like wheel lock ups under braking. The real issue is the quality of the sound. It is just dreadful. The GP2 cars sound so much better and even though they are way slower, they stir spectator emotions in a way which the current F1 units never could. Switching from one exhaust to two is completely pointless. Only a fundamental PU formula change will bring back the noise quality I want to hear... and a big increase in the rev limit would help too.
     
  6. greyboxer

    greyboxer F1 World Champ

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    No 2016 cars have been launched yet so surely the noise levels remain conjecture - ask again in a couple of weeks during the first test
     
  7. classic308

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    Just put on some bad music and turn it up-lol. Imho the issue wil always be the quality of sound-now that gas is cheap time to bring back the v10s..
     
  8. subirg

    subirg F1 Rookie

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    +1. V10 with hybrid to keep the greens happy and the noise sweet!
     
  9. daytona355

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    Just bought er indoors a new Dyson Animal vacuum, so i reckon I have a good inkling of the turbo whoosh! Think it may be up on power compared to the Hondas though. hahahah
     
  10. racerx3317

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  11. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Considering it did nothing but idle, I think there may just be a little hope! Wish they'd given it some welly though..... ;)

    And did you notice how many spectacle wearers there were involved! :)

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  12. gt4me

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    Agree sounds a little better, thanks for the link.
     
  13. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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    sounds crap. what was the point of the vid XD
     
  14. ferraristyle1

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    A little inspired......would be most inspired if they would go to a V10 or V12, but I think those days are gone.
     
  15. racerx3317

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    To tease you. That's what Ferrari does...:p


    Does sound a bit better though.
     
  16. Etcetera

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  18. gt4me

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    Sounds quite fruity.
     
  19. Vcruiser

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    I had a dream last night that the cars sounded like the V10s from the 90s

    Was a great dream :(
     
  20. ricksb

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    The sound at idle held some promise...then they rev'd it.

    Still a pretty flaccid sound.
     
  21. singletrack

    singletrack F1 Veteran

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    Merc sounds the best so far IMO. Although they didn't rev the Ferrari. Honda still sounds horrible to me.
     
  22. indy-25

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    They will sound more like a higher pitched Indycar is my guess for this year.
     
  23. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    dual pipes for the merc
     
  24. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    I think they'll all be running that setup this year.

    Don't recall the details right now, but I believe that's the new setup they agreed on. One pipe exits via the turbo, but the other is 'direct'.

    Something close to that anyway.

    Cheers,
    Ian
     

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