I beg to differ.
I am not asking for the old sound system to be brought back, but hearing tanks engines, tank guns, and shells landing like they are right on top of you, but they are really not anywhere near you (a couple K away), along with hearing the others plane's engine and guns that are louder than mine while passing each other in a merge. I don't consider that anywhere near realistic ... immersive yes ... just a little too immersive.
I agree, this does need tweaking. Last night during a lull in an air/ground assault several of us were circling around a field all swearing that something was shelling the field, but no one could see anything. Turns out it was a tank shelling the town, but it sure
sounded like it was on the field.
Overall I like the new sounds. I'll have to put in softer engine sounds, though, not to be gamey but because those big ol' Double Wasps and Wright Cyclones are making my head hurt. That might be realistic, but then, turning the AC down to -10F and playing in heavy winter clothes would be realistic too, and I ain't doing that either.