Neocron has a very own special feeling and that not last effected by the sounds. I gladly compare it to the movie Bladerunner. Btw. there is nice new film with similar feeling. Syncronicity.
For me many sounds are very importent for the idendity of neocron. Several years after my 1st neocron game-period ends, iv remembered the sounds, so i downloaded the soundtrack. It was very fine, it felt like to be in the game simply by hearing the ost.
But not only the music and the ambient.
For example the wind-background in the wasts effects the greatest for me.
Or the stat-upgrade sampler. So wonderful. (Thx @ Midgar for extracting it, so i can have it on my phone now
But i agree too to the bad vehicle sounds - there are very ugly.
The weapon-sounds are great. Especially the rayguncannons and the plasma-weapons. I think the orginal sound desinger made a very good work here.