Xbox Audio

I got myself a PS5 and the audio difference is day and night. It's ridiculous how Xbox players are being treated. On Xbox the game feels totally broken. I won't be joining any Xbox conversations anymore as the game is unplayable in this state on Xbox but I would suggest anyone who bought TSW3 on Xbox to keep demanding the game being fixed on that platform as it's really disgusting the game is sold in this state for Xbox. There are better versions of this game but they are not on the Xbox platform.

 

The audio on the xbox was fixed aaaggggeeessss ago.

 

The audio problems returned ages ago and were not fixed since ages ago. You clearly haven't played this game on Xbox since "aaaggggeeessss" ago

 

I played it today on my series x!

I haven't experienced any audio issues for a long, long time.

 

I don't have very much sound problems on Xbox series S. The only thing is that some train sounds are too quiet if I compare them with real life cab views. For example I just got the TGV in my collection and noticed the horn sound is very soft when you're in the cab. Outside the cab the volume of the horn is fine. In my opinion it would work best if they added a sound adjustment bar just for the train sounds.

 

The Xbox audio was (eventually) fixed on TSW2. Much to the chagrin of Xbox players however, it is unfortunately currently broken on TSW3, this time with very low quality over-compressed audio. If you read the entire thread you will understand better.

 

That's a lie. You did not play TSW3 on Xbox series X if you dare to claim there are no audio issues. I had the audio issues on Xbox series on two different tv's and 2 different soundbars. The audio issue was present on both setups. On PS5 no audio issues at all. There is almost no route on the xbox version that does not suffer from BIG audio issues.

TSW3 on Xbox is a broken game and should be fixed as this is pure disrespect to everyone who is paying money for this game on Xbox.

 

It's not a lie at all, it's fine on my system.

 

Check out this post which contains a video comparison of TSW2/3 audio:
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/xbox-audio.59043/page-2#post-636162
Have you tried TSW3 with a headset? At first listen it may not be evident, but once you hear door chimes or AWS alarms you will probably notice pretty quickly, especially if you use other platforms that are unaffected.

 

I’m on Xbox series x and didn’t notice this issue until I listened to the link on you tube. Now I’ve heard it I can’t unhear it, don’t know if I was better off not knowing lol

 

I've barked up that tree for 9 months to no avail. So it'll just be either a wait and see as I test it out for a few minutes every so often, or just wait for TSW4 and see what that brings.

 

Hey Dovetail, we are so tired of waiting for a playable game when soon it will be 1 year since release.
I purchased your game and have had it installed waiting to be played for 9 months and nothing has changed, could you please stop treating us (xbox players) as 5 year old kids and do something about this horrible audio you said was being looked at a looooong time ago...

 

Please take your game seriously and stop selling us new DLC when the audio on xbox has not worked properly since release of the game!!! Could you please tell us how long do we still have to wait for a working game.
I hope you understand how frustrating it is for xbox comunity to be told a long time ago that this issue was being looked at and we haven't had any fix...

 

Any updates for this in the next roadmap???

 

Hey, It's been 8 months now, has there been any progress regarding this issue?
I know I'm constantly asking about this problem but I think we've had enough waiting for an issue that has been affecting us xbox players since the game launched almost 1 year ago so I kindly ask you if you could give me some kind of answer just to know if you are still working on this or is the game going to be in this state forever...

 

I think I have the same issue because the horns on some trains sound more distorted on Xbox s than PC. I know this because I’ve seen tsw3 PC videos and compares the horn sound to my Xbox and the sounds on Xbox are more distorted

 

Like this

 

If a new iteration of TSW (v4) really is coming next month, one would hope the Xbox audio quality issues will have been sorted out for good, and not carried over from v3 to plague another generation of players for the next 2-3 years. It is frankly disrespectful to a third of TSW players how the situation has been ignored and swept under the rug for the last year, with no acknowledgement at all from the team.

 

Well said, but I’m afraid it will fall on deaf ears, or the DTG audio department as I think they are known

 

That made me chuckle

 

Thanks buddy, appreciate that.

 

Dude seriously 1 year after release and nothing
I officially give up
Thanks dovetail

 

I really hope for Xbox players that the reason this issue has been ignored is that they needed to build a new version of the game to fix it. I really had zero enjoyment of this game on Xbox because of this issue.

 

Absolutely. This has to be a core issue (old or obsolete audio API?) because they eventually found a workaround for the jackhammer audio issues in TSW2, only to find in TSW3 a global Xbox audio quality issue, which has been largely ignored as you say (on the first page of this very thread Matt requested some concrete examples, which were provided, but nothing further became of it).

 

I know the horns on the VP185 HST, 700, 52 and a lot more sound absolutely terrible because they sound all crackly and low quality. I really hope Xbox gets a better audio engine

 

Well reportedly dtg can't find any issues with the sound as Matt said they looked into it?

So I'm not sure what they're doing lol

 

Ahhh nice one thank you for that Matt!

 

(the carrot is dangled...)

 

Good news Matt. At the same time, would it be fair to deny the big consoles, because of the small consoles?

 

Its a better looking Carrot than we last though though

 

Hi, I just wanted to ask if this fix will affect tsw 3 also or will it be only for tsw4?
Thanks in advance

 

I think it’s to do with the default Xbox audio engine which clearly needs to be repaired or changed

 

Thanks Matt. Glad you’re looking into it. Can’t wait until the Xbox version sounds like PC and PS4/5 version. Will you do the same thing you did for tsw2 on Xbox

 

I wonder if adding bloatware nuclear lighting, fog, and whatever other unnecessary gags brought TSW3/4 to a memory critical state on Xbox therefore requiring a reduced audio experience?

 

I gave in an upgraded to series x the mml hst sounds fine for me but the horn on the 700 sounds bad cant win lol

 

Will the fix be also for tsw 3 or only tsw 4??

 

Probably just tsw4 but I could be wrong

 

Any update on the Xbox audio fix yet Matt?

 

Unlikely. They’ll all be working on the Xbox crashes.

 

Updates on this?

 

Middle of the night, no chance they'll say anything until at least tomorrow

 

To be fair there are far more important issues being worked on at the moment such as the constant crashes on Xbox. Keep bringing this up as an issue to stay on the forefront, but you're probably looking at months for this kind of bug fix (maybe never?). Just my 2 cents

 

I wouldn't say never (wouldn't say it was possible either), but it is hardly a game breaking bug.

 

No certainly not game breaking, just a big annoyance at most. I actually have no idea what it sounds like. Curious if it's the jackhammering that was present for a long time in TSW2 or if it's something new. Either way, sounds seem ok where I play the game.

 

Don’t hold yer breath, the last Xbox audio issue (jackhammer) took most of the TSW2 “reign” to solve. Given what just happened with TSW4-gate, expect the audio fix to be paywalled behind TSW5. Or they may yet surprise us with a fix, no strings attached!

 

I bought the Sherman Hill DLC today to complete my collection for US Freight routes.
Refunded it 30 min later.

God... That audio was so awfull to hear So much reverb and weird pitching of sounds.. terrible like in the old TSW2 days, even now on TSW4.
I wonder if Horseshoe Curve will be a same audio disaster on xbox, im actually scared to buy it.
I guess that old routes never get fixed regarding xbox audio.

Im glad that the new routes sound a lot better on Xbox.
The Vectron and the Metro Link F125 sound so much much better on Xbox.

playing on Xbox Series X

 

Here is another little example of the distorted audio. Happy to hear from the roadmap stream, that they've pinpointed the problem

 

That means they might actually look into it!