I agree, when you listen live to the old v8 cars you have to wear enough ear protection to prevent damaging your hearing which makes the volume fairly comparable to the current cars. The main problem is the sound mixing for tv, in person they sound pretty decent and have a pretty nuanced sound.FrukostScones wrote: ↑30 Mar 2017, 12:49I still don't understand why people would want to damage their hearing with loud exhaust noises.
V10, V8 were pretty much absolutely hazardous in noise levels. pretty unbearable . like 145-150DB. at a very damaging frequency.
2017 PU are decently loud trackside. They just sound a bit dull like a turbo single exhaust engine. I don't think the 80ies turbos sounded much better.
If F1 will go backwards in technology because of high pitched engine noise, than it will be extinct soon.
And the sound on TV absoultely not what you hear trackside. Wasn't before (in the good old times) and isn't now.
edit: 2017 of course.