After a few accidents leaking out before it was due, Feral have today officially (and finally) properly confirmed F1 2015 is coming to Linux.
Looks like Mac is missing from the announcements, wonder what happened there then!
Race like a champion with F1™ 2015, coming to Linux May 26th. https://t.co/DTRWWQDEwF pic.twitter.com/n3ARP81OvA
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) May 24, 2016
Requirements
It looks like it will be Nvidia only, as the system requirements only mention Nvidia. You will need a 1GB NVIDIA 640 with the 364.19 driver at a minimum.
Very exciting, our first proper F1 game will be on Linux May 26th. I will be ignoring all the reviews and taking it as I see it, as the reviews aren't amazing.
Looks like it was this previous clue which has now vanished.
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Problem with the reviews: Windows has plenty of alternatives - particularly the predecessors of F1 2015.
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This game looks good, as seen in reviews has good graphics, good gameplay, like the previous one, the only issue is the lacks career mode.
I will get it in a sale.
I will get it in a sale.
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Obvious reasons why the Mac port could be delayed are the poor state of OpenGL on Mac, more workarounds to support older OpenGL versions might be necessary. I'm sure Feral are not delaying Mac versions if there isn't a good reasons. Consider news like this as signs that Linux is becoming a better OS for games than MacOS X.
Last edited by dmantione on 24 May 2016 at 6:00 pm UTC
Last edited by dmantione on 24 May 2016 at 6:00 pm UTC
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Homepcgamer May 24, 2016
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In the Steam store, the Windows version is DirectX 11, and the recommended GPU is a GTX 970, same as Linux. The minimal requirement is a GTX 640, also the same as Linux, but Codemasters lists older GPUs too.
So, a DX11 game means OpenGL4.3 Linux right? OSS AMD drivers will not work with this for a few months. Grid Autostport plays very nice today with the OSS driver, but not at launch. so I must buy this in a couple of months or so.
So, a DX11 game means OpenGL4.3 Linux right? OSS AMD drivers will not work with this for a few months. Grid Autostport plays very nice today with the OSS driver, but not at launch. so I must buy this in a couple of months or so.
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Perkeleen_Vittupää May 24, 2016
2014 season was thought to be The Iceman's last... So glad it wasn't! Räikkönen and Vettel the greatest characters of the bunch.
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I'd foolishly bought F1 2014 ages ago based on a rumour it was coming to Linux. Sadly, it wasn't to be. But, from my brief spell of playing it on Windows, it was quite fun. So this will definitely be a post-payday buy for me. Hopefully the textures won't pop in and out as much as F1 2014, which was quite distracting.
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TheRiddick May 25, 2016
AMD are reasonably close to releasing AMDGPU-PRO officially I think(non-beta that is), so it will be interesting to see if devs start mentioning AMD as supported hardware or if there going to continue sucking NVIDIAs ba.. I mean specifying NVIDIA only in requirements?
Last edited by TheRiddick on 25 May 2016 at 1:56 am UTC
Last edited by TheRiddick on 25 May 2016 at 1:56 am UTC
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Woohoo! Bout time. F1 has been a key game me and my friends have been waiting for.
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In the Steam store, the Windows version is DirectX 11, and the recommended GPU is a GTX 970, same as Linux. The minimal requirement is a GTX 640, also the same as Linux, but Codemasters lists older GPUs too.
So, a DX11 game means OpenGL4.3 Linux right? OSS AMD drivers will not work with this for a few months. Grid Autostport plays very nice today with the OSS driver, but not at launch. so I must buy this in a couple of months or so.
Mesa has had more or less full 4.3 support for radeonsi for a bit over a month now. But the DX11/OpenGL equivalence depends on what extensions the particular game uses. Some games like Bioshock infinite needed 4.1 but things like Alien Isolation need 4.3 while mordor needs 4.4 or 4.5 iirc. Feral is pretty good about Mesa support and TR, which was also based of DX11, worked just fine for me with mesa git at launch.
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leillo1975 May 25, 2016
Absolutely "must have" to me! This game will be welcome to my library. I enjoyed a lot GRID Autosport, but F1 series are the best racing games to me.
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In the Steam store, the Windows version is DirectX 11, and the recommended GPU is a GTX 970, same as Linux. The minimal requirement is a GTX 640, also the same as Linux, but Codemasters lists older GPUs too.
So, a DX11 game means OpenGL4.3 Linux right? OSS AMD drivers will not work with this for a few months. Grid Autostport plays very nice today with the OSS driver, but not at launch. so I must buy this in a couple of months or so.
Mesa has had more or less full 4.3 support for radeonsi for a bit over a month now. But the DX11/OpenGL equivalence depends on what extensions the particular game uses. Some games like Bioshock infinite needed 4.1 but things like Alien Isolation need 4.3 while mordor needs 4.4 or 4.5 iirc. Feral is pretty good about Mesa support and TR, which was also based of DX11, worked just fine for me with mesa git at launch.
Shadow of Mordor needs 4.3. I managed to run its benchmark some time ago using radeonsi without any graphical artifacts (besides low performance).
I expect to run all those games with good performance by the end of the year, if the OSS drivers continue to develop at the actual pace.
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Well this is interesting; it looks like the MAC version was canned due to complications with the OS. Such things are making Linux look like a nicely maturing gaming OS indeed!
https://www.facebook.com/feralinteractive/photos/a.752000158157823.1073741829.118120444879134/1186449301379571/?type=3
https://www.facebook.com/feralinteractive/photos/a.752000158157823.1073741829.118120444879134/1186449301379571/?type=3
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TheRiddick May 25, 2016
Yeah Mac only supports OpenGL4.1 and Metal, Apple refuses to put any effort into support above that on their platform so I'm not surprised. They won't even support Vulkan. Basically its the beginning of the end for gaming on Apple systems except for when Apple directly pay developers to release stuff that is.
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Well this is interesting; it looks like the MAC version was canned due to complications with the OS. Such things are making Linux look like a nicely maturing gaming OS indeed!Seems to be than mac game devs will have to start using metal before than expected. I have also heard than they arent fixing opengl bugs than has been appearing on newer releases of os x. Since metal is easier to use than vulkan I wouldnt be surprised if it starts being used soon, but they probably have to create an "indirect" (togl-like) alternative first
https://www.facebook.com/feralinteractive/photos/a.752000158157823.1073741829.118120444879134/1186449301379571/?type=3
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