Patent ID: 8542846

Claim:
A method of producing a recording of one or more sound signals representing sounds of a Driving Enthusiast Vehicle (DEV) on a storage medium capable of being reproduced and/or capable of reproducing the one or more sound signals recorded when played in a playback device in a different vehicle or simulated vehicle that is also receiving an RPM signal representing a varying RPM of an engine or motor in the different vehicle or simulated vehicle, the playback device being in or on the different vehicle or simulated vehicle, the different vehicle having an electric motor or an internal combustion engine having four or fewer cylinders and the simulated vehicle being an arcade device or video game, the method comprising: a) feeding a DEV engine RPM signal coming from a DEV engine RPM indicator that indicates the RPM of an engine in the DEV, into a recorder making a recording on the storage medium while operating the engine in the DEV at various RPM's, the DEV engine RPM signal coming from the DEV engine RPM indicator varying as the RPM's of the engine in the DEV changes as the DEV is operated while in gears from a stop to a high speed that produces a high engine RPM, and b) simultaneously feeding one or more sound signals corresponding to engine exhaust sounds produced by an engine exhaust system of the DEV and optionally one or more other sounds produced by the DEV at corresponding DEV engine RPM's into the recorder, sound signals produced by the one or more other sounds selected from a group consisting of engine compartment, grill region, and a combination of these sounds of the DEV, the engine exhaust sounds of the DEV being sensed with one or more exhaust sound sensors attached to one or more mechanisms for moving the one or more exhaust sound sensors from a protected position away from a source of the engine exhaust sounds coming out of one or more tailpipes of the DEV to a position closer to the source of the engine exhaust sounds, the position closer to the source of the engine exhaust sounds being located beyond one or more ends of the one or more tailpipes of the DEV to a near optimum location for capturing the engine exhaust sounds as they would sound to a person riding along behind the DEV while the DEV is in use, the mechanisms for moving the one or more sound sensors being supported by the DEV.