Well this is confusing and aggravating, it seems the Linux version of Project Cars is officially never going to happen.
@gamingonlinux There are no plans for a Linux version right now.
— Project CARS (@projectcarsgame) August 7, 2016
I pointed out a link on their own website that is still up here:
QuoteFurthermore, Project CARS will also be coming to Valve’s Steam OS, extending an existing partnership with Steam that has already allowed tens of thousands of WMD members the ability to download and play builds of the game during its development and allow specific multiplayer and social features that are only possible using this unique platform.
No reply on that yet, but I will update this if we get anything back as it was only recently sent to them.
Sadly, it's another game to join the growing list of games that promised a Linux/SteamOS version to drop support at some point without telling anyone. I've tried to get in touch with the developer numerous times. It's pleasing to get closure, but it took a long time to get it out of them.
They did at least stop taking any funding way before announcing SteamOS support, so if you purchased it once it released when there was still no sign of their previously promised support, well, you probably know by now not to pre-order.
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QuoteI have the impression that the future of games for Linux is very dependent on Valve ...Right, Valve needs to show more pride and ownership in SteamOS, so bigger studios can feel confident in our platforms future. The situation with Rocket League, which I believe Valve has direct involvement in, shows quite the opposite unfortunately.
I fully understand that this is a marathon and not a sprint, but Valve has to be more vocal and open about what is happening, and not just hide behind the "Microsoft will lock the ecosystem down" statement (just like Epic). Yes it will take many years before we'll see platform parity, and Valve did a great thing by putting down the first stone, but it would be nice to know what they plan to build - a castle or a bike-shed. Valve showing more commitment would help alot, and while they can't build this all alone, doing left-hand work in "Valve Time" doesn't inspire others to pull up their sleeves.
Despite all this I don't believe Linux will fail as a gaming platform, just that it will take longer than it could have.
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Mountain Man Aug 8, 2016
Quoting: EikeThe fact that they're doing "basic maintenance" is a good thing. If they let Steam for Linux get several versions behind Windows and OSX, and if we stopped seeing regular Linux releases in the Steam catalog, then I would see a reason to worry (and start looking for a cheap copy of Windows, as much as it would gall me).Quoting: Mountain ManAs far as I know, Valve is still actively supporting Steam for Linux and SteamOS, so why the doom and gloom? This was always a long-term project for them.I'm honestly asking: Anythng they've (visibly) done, say, this year?
Besides doing basic maintenance on Steam for Linux?
That said, I do agree that Valve could be doing more to promote SteamOS/Linux, and I think there are several strategies they could employ such as basic advertising and partnering with developers to get SteamOS ports made, but there's no reason to be pessimistic. Things are still moving in a positive direction.
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PublicNuisance Aug 8, 2016
I am not mad, plenty of other games to buy. Doubt they would have made a DRM free version so I doubt I woukd have bought it anyway.
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Quoting: TuxeeDid anyone seriously think that Project Cars would ever see the light of day on SteamOS? The announcement was more than vague. There are a far more "outspoken" candidates out there which still have to deliver - Rocket League comes to my mind. And to spare you some future disappointment: If Star Citizen ever will be finished, we still won't see a Linux version. As with Kingdom Come: Deliverance (which reminds me, that I should finally get my refund from those bastards).
Star citizen is coming to Linux, and its been confirmed mutliple times.
Also the game is expected to be released by the end of the year.
The reason we dont have a port is because OpenGL are missing stuff along with cryengien.
But they will work on it.
Ofcourse they could probably back out, but I doubt it.
You can just ask the support what the exact problem are at the moment and Im sure they give u a strait answer.
Quoting: GuestSod them, I'll just pirate it and play it on my Windows partition.
The likes on this comments scares me a bit. Why do you want to steal a game just because they dont want to invest in a port for linux? I dont see the logic here. I cnn understand why some are disepointed, but that doesnt really give you the right to steal.
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Played the game on my brother's Windows rig - kind of a 'meh' experience to be honest. Surely it would be nice to have it on Linux but it's not such a killer, super-duper game as some people seem to think. More interested in Dirt Rally, hopefully we gonna get it one day.
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leillo1975 Aug 8, 2016
In my country this people are called LIARS
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wintermute Aug 8, 2016
Quoting: TuxeeSince there is only a Windows version it will be counted as Windows sale, regardless of being installed or played.
That's not what the developer of the Stanley Parable said. Buy it on Linux, don't play it for a week, Steam counts it as a Linux sale. Whether the publisher cares about Steam's stats is another matter.
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I see sorry ^^. I read it as a serious comment.
oops can you see that ? Im using an addon for firefox, called foxreplace.
I can replace words on the web, it keeps boring articles fun, like news around politics and stuff.
The partie of mordor is debating The parit of empire over the future of the US. sry bad example, but I think you get the point.
It may sound confusing, but as long as u know what you have changed stuff to, then it can give a pleasent reading xD.
And it changes the name microsoft or windows to the past. It seems that it changed it when I qouted your comment.
Good to know, links and stuff might change names :S.
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Quoting: ZeloxQuoting: TuxeeThe likes on this comments scares me a bit. Why do you want to steal a game just because they dont want to invest in a port for linux?It was only supposed to be a light hearted comment.(on the past?)
Truth is I won't ever play it at all, though I probably would have bought it IF it had ocme to Linux.
I see sorry ^^. I read it as a serious comment.
oops can you see that ? Im using an addon for firefox, called foxreplace.
I can replace words on the web, it keeps boring articles fun, like news around politics and stuff.
The partie of mordor is debating The parit of empire over the future of the US. sry bad example, but I think you get the point.
It may sound confusing, but as long as u know what you have changed stuff to, then it can give a pleasent reading xD.
And it changes the name microsoft or windows to the past. It seems that it changed it when I qouted your comment.
Good to know, links and stuff might change names :S.
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Quoting: ZeloxQuoting: TuxeeDid anyone seriously think that Project Cars would ever see the light of day on SteamOS? The announcement was more than vague. There are a far more "outspoken" candidates out there which still have to deliver - Rocket League comes to my mind. And to spare you some future disappointment: If Star Citizen ever will be finished, we still won't see a Linux version. As with Kingdom Come: Deliverance (which reminds me, that I should finally get my refund from those bastards).
Star citizen is coming to Linux, and its been confirmed mutliple times.
Also the game is expected to be released by the end of the year.
The reason we dont have a port is because OpenGL are missing stuff along with cryengien.
But they will work on it.
Ofcourse they could probably back out, but I doubt it.
You can just ask the support what the exact problem are at the moment and Im sure they give u a strait answer.
Not only that, but if you examine their current Windows launcher compared to their original Windows launcher, you'll notice a shift from the original being Windows-only middleware to the current launcher, hint hint, seeming to be entirely based on libraries available on Linux.
Even more fun? In a recent episode of Bug Smashers, you could see a list of the available launchers in the programmer's ?Visual Studio? IDE, including such gems as "WindowsLauncher", "HeadlessLauncher", and... wait for it...
"LinuxLauncher".
So, they're at least poking it with a stick. And, seemingly, planning for it. Including making noise every now and again about revamping some stuff deep in the engine to better support DX12/Vulkan.
Also, at some point they switched sound middleware to something cross-platform with Linux support.
Do you... see a trend?
EDIT: I mean, sure, there are no guarantees in life, but there's good evidence that they're maneuvering themselves to a position to support Linux.
Last edited by niarbeht on 8 August 2016 at 6:03 pm UTC
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