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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Maybe they will design them to feel and sound like ICEs like how they made CVTs feel like they have gears, even if it hurts performance and efficiency, or how they pipe in fake noise into the speakers. They could do it. It isn’t too hard, but it wouldn’t be as good or realistic, of course. It just isn’t necessary.

They could take a motor that is capable of more area under the curve than an engine, but then just limit its power. Power could ramp up in a linear way, or it could simulate the late surge of a large turbo. They could do that with the addition of a second motor that comes on late. Maybe a CVT or something could be used to simulate a power curve or simulate gears. Hepatic motors on the chassis could simulate vibrations like they do in smart phones. Sounds can be piped into the cabin via speakers. Want to feel the torque and rumble of a V8 one day and a flat plane V12 the next or a 12k rpm K20 and then a single turbo 2JZ? It is all possible with a single powertrain.

do all that crap to simulate the real thing....why not just....use the real thing instead?