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Update: And now the news post has gone.

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Not sure how we missed this, but Feral Interactive have officially confirmed F1 2015 is coming to Linux.

It was apparently posted just after the Tomb Raider system requirements were revealed going by their news dates, but it's possibly it was only recently made visible as it states the post was updated on the 5th of May.

We pretty much already knew this, but it's great to see official confirmation.

From their news post
QuoteGet closer than ever before to the experience of racing in the world’s most glamorous, exciting and prestigious motorsport.

Prepare for qualifying with the F1 2015 minisite, where you’ll pick up trailers, screenshots, and details on the cross-platform online multiplayer between Mac, Linux and Windows.


From the Steam page:
Race like a champion in F1 2015 - get closer than ever before to the experience of racing in the world’s most glamorous, exciting and prestigious motorsport. F1 2015 puts you in the heart of the action with a stunning new game engine that recreates the blisteringly fast and highly responsive racing cars of FORMULA ONE™ and features all-new ‘broadcast presentation’ that immerses you in the unique race day atmosphere. F1 2015 is the official videogame of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ and also features fully playable 2014 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ bonus content. Compete as your favourite FORMULA ONE star in the new Championship Season and push yourself to the limit in the challenging Pro Season mode. Hone your skills in the new Online Practice Session, and then challenge your friends and racing rivals from across the world in Online Multiplayer.

Thanks to the people who emailed it to me and GOL user J who commented about it. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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pete910 May 7, 2016
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Awesome, none of that moon physics that grid uses :D
GustyGhost May 7, 2016
Shout out to the guys that correctly guessed in the other thread. Do they win a foot massage or something?
leillo1975 May 7, 2016
Perfect to me. I'm a big fan of Formula 1. I enjoyed a lot in Windows (I couldn't play with wine) with this kind of titles in past. I tried this game in Windows in free weekend and it is fun! It's not a surprise, but the confirmation is a good new.


Is there any E.T.A.?

:) :) :) :P


Last edited by leillo1975 on 7 May 2016 at 8:50 pm UTC
ProfessorKaos64 May 7, 2016
Love this series! Great news.
ysblokje May 7, 2016
Awesome, none of that moon physics that grid uses :D

I just hope the AI is less suicidal then GRID:A . Man that really ruins every race :(
But great news !
Pecisk May 7, 2016
I have heard good things about F1 2015. I haven't played formula games for long time (sports games too), but they are insanely popular for good reasons.
edo May 7, 2016
They first leaked a development build of the linux version, and now they did the same with a news post announcing it for linux. Somehow that game really wants to be released very soon, but feral keeps grabbing his heel to stop the release lol
EKRboi May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link


Last edited by EKRboi on 8 May 2016 at 12:55 am UTC
Keyrock May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
At the very least it should (eventually) work via wine Vulkan backend. Native shouldn't be that much of an issue to port, but seeing as it's Bethesda... Let's just say I'm not holding my breath.
Liam Dawe May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
At the very least it should (eventually) work via wine Vulkan backend. Native shouldn't be that much of an issue to port, but seeing as it's Bethesda... Let's just say I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah, nothing to be excited about. Doom is not coming to Linux.
burnall May 8, 2016
Regardless if it's coming or not to Linux, I still want to see it succeeding and becoming preferable API over DirectX for games. It's still win for us, more game developers adopt Vulkan, the higher are chances of porting games to Linux.
BlackBloodRum May 8, 2016
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EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
At the very least it should (eventually) work via wine Vulkan backend. Native shouldn't be that much of an issue to port, but seeing as it's Bethesda... Let's just say I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah, nothing to be excited about. Doom is not coming to Linux.
You see, if this was a few years ago, I'd totally agree!

But here's the thing, we can't really dismiss it like that anymore.

I mean think about it. If this was 2012 we'd be saying "Don't get excited, <insert game here> is not coming to Linux!"

In 2012, the very idea of Tomb Raider, Grid Autosport, F1 <year>, Alien Isolation, Saints Row, Dirt Showdown, etc.... coming to Linux would be "Don't get excited, it's not coming to Linux."

But look at it now, we have several big AAA titles, and frankly I'm quite pleased with how far gaming on linux (no pun intended) has come in such a short time!

Honestly, I'm not sure what to expect, will we see Doom on Linux? Maybe, but also maybe not. Either way I would not be so quick to dismiss the idea of it.
Teal May 8, 2016
I get that beggars cannot be choosers but this game has user rating of 39% on Steam, and "recent" user rating of 50% (Steam overall average across all games ever is like 76%).

I am not blaming Feral for not choosing better games to port; I imagine they are left with what doesn't have restraining publishing contracts and with who accepts their offer for the port, but this game is garbage and it's sad that a lot of the few games that we get the luck to have a port of are of this kinda fame.

It would be bounds and miles better if Feral ported smaller, but actually good games. What comes to mind is Ori (admittedly quite likely impossible for now as it was published by Microsoft, then again, so was Dust: Elysian Tail and we have that ported already, so...), Duck Game.


Last edited by Teal on 8 May 2016 at 7:48 am UTC
Liam Dawe May 8, 2016
Like Blizzard, Bethesda is one of the companies that will support Linux last.

Anyway, this is not the topic for this post ;)
TheRiddick May 8, 2016
Feral should port Skyrim then/or Fallout4... just saying.
ziabice May 8, 2016
that is called an "official unofficial confirmation" ;)
Mountain Man May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
Sorry, but id stopped giving a crap about Linux around the time that Rage was released.
Keyrock May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
Sorry, but id stopped giving a crap about Linux around the time that Rage was released.
More specifically, when Timothee "TTimo" Besset left.


Last edited by Keyrock on 8 May 2016 at 1:33 pm UTC
psycho_driver May 8, 2016
I get that beggars cannot be choosers but this game has user rating of 39% on Steam, and "recent" user rating of 50% (Steam overall average across all games ever is like 76%).

I'll buy it because I love racing sims and it will be the first F1 sim on our platform. Also, if I'm not mistaken quite a few of the negative reviews are from 'subscribers' to the series, people who buy every new iteration of the game, who didn't like the changes from the prior year. Those reviews have to be taken with a grain of salt since they aren't reviewing the game, they're just comparing it to another game that they're already used to.
psycho_driver May 8, 2016
EDIT* sorry for the tread jack... but i'm SUPER excited! Not necessarily for this particular game... but it's certainly news that it DOES run on Vulkan!

So word on the streets is that Doom CAN and IS running on Vulkan!!! *itshappening.gif*!!!

link
Sorry, but id stopped giving a crap about Linux around the time that Rage was released.
More specifically, when Timothee "TTimo" Besset left.

Which was not long after Zenimax bought them. Carmack had a slight fetish for linux 15-20 years ago, but by this time his daydreaming time was spent on rocket ships.
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