I love it, I absolutely suck at it, but I love it. This is a fantastic chance for those of you on the fence about buying it to give it a good few hours over the weekend to try it out. Personally, I've found it incredibly fun driving with the inside cockpit view, but it does make it really quite challenging with such a limited view.
To top it off, it's also a massive 70% off until the 15th. So you can try it free and pick it up super cheap, what's not to love? Sure it would be nice to support Feral at full price, but not everyone can afford to do so and sales are there for a reason.
If you somehow missed it, see my initial review and port report here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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25.7GB? :O
This will take a little while to download. I look forward to playing it though, and I'll probably pull the trigger on the purchase too now that it's within reasonable reach for me!
This will take a little while to download. I look forward to playing it though, and I'll probably pull the trigger on the purchase too now that it's within reasonable reach for me!
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Perkeleen_Vittupää May 11, 2017
I definitely would wanna buy it...I just don't have enough RAM -.-
Me neither, nor anything else to play this game really. yet i still purchased it as a thank you towards Feral. Price is now very reasonable anyways.
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Nyarlathotep May 11, 2017
Not into racing games really but downloading it to give it a try. Who knows.If you want to get the most out of this game (because it has a more realistic simulation than dirt 3 or showdown) you need a steering wheel with force feedback, because it's designed to be played with one (you can play of course without it but it will be much harder to understand what is going on, I'm referring to tire-road physics, weight distribution and so on). Dirt 4, coming out next month I think (although I don't know if it will have linux support), will feature a selectable physics engine, with a simulator one for those who enjoy a realistic car handling and physics, and a simplified one (similar to the one in dirt 3/showdown) for more casual players.
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Not into racing games really but downloading it to give it a try. Who knows.If you want to get the most out of this game (because it has a more realistic simulation than dirt 3 or showdown) you need a steering wheel with force feedback, because it's designed to be played with one
Such a shame Thrustmaster & fanatec wheels don't work on Linux. They are generally better than the Logitech wheels imo.
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Such a shame Thrustmaster & fanatec wheels don't work on Linux. They are generally better than the Logitech wheels imo.
And too expensive to buy one in the hope that I can reverse engineer a driver together.
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phew, it is very hard. the port works flawlessly, all ultra settings on 8GB ram + GTX950, even MSAA 8x.
Sadly the vibrations or force-feedback do not work with the steam controller. I can't feel anything, no triggers or rumble emulation. anyway, my car usually barely makes it to the finish, with damage >80% lol
Sadly the vibrations or force-feedback do not work with the steam controller. I can't feel anything, no triggers or rumble emulation. anyway, my car usually barely makes it to the finish, with damage >80% lol
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Such a shame Thrustmaster & fanatec wheels don't work on Linux. They are generally better than the Logitech wheels imo.
And too expensive to buy one in the hope that I can reverse engineer a driver together.
There pricey but if your going the sim route ( we really only have one sim racing game on Linux and it is Dirt Rally ) Then your best off having the option to buy hub's & wheels separatley and pedal choice.
For instance there is a good Thrustmaster wheel but the pedal set is not good. But you can buy the hub and wheel separatley for around the same cost and then upscale the peddles to the higher model, thus having a custom wheel setup.
BTW Ferral interactive already asked Thrustmaster and i don't think they got very far. The sim racing scene is something that is sorely undersupported on Linux and it's a growing community.
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ProfessorKaos64 May 11, 2017
IMPULSE BUY - DROOL -
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ProfessorKaos64 May 12, 2017
Not into racing games really but downloading it to give it a try. Who knows.If you want to get the most out of this game (because it has a more realistic simulation than dirt 3 or showdown) you need a steering wheel with force feedback, because it's designed to be played with one (you can play of course without it but it will be much harder to understand what is going on, I'm referring to tire-road physics, weight distribution and so on). Dirt 4, coming out next month I think (although I don't know if it will have linux support), will feature a selectable physics engine, with a simulator one for those who enjoy a realistic car handling and physics, and a simplified one (similar to the one in dirt 3/showdown) for more casual players.
Which wheel has the best compatibility to feature-set ratio? high end / low end price?
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AdamRHargreaves May 12, 2017
Not into racing games really but downloading it to give it a try. Who knows.If you want to get the most out of this game (because it has a more realistic simulation than dirt 3 or showdown) you need a steering wheel with force feedback, because it's designed to be played with one (you can play of course without it but it will be much harder to understand what is going on, I'm referring to tire-road physics, weight distribution and so on). Dirt 4, coming out next month I think (although I don't know if it will have linux support), will feature a selectable physics engine, with a simulator one for those who enjoy a realistic car handling and physics, and a simplified one (similar to the one in dirt 3/showdown) for more casual players.
Which wheel has the best compatibility to feature-set ratio? high end / low end price?
From what i've heard, it's the Logitech G29. Can't vouch for it myself though (I have a thrustmaster T150...)
Such a shame there isn't good wheel support on Linux. Some of the older generation of sims (rFactor etc) work perfectly in Wine - with higher framerates than Windows (bizarrely). Even Grand Prix 4 runs really nicely (which had issues with the newer NVidia drivers on Windows...) Sim Racing is pretty much the only thing tying me to Windows :(
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Its the Best game Feral ported imo :). I love it.
my review:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/xpander69/recommended/310560/
my review:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/xpander69/recommended/310560/
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The game is way too hard to play with a normal controller, you need a decent wheel set in order to play it. I bought Logitech G920 from a sale and it works just fine, though the icons for the buttons are wrong (likely for PS4 version). After getting a wheel I've been able to stay on the road, though I tend to drive too fast anyway..
DiRT feels well optimized in Linux, running decent ~60FPS with 4K/ultra/2xMSAA (i5 6600k + GTX 1080).
DiRT feels well optimized in Linux, running decent ~60FPS with 4K/ultra/2xMSAA (i5 6600k + GTX 1080).
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jasondaigo May 12, 2017
buying 16gb ram finally pays of here? nice shit :-) ; got a 1060 recently; hope that works well. deus ex with the 960 was painful for example
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I've been playing this with a Steam Controller, and I've gotten as far as unlocking Professional level in the Championships. I'm not sure I'll get any further without a wheel though.
My favourite track is Pikes Peak - all gravel, sliding all the way - awesome stuff! ^_^
My favourite track is Pikes Peak - all gravel, sliding all the way - awesome stuff! ^_^
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I definitely would wanna buy it...I just don't have enough RAM -.-
this game has an ultra low preset that would run on a potato with 2GB of ram so i would give it a try.
seriously with my computer i can run it at ultra low 120fps at 1080p or low 45fps 720p
Last edited by darkszluf on 12 May 2017 at 8:13 am UTC
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Which wheel has the best compatibility to feature-set ratio? high end / low end price?
That's actually a two sided answer.
The G920 is the only wheel with 100% support. So technically has the best compatibility.
However, the G29 has the ability to identify itself as a G27 (and other). Which allows it to pass detection by games that feel the need to do their own detection. The G29 shares its driver with the other Logitech wheels (except the G920) and has a similar (limited) feature set.
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I use the Speedlink Drift OZ racing wheel which costs around 50 € (~60 $). It works pretty well out of the box with Solus except force feedback. So I guess it should work with other distros as well. I should mention that I play racing games only every now and then so I don't need a professional wheel and I can get over it that ff doesn't work.
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