Ford's "Virtual Vehicle Sound Simulator" looks like every video game racer's wet dream; three wide-screen monitors, force-feedback controls and Sennheiser headphones shame most setups, but this is actually a heavy duty in-vehicle sound simulator — an acoustic engineer's wet dream.

Despite all outward appearances, this is about as exciting as creamed corn.

The system can be quickly swapped from a Mustang to an F150 to a competitor car

The touchscreen interface for vehicle simulated makes quick comparisons easy.

Data in aggregate form, the output waveform heard through the headphones. It can be…