Jazzydaze

Hi all,
I play iRacing online and lately have found myself in a GT3 alot. I was wondering if you guys could answer a question. Occassionally the car makes a buzzing noise..like an electronic noise. It seems to be related to the transmission maybe? Anyone know what this buzzer is trying to tell me?

shapiroeric

I'm a little confused.....Are you asking what is the buzzing noise you hear while playing online?

Jickel180

You're probably hearing the compressor pump for the paddle shift. The Cup, GT3R, and RSR all have pneumatic sequential shift gearboxes.

Jazzydaze

Sorry..lol its not a pc buzz question..lol. The car in the smulator makes a Bzzzz when going through gears sometimes. I think its gear related anyway. Why would the compressor have a buzzer?

Jazzydaze

Heres a bad video I took of the screen..you can hear it just getting intoT1..
If you guys havent tried iRacing..its awesome!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ck3c8jc3zb6wo6b/buzz.mp4?dl=0

subshooter

lol.

Looks like fake sound being piped into our cars speakers is not too far off......

Jickel180

The compressor doesn't have a buzzer lol. It's the sound of the actual compressor turning on to fill the air tank used by the shift cylinder/arm. Each upshift/downshift from the paddles engages the shift cylinder which draws air from the tank. The compressor needs to periodically turn on to maintain pressure. The more you shift, the more the compressor is used.

Jazzydaze

Jick, were you able to hear it in the video? Is that the compressor?

Jickel180

Yep, that is the compressor.

See around the :25 second mark. The driver engages first which triggers the compressor:

Jazzydaze

That is definately it! Lol thanks..I couldnt figure out what the deal was because it seemed to have no rhyme or reason to when it happened. I thought it was an alert of some kind. Solved!

Mike in CA

Speaks well for the accuracy of the sim. Haven't tried iRacing but have heard that it's excellent.

Jazzydaze

Its very good and some serious drivers out there! Here my GT3, when Im not driving my 996 tt. Lol

I use virtual reality goggles and its perfect, cheap track time!

chance6

those resemble the 18-way sofas.

Jazzydaze

2 way. Lol