6. Sound Comparison
I'm in the opinion, that the best mixed sounds have the PS1 version. It has all engine, bumping and crashing sounds. And i really like the Beta announcer comments from the PS1 Rolling Demo. On the Retail PC version, are the car sounds really thin in my opinion. The AI cars has engine sounds, but no sounds when they bumping or hitting. Only the Player car has bumping sounds, when it got hit. There are no hammer sounds, when you repair your car and no crowd sounds. Also at the beginning you don't hear that the drivers pressing the gas pedal, that you can hear in the PS1 version. The Matrox version has a really lame soundmix, i think the developers forgot to finish it. Only the Player car has a engine sound and bumping sounds. You will hear it very good at the start, when the cam flies over the AI cars to your car, that you only hear the engine from your car. Also when the AI cars crash together, you hear nothing. You hear only bumping sounds, when they hit the player car. So the AI cars are completely soundless. And they're no crowd sounds. And the announcer does not say "Drivers, start your engines!" at the start. When the announcers says 3...2...1...Go, it stutters very short, when he says "Go". This is the point when the CD-Music starts. At the Race is the announcer too loud. But the bumping sounds in the Matrox version sounds really interesting, it's different mixed. Redbook Audio is playing in all versions properly.
Retail PC version AI Engine sounds - No crowd sounds
Matrox version No AI Engine sounds - No crowd sounds
PS1 version AI Engine sounds + Crowd sounds
Retail PC version AI Engine sounds - No AI Bumping sounds
Matrox version No AI Engine sounds - No AI Bumping sounds
PS1 version AI Engine sounds + AI Bumping sounds