https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kUCMT8JNjQ
DiRT Showdown is a good looking racer that is now officially confirmed for Linux, and it is available to pre-order.
We didn't know who was doing the port before today, but a tweet just sent out by Virtual Programming confirms it's true, and that you can pre-order it from their store.
The game will officially release on the 7th of August according to their store, no reason to doubt it as VP own that store.
Note: We advise never to pre-order anything, ever. The main news here is the game is confirmed.
System Requirements:
How do you feel about this? Their porting has improved a lot that's for sure. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
DiRT Showdown is a good looking racer that is now officially confirmed for Linux, and it is available to pre-order.
We didn't know who was doing the port before today, but a tweet just sent out by Virtual Programming confirms it's true, and that you can pre-order it from their store.
The game will officially release on the 7th of August according to their store, no reason to doubt it as VP own that store.
Note: We advise never to pre-order anything, ever. The main news here is the game is confirmed.
DiRT Showdown for Mac & Linux, 20% discount on preorders only.
— Virtual Programming (@virtualprog) July 31, 2015
http://t.co/sBnR5hj67m
#Linux
#Mac
System Requirements:
QuoteMINIMUM:
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Mint 17.1 or similar Linux distribution
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 or Intel Core2Duo @3.2Ghz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.1 level compatible
Graphics Memory: 1GB
Hard Disk Space: 12GB
Sound: PulseAudio/ALSA Compatible
Steamworks (Requires a third-party download and account)
RECOMMENDED:
Processor: AMD Bulldozer or Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.2 level compatible
Graphics Drivers: nVidia: nVidia 346.72 or better; AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 15.7 or better (MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported)
How do you feel about this? Their porting has improved a lot that's for sure. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'm not disappointed this is an EON wrapped game. The EON wrapper has come a long way and if it is what it takes to bring some of the older games to us then so be it.. I'm disappointed the first non "arcade racer" to come to linux is an EON wrapped game :(
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It's an older game so a wrapper is better than nothing. If only this was Dirt 3 I might actually buy it, but Showdown... probably not. I don't mind a fun arcade racer in the vein of Flatout or even good old Destruction Derby, but somehow I'm not hyped for this one. Might be because I really preferred the straight out racing and rally-type events in D3 when I played it on a friend's PS3.
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You complain about wrappers, but what do you know about the code running on top of this wrapper? An optimized game running on an optimized wrapper might in the end run faster than a poorly optimized native game, will you still prefer the native one in this case? As a user I care about two things only: performance and stability. The technologies used by the team is their own business. When it comes to older games that will run well on today's machines even with the overhead of a wrapper, I am ok with droping my frame rate from 100 to 60 if it means lower prices or more ported games.
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Avehicle7887 Jul 31, 2015
I find wrappers fine for old games as I understand devs may not want to spend a lot of money, and If I'm not mistaken Showdown wasn't the most well received DiRT game in the series.
Personally I won't buy this since it's DRM'ed but I'm still thankful to Codemasters for doing it. VP has indeed came a long way since Witcher 2.
I hope CDPR will not resort to VP for Witcher 3 on Linux though, Feral and Aspyr do a very good job and it's them who should be doing it if CDPR lacks the manpower / experience for it.
Personally I won't buy this since it's DRM'ed but I'm still thankful to Codemasters for doing it. VP has indeed came a long way since Witcher 2.
I hope CDPR will not resort to VP for Witcher 3 on Linux though, Feral and Aspyr do a very good job and it's them who should be doing it if CDPR lacks the manpower / experience for it.
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I don't get all that wrapper hate.
Did you guys played SpecOps The Line?
It is flawless.
And FINALLY a racing game! CAN'T WAIT!
Did you guys played SpecOps The Line?
It is flawless.
And FINALLY a racing game! CAN'T WAIT!
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ProfessorKaos64 Aug 1, 2015
What is with the recommended specs? An i7 for a 2012 game?
