Porsche will give the electric Boxster and Cayman fake gear shifts and engine sounds
God. Fucking. Damnit.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
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This has been the case for a long time with fake cabin sounds. They add fake popping noises to the exhaust too. They added the ugliest knob ever so users could still fake key turn something to turn the car on. Half the shit is just fake bullshit for people with more money than brains.
Just stay home and play Assetto Corsa at that point.
Even Assetto Corsa has better audio than this thing. It's like they got the sound pack from Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing from SNES. It sounds awful. And not just low quality, but it's like, the sound is fake, you can make it sound like absolutely whatever you want. A V8 flat-plane-crank Ferrari? A V10 Lamborghini? A V8 F1 car? But no, you choose...a 4-banger economy car!?
Yeah, how dare they offer us choice! Assholes.
What choice? You can order it without this archaic crap?
Is there a mod pack to make it sound like a horse-drawn carriage?
The choice to use the feature or not use it. How is this hard?
They either add the feature, so people can choose if they want it or not, or they don’t add the feature and no one can use it. How is having more options for how you want to experience your vehicle a bad thing?
How is what hard? I haven't driven the car but I also have watched a dozen videos about it and haven't seen anything about turning it off, much less ordering it without the fuckboi paddle shifters on a single-speed car...
How it is hard understanding this. There’s zero chance you watched a dozen videos, or even read the article to this post, which clearly states the importance of being able to switch these systems on/off.
I haven’t seen videos on the car for a while, but every single one I watched a year ago made it extremely obvious that it was something you can turn on. If you legitimately watched a dozen videos and didn’t pick this up then you really need to learn some comprehension skills. If you’re lying about watching a dozen videos then I don’t know what to say to that.
How it is hard understanding this.
What is "this"?
There’s zero chance you watched a dozen videos
Have you been spying on me!?
or even read the article to this post, which clearly states the importance of being able to switch these systems on/off.
That was the Porsche guy, not Hyundai. But even then, what does "off" mean? "Off" in "touring" mode?
And what about the goofy-ass paddle shifters? What do you do with those?
“This” is the fact that the feature is adding choice for the consumer. I.e. a good thing. You’re getting upset that people have MORE options on how they want to drive.
Yes, the Porsche guy reiterated how important it is to make sure they can be shut off…so again, why is this news about Porsche adding the feature bothering you?
What about the paddle shifters? It’s the same argument. It’s a choice, use them if you think they make the driving experience more fun, don’t use them if you don’t like them.
If your whole thing is that they just look dumb, and that’s why you wouldn’t buy the vehicle then this has nothing to do with fake engine noises and fake gears, because tons of ICE vehicles have paddles as well.
You’re getting upset that people have MORE options on how they want to drive.
You keep insisting on this and I keep telling you it's not true. I'm upset that I will potentially have to pay extra money for something I don't want and can't be disabled.
why is this news about Porsche adding the feature bothering you?
If you're not new to technology then you know how these trends get around. Nissan also added fake shifts to their CVTs and now every CVT has this "feature" that nullifies its own existence and cannot be disabled.
If your whole thing is that they just look dumb, and that’s why you wouldn’t buy the vehicle then this has nothing to do with fake engine noises and fake gears, because tons of ICE vehicles have paddles as well.
Those aren't fake...they're functional. They actually do something.
Why do you keep saying it can’t be disabled? I’ve said time and time again that you don’t need to use it. Just keep it off, it drives like any other electric car with a single “gear”. The drivers that enjoy the feature use it, and the drivers that don’t care for the gears leave it off. Or, more likely, drivers sometimes use it because it’s fun, and sometimes don’t if they just want a relaxing drive.
Regarding Nissan (which shouldn’t matter, we are talking about Hyundai and Porsche), a quick google search shows that they are an optional feature. Do you have a source for Nissan forcing the use of paddle shifters?
The paddle shifters on the 5N aren’t fake either. They are functional. They allow you to simulate gear shifting, feeling all the acceleration changes along the way (you know, the thing that makes driving fun)
If you think that’s dumb, then fine. Luckily they aren’t designing features specifically for you. They are designing features that people think are neat after using them. Based on all the reviews I’ve seen, every single person that was skeptical about the tech, drove the car, and realized it was a lot more fun than expected.
Why do you keep saying it can’t be disabled?
I never said that. I said I don't know that it can be disabled. And once again saying that it's a worrying trend.
Why do you keep ignoring the bit about the added costs and stupid pointless hardware?
Regarding Nissan (which shouldn’t matter, we are talking about Hyundai and Porsche),
My guy, do you not understand how examples work? We're not talking about Nissan, we're talking about large swathes of the automotive industry. Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mazda, etc. etc. all have these shitty CVTs with fake shifting.
a quick google search shows that they are an optional feature
Your Google search deceives you.
Do you have a source for Nissan forcing the use of paddle shifters?
That was not about paddle shifters, that was about the transmission...
If you think that’s dumb, then fine.
Then why are you arguing with me?
what’s up?
I think it's awesome, and a smart business move.
I genuinely don't understand how you can think an optional feature for funsies is a bad thing.
Because as far as I know, it's not optional.
If it's like the Ioniq 5 N, none of this stuff is active by default, you have to select a specific drive mode for it.
One can just NOT use that drive mode.
Okay, but which drive mode is that? Presumably it's the "sporty" one, which is the one I tend to use 100% of the time. And the one I would expect most drivers of a high performance vehicle like this to use.
In a Porsche it's likely to be configurable. Especially the "individual" drive mode where you set every little thing exactly how you like. In my Taycan, my individual mode puts everything in the sportiest settings, except the suspension is dialed back to "sport" from "sport plus". This is for sure one place where the driver could choose to enable or disable the simulated gears or simulated engine braking
I want selectable shift noises. Slide whistle for the win.