Car sounds

[Kelso]

The car sounds are out of sync/ delayed or not playing at all. Whats going on? how do I fix this?
System:
I5-3570K, GTX 660TI, 8 GB RAM.
Mobo: MSI Z77A-G45 Z77 RG SA
I use the onboard soundcard.

[smokintoaster]

I'm having this problem too. I'll try the above, seems like a weird fix though.

[Cheesiest_Daddio]

this is crap. ive tried everything. im on win8. still no vehicle sounds except a bad delay in sync and mostly just tire sounds here and there.. what a waste

[Hourglass]

Have you tried the fix i mentioned above, im on Win8 aswell and it works for me, i should have mentioned that in order for that fix to work a sound file needs to be playing on the media player, what I do i open up VLC, start a song and then pause it, after that Saints Row sounds play fine, I tihnk this is the same case in the 4th Saints games aswell.

[PorcusGrunzus]

Not having this problem.
Either its because I use Windows 7 or the game simply doesnt like Intel and Nvidia Hardware.

[Cheesiest_Daddio]

Originally posted by E66rollio:

Have you tried the fix i mentioned above, im on Win8 aswell and it works for me, i should have mentioned that in order for that fix to work a sound file needs to be playing on the media player, what I do i open up VLC, start a song and then pause it, after that Saints Row sounds play fine, I tihnk this is the same case in the 4th Saints games aswell.

checked integrity of the game files, re-installed the game, and tried using my Windows Media Player to get the sound to sync. Still nothing.. Finally i just downloaded VLC and installed it, gave it a shot and it worked..lol stupid that im only going to use VLC just to play SR3, but if thats what i gotta do then so be it. Thanks for the support.

[SerialGamer]

Originally posted by Kellso:

The car sounds are out of sync/ delayed or not playing at all. Whats going on? how do I fix this?
System:
I5-3570K, GTX 660TI, 8 GB RAM.
Mobo: MSI Z77A-G45 Z77 RG SA
I use the onboard soundcard.

FIX: go to you tube and select a video and pause. than start the game and u have all sounds.

[Makiki]

Yeah, I was wondering too what's up with the sounds. They're all messed up. Gotta try these fixes I suppose.

[smokintoaster]

This problem only surfaced when I changed motherboards and got a Gigabyte board with Realtek. I tried this fix. It didn't help running with Windows Media in background as I've read elsewhere, but it did work with VLC in background. No music needed to be playing. Additionally, since doing this one time, I haven't had to run VLC in the background for the sound to work properly. The problem hasn't resurfaced yet and I've had about ten seperate 1hr+ sessions since.

[PorcusGrunzus]

Yeah that makes sense.
I also had problems with Onboard Sound Chips especially Realtek.
It went so much on my nerves until I decided to buy a Extra Asus Xonar DX Soundcard.
I swear, 90% of all sound problems were away and the sound quality was incredibly increased!
Best improvement I ever made to my rig. Gaming sound is different now.
What you can try is playing around with the Windows Sound Manager settings.
Sometimes there are settings that fix certain problems.
Also try to use the latest Driver.

[Makiki]

Hmm, the other fixes didn't work with me. But what about that VLC? I don't quite get it. I do have it but It just seems like a really weird fix. Do you just have to have the program on the background? Do you open it before playing the game or while you are in the game? Do you have to have a movie or sound or something playing in the background? Do you have to have it everytime you play?

[Hourglass]

Originally posted by Middle Sister:

Hmm, the other fixes didn't work with me. But what about that VLC? I don't quite get it. I do have it but It just seems like a really weird fix. Do you just have to have the program on the background? Do you open it before playing the game or while you are in the game? Do you have to have a movie or sound or something playing in the background? Do you have to have it everytime you play?

Yeah i know its a really weird fix, i just tried it for a laugh when i first read about it not thinking it would work, but as some people have said in this thread it seems to work with youtube aswell, I don't know why it works all I know is that it does. So just to clarify:

Before starting the game
Open a media player (VLC is known to work) and play a sound file
Pause the sound and leave the media player and the sound file open
Start up Saints
All sound in Saints should play correctly after this and yes it'll need to be done every time.

This happens with Saints 3 and 4 so I can only assume is a bug thats intrinsic to both games' engines.

[Makiki]

Originally posted by E66rollio:

Originally posted by Middle Sister:

Hmm, the other fixes didn't work with me. But what about that VLC? I don't quite get it. I do have it but It just seems like a really weird fix. Do you just have to have the program on the background? Do you open it before playing the game or while you are in the game? Do you have to have a movie or sound or something playing in the background? Do you have to have it everytime you play?

Yeah i know its a really weird fix, i just tried it for a laugh when i first read about it not thinking it would work, but as some people have said in this thread it seems to work with youtube aswell, I don't know why it works all I know is that it does. So just to clarify:

Before starting the game
Open a media player (VLC is known to work) and play a sound file
Pause the sound and leave the media player and the sound file open
Start up Saints
All sound in Saints should play correctly after this and yes it'll need to be done every time.

This happens with Saints 3 and 4 so I can only assume is a bug thats intrinsic to both games' engines.

Thank you for the answers. Now it's more clear so I have to at least try it.

Saints Row 4 has this same problem as well? Oh man... I hope I don't get it when playing the game.

[Sukhoi]

Very strange bug, I have the same issue.

[katsuragi]

Wow... I'm glad this old post was here.

Windows 8
Realtek Audio
Car sounds all out of sync.

Opened a Youtube vid then paused it... started up game... sound fixed.

Why this should work... I have no idea... but it does

[Candesco]

Guess i'm lucky then. I do hear the car sounds normally and i'm playing on Windows 8.1.
I have MPC HC x64 installed and also Foobar 2000. It could also be a codec thing.