How’d Turn 10 Get Such Realistic Tire Noise in Forza 4?

By using a Tesla Roadster.

From Turn 10 Studio’s Forza blog:

“As you can see in the image, we borrowed a Tesla and then attached microphones all over it, getting clean tire sounds—slides, burnouts, you name it. The Tesla had enough power to get the tires to do what the audio guys wanted, without a loud gas motor to intrude on the recording.”

A pretty clever way to make Forza Motorsport 4 even more realistic than ever before. The lil’ Tesla wasn’t just used for sound duties, it’s in the game too.

And by the way, if you’re paying attention, the October 11th release date is approaching fast. I’ll be up online the day it’s released, XBOX Live Gamertag: TheAutoInsider.

Shrink wrapped. Tightly packaged. Screaming mad.

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“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.

I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.” - Nikola Tesla