M3 GTR required for sound recording

[madfiddler]

Hi,

I'm looking to source a GTR (or equivalent), to take to a recording session for possible inclusion into a street racing game I'm working on. Preferable in Scotland, but can travel.

Please email me direct on [e-mail] rather than IMing me. Any other questions, again please mail me or post here....

Thanks,

Mark.

[vixpy1]

M3 GTR?????

As in the M3 race car?

[madfiddler]

Well, I know it's so so unlikely....

There were a few production cars sold I believe, so I'm just chancing it. Otherwise I will get in touch with the BTCC. Roadgoing would be a better choice though...

>> Edited by madfiddler on Tuesday 20th September 11:41

>> Edited by madfiddler on Tuesday 20th September 11:42

[john_p]

Good luck finding the car! If you do I want a ride

If you want to sample off a DVD then the BMW video "BMW M3 GTR Nurburgring Nordschliefe Inboard" has unmolested recording of an entire Nordschliefe lap .. and very good it sounds too

Or maybe this one?

http://ensim03.ffm.m2soft.com/renn.tv/shop/product_info.php?products_id=33&osCsid=d544ae0e5408869923a3cedfc88325c5

[madfiddler]

Great - thanks very much for that info. Will check it out since this is so so unlikely

M

[madfiddler]

Has anyone any idea what the closest 'real-world' alternative would be for this car? I'd rather get something reasonable close than nothing at all.

Thanks,

Mark.

[vixpy1]

I thought the M3 GTR was a V8..

In which case.. Hmmm

[madfiddler]

V8's can sound very different though can't they. Really want something close enough...

[vixpy1]

Well, the BMW V8 sounds very different to the six..

I was going to suggest an M5 with a sports exhaust?

[madfiddler]

That's a V10 though, yes?

[vixpy1]

E39 v8

[madfiddler]

Aha... right... so who'se got one of those then, lol

[vixpy1]

Um.. well, a standard one will not sound the same as a race car, so you need a decatted one with sports exhaust

In which case, errr. Pass.

[madfiddler]

lol time for a new thread then, haha.... Thanks very much for all of this info btw..

[m12_nathan]

The v8 4L engine in the M3 GTR (which I think have now been retired from racing following winning the 2005 Nurburgring 24H) is a proper race engine not a road engine with a loud exhaust.

Some videos below, though I haven't watched them

http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/24h/highlights/videos/

[madfiddler]

CHeers for that Well it's gonna be nigh on impossible for me to find one, so I think I'll get the producer on the case.. more clout and all than, sigh....

[OutOn]

It´s not only a racing engine in a high state of tune. For your sound purposes the important thing to know is that it´s a flat plane crankshaft V8, not a cross plane V8 (as per E39 M5 and others). The most similar sound i can think of would be a Ferrari 360 CS. BTW, the engine block is a de-stroked and very modified V8 from the road versions. That sound is something you cannot replicate with de-cats and mufflers, simply the firing is not the same.

[madfiddler]

Thanks for that Outon... This just gets more and more complicated.....

Guess I should try and find a company who are still racing them.. or are they simply not being used at all anymore?