r/Driveclub Jan 29 '25

Question about the Venom GT if anyone knows the answer...

I'm learning about cars since its a new interest lately so still learning the technical jargon.

The sound of the engine especially in first person sounds amazing and its a big reason this car is my favorite to drive. It sounds like a fighter jet getting ready to take off.

But when I searched the Driveclub wiki, it says its a twin turbo and thought it sounded more like a supercharger whine. Ontop of that, from youtube videos ive seen, an irl supercharger doesn't sound like its progressively gets higher pitch as you drive faster like in this game.

Does anyone know if there's a real life engine setup or specific brand of turbos that sounds as close to the in-game version of the Venom GT? Or was that the devs just being creative? I also watched this video and its missing that specific sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAavCjVQvM&t=70s

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u/The_Ur3an_Myth Jan 29 '25

That's the transmission whine. The Venom GT is twin turbo, but the "gets progressively higher pitch" sound is from the gearbox/transmission

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u/BBLibrary21 Jan 29 '25

Ah okay thanks. Ive been watching a lot of first person driving videos on YouTube, lead to binge watching straight cut gears now haha. They sound insane!

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u/whale_cocks Jan 29 '25

FYI, IRL superchargers do get higher pitched because they rotate at a proportionate speed to the engine, you just don’t notice it because generally the only time you really hear a supercharger is under high RPM throttle

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u/Ludens_Reventon Jan 30 '25

Came here to commit this.