Fake sound (Electric Sport Sound) - OFF vs. ON for 718 EV on track (video)

[chun]

Fake sound off vs on; on track.

Not as loud as I would have expected, but it’s something.

 

[JGT4]

Better on. Weird to view a car not making noise on track. I imagine it'd be weird from driver's perspective too to have silence when tracking.

 

[HerrCooles]

It really depends on whether you’re just hearing the car briefly from the outside as it drives by, or if you’re actually driving it yourself.

Under acceleration, the engine note just keeps getting higher and higher with no interruption, like you’d normally get when an automatic shifts into the next gear. After a while, you almost find yourself thinking, “Come on, just shift already!”

That can get pretty annoying when you’re the one behind the wheel.

 

[atebit]

Hopefully, a 500USD option that I can uncheck in the configurator.

 

[Omegaman]

I like with the sound on. As with all things Porsche, the "Porsche Electric Sport Sound" is an option on lower EV trims (US $520). I think on the EV Turbo models the sound is made more noticeable and aggressive.

 

[f1eng]

I tried sound on when I had a Taycan demo and considered it daft to bypass one of the superiorities of an electric motor over a piston engine so didn't spec it and have never missed it or once wished I had it in the 4 years I have been driving my car, including once on track.

I can see old enthusiasts who are nostalgic for the shortcomings of the sports cars they had in their youth wanting it, but would imagine the enthusiasm for it will die out with time

I am an old enthusiast, 76, but an engineer and not nostalgic about inferior technology.