: The paper The reality paradox: authenticity in ambience by Stevens and Raybould discusses how "realism" in war audio often relies on mimicking "mediated experiences" (like news footage) rather than just raw reality to feel "authentic" to the listener.

: For a technical breakdown of how urban battle sounds are categorized (e.g., diegetic vs. non-diegetic), the paper A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of First-Person Shooter Audio provides a taxonomy for the exact types of sounds found in this ambience pack.

: A study on urban environment realism explores how ambient loudness and the accuracy of "traffic" or background chaos (like the car alarms in Part 2) are the most critical factors for perceived realism. 3. Where to Access the Audio