Bit of a quirky request, but hopefully someone can help please!
(hope this is ok to post – was going to ask a moderator first, but I cannot work out how to contact them as advised in the FAQ, as I cannot send private messages…)
Our company produces audio for videogames, and we are looking for a BMW z4 SDrive35is to record for an upcoming game.
Our intention is to get this recorded at Millbrook Proving Ground, which is between Milton Keynes and Bedford (but it could be somewhere else in roughly the same area – tbc).
The idea would be – you bring the car along, we spend some time attaching a few mics into the engine bay, and then some around the exhaust/s (likely using suction cup type mounts that don’t damage your car!), and then either you or another driver (tbc) will then drive the car up and down the straight several times, recording some full load ‘ramps/sweeps’. This involves a slow rolling start, changing up to probably 4th gear, and then applying full throttle while at low RPM, and allowing the car to speed up all the way to the redline, then backing off when reached. We also need to record the opposite – decelerations from high RPM, coasting back to low RPM.
We will also need to record a few other bits and pieces like startup, switch off, blipping the throttle (in neutral), tickover etc. We would also do a bit of normal driving, up and down the gears, for reference.
There will be no thrashing the car around a track or sliding about trashing the tyres. There won’t be any wheelspinning or skidding. The health of the car (and people!) are of course paramount.
So there should be nothing here that is going to break your car, but it needs to be in good shape obviously, as high rpm in 4th gear is likely to be quite fast…certainly over 70mph!
As well as the mics attached to the car, we will also record trackside too for passbys. We will send you clips of what your car sounds like
We are happy to discuss expenses to cover your time and fuel etc. The session is likely to take around 2-3 hours in total including the setup/down time. Actual running time will be short…maybe 15-30 minutes?
Ideally we are looking for a stock model…appreciate this will not be as noisy as a modded car, but this is what the client is looking for.
Hopefully there might be some takers who are roughly in this area who might be up for this please? Aiming for end of this month, so in a couple of weeks time.
Please get in touch if you are interested!
Thanks!
Tim
The Audio Guys Limited
