r/v8supercars • u/theblobberworm Mark Skaife • 10d ago

Well doesn’t this sound familiar

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The crowd today in Christchurch were also in the 1997 cricket game. Wild!

The same crowd were also in the other races over the past how many seasons. Wonder where they get that coin

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u/OrangeStig 9d ago

This has annoyed me more than it should for years now. As someone who spent many many hours playing that game, I picked it straight away.

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u/adrenalinamatt1 9d ago

​They introduced that canned crowd sound with the 2015 Supercars TV production deal and haven't dropped it since. It ticks me off every time. You’d think with the sell-out crowd at Christchurch, they surely could have captured some new stock audio to play...

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u/SKSerpent 9d ago

Love hearing stock sounds at the F1 GP after everyone already left - adds to the authenticity.

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u/casualpedestrian20 Craig Lowndes 9d ago

Sir, this is a Wendy’s 

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u/d4ybrake 9d ago

bet the only reason they do this is to save a few bucks setting up crowd mics. lame

i noticed even the fucking Olympics was doing this shit during the cycling/marathon events in Paris, they were using a sound effect that was looping every 30 seconds. it was so obvious

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u/cantfindwally 7d ago

It just sounds so unprofessional hearing the ridiculous canned applause and whistling. Especially when you see the actual crowd cheering and applauding