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would you turn down a near perfect port of Skyrim using Eon with full workshop compatibility ?Yes, because a near perfect port of Skyrim using Eon means Skyrim will never get a perfect native port and I dont want to give a reason to developers to think, that I'm ok with wrappers. If i want to use wrapper, which i will never do, i will use Wine.
if eON keeps improving as it is and if they adopt Vulkan, results might actually be surprisingly good.
when AMD made their DX11 skyrocket in speed it was simply because that version of DX11 was based on Mantle.
just food for thought
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metro2033fanboy Aug 1, 2015
Pre order FTW.
Either way it eventually will get a good performance!
Either way it eventually will get a good performance!
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having win32 code on a platform totally different...is somehow weird.
I know, right? It just is.
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I don't particularly like wrappers, still The Witcher II was great and also Bioshock: Infinite was/is running smoothly. So far all VP ports have been running just fine on my PC (please note for me PC == Linux).
I do also play Stracraft II with WINE, so don't want to be an hypocrite.
My philosophy is: if a game runs on Linux, awesome. If a game runs natively on Linux even better. If a game runs natively on Linux with a day 0 release (i.e. Borderlands: TPS) that's the best.
If you fear the non-native games have a lower chance to be runnable over the years, I would want to dispel this myth.
Assuming VP technology is similar to WINE, when playing a game running this mode is like playing natively, perhaps with a couple more call jumps from an API perspective (so a tiny bit slower).
If you got this fear, then you should apply to all non-opensource games then.
My 2 cents,
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I do also play Stracraft II with WINE, so don't want to be an hypocrite.
My philosophy is: if a game runs on Linux, awesome. If a game runs natively on Linux even better. If a game runs natively on Linux with a day 0 release (i.e. Borderlands: TPS) that's the best.
If you fear the non-native games have a lower chance to be runnable over the years, I would want to dispel this myth.
Assuming VP technology is similar to WINE, when playing a game running this mode is like playing natively, perhaps with a couple more call jumps from an API perspective (so a tiny bit slower).
If you got this fear, then you should apply to all non-opensource games then.
My 2 cents,
E
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Just like @tuubi I don't understand why to port DiRT Showdown If DiRT 3 is not yet ported. I play DiRT 3 on Wine and it works great except controller support. If DiRT 3 would be ported with good controller support including most popular controllers (Logitech f310, x360 controller, dualschocks) it would be a must to buy game. I would buy yet another copy just to support porting company also.
And even if DiRT 3 would run on eOn port but performance will be like on Wine but controller support will work out of the box - I would pay for it.
DiRT Showdown is in my library (it was in bundle with DiRT 2 and 3 on Humble bundle some time ago) so I will install it to test port quality. But I am not interested in a game and I will not support VP with money this time.
VP bring good DiRT 3 port to Linux!
And even if DiRT 3 would run on eOn port but performance will be like on Wine but controller support will work out of the box - I would pay for it.
DiRT Showdown is in my library (it was in bundle with DiRT 2 and 3 on Humble bundle some time ago) so I will install it to test port quality. But I am not interested in a game and I will not support VP with money this time.
VP bring good DiRT 3 port to Linux!
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silverphil Aug 1, 2015
Just like @tuubi I don't understand why to port DiRT Showdown If DiRT 3 is not yet ported. I play DiRT 3 on Wine and it works great except controller support. If DiRT 3 would be ported with good controller support including most popular controllers (Logitech f310, x360 controller, dualschocks) it would be a must to buy game. I would buy yet another copy just to support porting company also.
And even if DiRT 3 would run on eOn port but performance will be like on Wine but controller support will work out of the box - I would pay for it.
DiRT Showdown is in my library (it was in bundle with DiRT 2 and 3 on Humble bundle some time ago) so I will install it to test port quality. But I am not interested in a game and I will not support VP with money this time.
VP bring good DiRT 3 port to Linux!
DiRT 3 has been ported by Feral to Mac fairly recently, so they should do the Linux version, if any.
Btw. i think the decision to let VP do a Linux port is for Codemasters to test how linux sales go in a safe way (for them, since VP ports cost less),
so they see if it's worth porting DiRT 3 and/or DiRT Rally afterwards, since those games have been requested so many times...
