<story><title>Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2014/04/mercedes-f1-turbo</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sbierwagen</author><text>Who &lt;i&gt;cares&lt;/i&gt; about the sound? I&amp;#x27;m tired of seeing blog comments on Jalopnik complaining about it. Of the many dumb excuses car nuts use to whine about electric cars, &amp;quot;they sound different!&amp;quot; is by far the worst.</text></item><item><author>johnwyles</author><text>Also keep in mind that Formula E debuts this year; it will be the sport we all eventually follow (not sure how I feel about the passing cars sounding more like aircraft than cars): &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiaformulae.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fiaformulae.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ntkachov</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m loving the direction F1 is going. Sure, for the hardcore fans, the noise just isn&amp;#x27;t the same, and the cars aren&amp;#x27;t going as fast anymore, but I love that they are trying to force the manufacturers to improve their lower spec engines. Maybe the next rule change we&amp;#x27;ll have CVT as a requirement instead of a gear box.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>WalterBright</author><text>I have an old muscle car with a built V8. The crackling sound of the engine start, and the sound it makes when it &amp;#x27;digs in&amp;#x27; under acceleration, is viscerally thrilling.&lt;p&gt;The smell of a hot engine, and the shaking of the car also add a lot of fun.&lt;p&gt;One of the best movie montages ever is the opening sequence of the movie &amp;quot;Grand Prix&amp;quot; where they start the engines and warm em up.&lt;p&gt;In &amp;quot;Rush&amp;quot; they ruined the movie by having a rock soundtrack laid over the sounds of the cars.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Bullitt&amp;quot;s car chase has never been equaled because the director had the guts to let the V8s and various car noises be the whole soundtrack. The music overlay stops when the chase starts, the complete opposite of every other movie.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2014/04/mercedes-f1-turbo</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sbierwagen</author><text>Who &lt;i&gt;cares&lt;/i&gt; about the sound? I&amp;#x27;m tired of seeing blog comments on Jalopnik complaining about it. Of the many dumb excuses car nuts use to whine about electric cars, &amp;quot;they sound different!&amp;quot; is by far the worst.</text></item><item><author>johnwyles</author><text>Also keep in mind that Formula E debuts this year; it will be the sport we all eventually follow (not sure how I feel about the passing cars sounding more like aircraft than cars): &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiaformulae.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fiaformulae.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ntkachov</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m loving the direction F1 is going. Sure, for the hardcore fans, the noise just isn&amp;#x27;t the same, and the cars aren&amp;#x27;t going as fast anymore, but I love that they are trying to force the manufacturers to improve their lower spec engines. Maybe the next rule change we&amp;#x27;ll have CVT as a requirement instead of a gear box.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gsnedders</author><text>At the end of the day sound is an inherent inefficiency. The aim is to maximise the kinetic energy output of the motor — any sound or heat energy produced is waste that could&amp;#x27;ve better been produced as kinetic energy.</text></comment>