Gears 5 audio issues?

Outlawed Memes · Sep 7, 2019

Started Gears 5 today, as you'd expect. Went through the Boot Camp tutorial, noticed that a lot of audio seemed to sound muffled or distant, particularly character dialogue. Upon starting the Campaign proper, the problem became MUCH more pronounced. Even
during the pre-rendered recap scene most voiceover was either barely intelligible or flat out silent, even changing in the middle of a sentence.

I'm currently using a Logitech G Pro X headset on my Windows 10 PC. Firmware and drivers are all up to date, and my initial suspicion of the game's audio not playing nicely with the virtual surround was incorrect, as even in stereo the issues persist. Audio
is very important and I'm reluctant to play the game at all if important sound cues are missing and the all important dialogue is almost entirely inaudible.

If anyone has encountered similar issues or has a fix I'd be very appreciative as I really want to sink my teeth into Gears 5 and this is making that impossible.

:)

darkist1

Hi Outlawed,

Glad you found a fix for this.

Hope you enjoy playing the game as much as possible!

acdc sepia

I have the same problem and like someone already mentioned, this problem was solved until my friends and I passed a checkpoint, sometimes it took more than a checkpoint and the sound came back until a in-game cinematic started.

Valimor

Hi there,

you may need to delete the games cache(not the whole game), and doing a power cycle on your console. this may help with the problems.

how do you delete a games cache? all i see are options to delete savegame date and I tried the full shitdown to delete the system cache.

Nitz X8

It’s not a solution but i’ve got a workaround. Play w/o sound until u clear a checkpoint. Have the host back out and restart from checkpoint. Worked for me on two occasions. Very difficult to play w/o sound especially on harder difficulties. Good luck

XBF Javier R

Hello Splattered,

We thank you for bringing this inquiry to our forums community, and understand that this concerns an inability to play through Gears 5 without the audio disappearing.

Our suggestion here, please attempt to follow the steps provided through our
troubleshoot sound on your Xbox One console support article.

Try this out for us and then let us know the results.

Best wishes!

Gears 5 audio issues?