And i will most probably buy it if it has good performance and stability.
Just my 2 cents...
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If what You're saying is true then choosing this game to port is really wrong choice. Picking old game with poor reviews to test how good sales are sounds like conscious sabotage...Just like @tuubi I don't understand why to port DiRT Showdown If DiRT 3 is not yet ported. I play DiRT 3 on Wine and it works great except controller support. If DiRT 3 would be ported with good controller support including most popular controllers (Logitech f310, x360 controller, dualschocks) it would be a must to buy game. I would buy yet another copy just to support porting company also.
And even if DiRT 3 would run on eOn port but performance will be like on Wine but controller support will work out of the box - I would pay for it.
DiRT Showdown is in my library (it was in bundle with DiRT 2 and 3 on Humble bundle some time ago) so I will install it to test port quality. But I am not interested in a game and I will not support VP with money this time.
VP bring good DiRT 3 port to Linux!
DiRT 3 has been ported by Feral to Mac fairly recently, so they should do the Linux version, if any.
Btw. i think the decision to let VP do a Linux port is for Codemasters to test how linux sales go in a safe way (for them, since VP ports cost less),
so they see if it's worth porting DiRT 3 and/or DiRT Rally afterwards, since those games have been requested so many times...
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silverphil Aug 1, 2015
If what You're saying is true then choosing this game to port is really wrong choice. Picking old game with poor reviews to test how good sales are sounds like conscious sabotage...Just like @tuubi I don't understand why to port DiRT Showdown If DiRT 3 is not yet ported. I play DiRT 3 on Wine and it works great except controller support. If DiRT 3 would be ported with good controller support including most popular controllers (Logitech f310, x360 controller, dualschocks) it would be a must to buy game. I would buy yet another copy just to support porting company also.
And even if DiRT 3 would run on eOn port but performance will be like on Wine but controller support will work out of the box - I would pay for it.
DiRT Showdown is in my library (it was in bundle with DiRT 2 and 3 on Humble bundle some time ago) so I will install it to test port quality. But I am not interested in a game and I will not support VP with money this time.
VP bring good DiRT 3 port to Linux!
DiRT 3 has been ported by Feral to Mac fairly recently, so they should do the Linux version, if any.
Btw. i think the decision to let VP do a Linux port is for Codemasters to test how linux sales go in a safe way (for them, since VP ports cost less),
so they see if it's worth porting DiRT 3 and/or DiRT Rally afterwards, since those games have been requested so many times...
http://store.steampowered.com/app/201700/
lol i dont see many poor reviews: 1029/249 and 8.5 rating on Eurogamer, it's only the long time Codemasters fans that hated the game and don't forget we don't have many such racers on Linux...
and it needs Direct3D11 so it doesn't run through Wine (yet... probably)
but then again i'm wrong, because they are letting Feral port Grid..., so they can test our lovely platform that way anyways :D with a much more realistic racer before SteamOS finally arrives.
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What is with the recommended specs? An i7 for a 2012 game?
Keep in mind, there are several generations of i7s. It's an unfortunate naming system that Intel has. An i5 from 2013 might beat the 2012 i7. I've played the game on Windows and could crank up most settings on my i5 and GTX 660. With my GTX 970, I could crank them all up without dropping below 60 fps.
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LinuxGamesTV Aug 1, 2015
[quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88][quote=silverphil]
We got more racers on Linux if FFB works full on all wheels.
[quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88][quote=silverphil]
Really? It has a fallback to DX 9. See the minimum System Requirements.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 1 August 2015 at 3:14 pm UTC
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lol i dont see many poor reviews: 1029/249 and 8.5 rating on Eurogamer, it's only the long time Codemasters fans that hated the game and don't forget we don't have many such racers on Linux...
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We got more racers on Linux if FFB works full on all wheels.
[quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88][quote=silverphil]
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and it needs Direct3D11 so it doesn't run through Wine (yet... probably)
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Really? It has a fallback to DX 9. See the minimum System Requirements.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 1 August 2015 at 3:14 pm UTC
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silverphil Aug 1, 2015
[quote=BdMdesigN][quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88][quote=silverphil]
We got more racers on Linux if FFB works full on all wheels.
[quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88]
in the system requirements it says DirectX: 11, and it has DX10/GL3-capable cards as minimum requirements, though maybe you 're still right since Dirt 3 has DX9 fallback, but idk.
How many racing games on Linux have real cars and (somewhat) realistic handling??
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lol i dont see many poor reviews: 1029/249 and 8.5 rating on Eurogamer, it's only the long time Codemasters fans that hated the game and don't forget we don't have many such racers on Linux...
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We got more racers on Linux if FFB works full on all wheels.
[quote=silverphil][quote=wojtek88]
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and it needs Direct3D11 so it doesn't run through Wine (yet... probably)
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Really? It has a fallback to DX 9. See the minimum System Requirements.
in the system requirements it says DirectX: 11, and it has DX10/GL3-capable cards as minimum requirements, though maybe you 're still right since Dirt 3 has DX9 fallback, but idk.
How many racing games on Linux have real cars and (somewhat) realistic handling??
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LinuxGamesTV Aug 1, 2015
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in the system requirements it says DirectX: 11, and it has DX10/GL3-capable cards as minimum requirements, though maybe you 're still right since Dirt 3 has DX9 fallback, but idk.
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Did we speak from the self game?
Systemvoraussetzungen
MINIMUM:
Betriebssystem: Windows Vista oder Windows 7
Prozessor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 oder Intel Pentium D @3.4GHz
Speicher: 2 GB RAM
Grafik: AMD HD2000 Serien oder Nvidia 8000 Serien
Unterstützte Grafikkarten: ATI Radeon HD2000 Serien, HD3000 Serien, HD4000 Serien, HD5000 Serien, HD6000 Serien, HD7000 Serien
Nvidia GeForce 8000 Serien, 9000 Serien, GTX200 Serien, GTX400 Serien, GTX500 Serien
DirectX®: DX9
Festplatte: 15 GB HD frei
Sound: DirectX kompatible Soundkarte
Andere Anforderungen: Breitband-Internetverbindung
Ok now the System Requirements in English:
System Requirements
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 or Intel Pentium D @3.2Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: • Graphics: AMD HD2000 Series, Nvidia 8000 Series, Intel HD Graphics 2500, AMD Fusion A4
Supported Graphics Cards: AMD HD2000 Series, HD3000 Series, HD4000 Series, HD5000 Series, HD6000 Series, HD7000 Series; Nvidia GeForce 8000 Series, 9000 Series, GTX200 Series, GTX400 Series, GTX500 Series
DirectX®: 11
Hard Drive: 15 GB HD space
Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection
OK, so you are right and im right.
I hate devs and Publisher, who not hold their entries standardised.
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How many racing games on Linux have real cars and (somewhat) realistic handling??
Currently I know none.
But full FFB is also for this game a must have.
FFB supports on Linux for wheels at this time only one effect.
I'll check this again, whether there already what has changed.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 1 August 2015 at 5:28 pm UTC
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supermonkey77 Aug 1, 2015
You know what...if the performance is there I am happy.
For Steam Machines to be attractive to non Linux people it needs a strong (recognizable IPs) back catalogue. VP is helping provide that.
Obviously native ports are better but they are not always an option, especially if the original publisher sees linux/SteamOS as a risk at this moment in time. If the platform gains major traction I think we will see more native ports as publishers grow in confidence that the returns are there
Last edited by supermonkey77 on 1 August 2015 at 6:02 pm UTC
For Steam Machines to be attractive to non Linux people it needs a strong (recognizable IPs) back catalogue. VP is helping provide that.
Obviously native ports are better but they are not always an option, especially if the original publisher sees linux/SteamOS as a risk at this moment in time. If the platform gains major traction I think we will see more native ports as publishers grow in confidence that the returns are there
Last edited by supermonkey77 on 1 August 2015 at 6:02 pm UTC
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