Eyes on the road racing fans, as F1 2015 is currently going free to grab a permanent copy and F1 2017 has a free weekend with sale.
On the Humble Store, for little over a day left you can grab a copy of F1 2015. While Humble Store doesn't mention Linux support with a platform icon, it does support Linux (it's a Steam key) and they do list Feral Interactive as the developer and publisher for Linux.
Meanwhile on Steam, if you fancy something more recent (and much better overall) you can try F1 2017 for free for two days and it's also on sale with 70% off if you like it!
Pretty good weekend for those interesting in racing games but haven't checked out either yet.
Also, totally unrelated but you can also grab a copy of Lethal League for free from Fanatical.
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Mountain Man 23 Mar 2018
I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.
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I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.Yes, it does, I literally say so in the article.
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I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.
It is. Check Steam page first.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/286570/F1_2015/
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Strangely F12017 runs better than 2015, it is not a slideshow when I start from the back of the grid. :)F1 2015 uses OpenGL on Linux, 2017 runs on Vulkan. Might have something to do with it.
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Yet another game that does not work with the steam link. Pretty disappointing. Thing is, I have so many games that I do not have to bother with the ones that do not run correct.
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Mountain Man 23 Mar 2018
Interesting, because when I checked out at the Humble store, a big red warning appeared saying, "This title does not work in Linux!"I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.Yes, it does, I literally say so in the article.
Or is that only the Humble version?
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They've messed up the store for it, since they do list the Linux dev/publisher (Feral) but didn't check it for supporting Linux so it has no icon. I can assure you, Feral did port it to Linux ;)Interesting, because when I checked out at the Humble store, a big red warning appearing saying, "This title does not work in Linux!"I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.Yes, it does, I literally say so in the article.
Or is that only the Humble version?
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Mountain Man 23 Mar 2018
Fair enough. I am no longer disappointed. :)They've messed up the store for it, since they do list the Linux dev/publisher (Feral) but didn't check it for supporting Linux so it has no icon. I can assure you, Feral did port it to Linux ;)Interesting, because when I checked out at the Humble store, a big red warning appearing saying, "This title does not work in Linux!"I was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.Yes, it does, I literally say so in the article.
Or is that only the Humble version?
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Speaking of Humble messing up, I must have sent half a dozen mails to Humble support by now to tell them of missing Linux icons for games in new bundles. They do eventually add them every time, but I'm a bit miffed they still keep doing this.Fair enough. I am no longer disappointed. :)Interesting, because when I checked out at the Humble store, a big red warning appearing saying, "This title does not work in Linux!"They've messed up the store for it, since they do list the Linux dev/publisher (Feral) but didn't check it for supporting Linux so it has no icon. I can assure you, Feral did port it to Linux ;)
Or is that only the Humble version?
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F1 2017 is really fun, assuming that one uses a steering wheel, highly recommended!
(It is also the last session with somewhat cool cars, the introduction of the halo device this year is the end of F1 n my opinion :(, hope they will find a loophole to get rid of this thing again)
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(It is also the last session with somewhat cool cars, the introduction of the halo device this year is the end of F1 n my opinion :(, hope they will find a loophole to get rid of this thing again)
Last edited by jens on 23 Mar 2018 at 1:27 pm UTC
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F1 2017 does not run. It spits some message about a bug in my nvidia driver (same as Hitman that runs fine) and then nothing, stops running.
Tried to run it from terminal, but nope:
Any ideas? Is it the bug in the driver?
Tried to run it from terminal, but nope:
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] $ ./F12017.sh
WARNING: F1 2017 not launched within the steam runtime
This is likely incorrect and is not officially supported
Launching steam in 3 seconds with steam://rungameid/515220
Running Steam on Linux 4.13.12-gentoo 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] 34s $Any ideas? Is it the bug in the driver?
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F1 2017 does not run. It spits some message about a bug in my nvidia driver (same as Hitman that runs fine) and then nothing, stops running.
Tried to run it from terminal, but nope:
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] $ ./F12017.sh
WARNING: F1 2017 not launched within the steam runtime
This is likely incorrect and is not officially supported
Launching steam in 3 seconds with steam://rungameid/515220
Running Steam on Linux 4.13.12-gentoo 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] 34s $
Any ideas? Is it the bug in the driver?
F1 2017 uses Vulkan API only so you'll need the Nvidia proprietary driver v384.90 or better.
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MintedGamer 23 Mar 2018
Cool, F1 2015 is the only Feral game that I've not bought, my collection is now complete!
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I have to say - impressive! F1 2017 runs very smoothly on my GTX 760 and I remembered as a game that requires quite beefy hardware. And then I realized it uses Vulkan! Amazing!
Very temped to shell out for it. I haven't driven around with lot of games lately, but this looks very good.
Very temped to shell out for it. I haven't driven around with lot of games lately, but this looks very good.
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Tried it quickly but even with my GTX1070 and highest settings the text etc. is hardly readable.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Tried it quickly but even with my GTX1070 and highest settings the text etc. is hardly readable.
Any ideas?
Change resolution :)
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At 1080p Ultra High I get 62fps average on F1 2015 and 72fps avg on F1 2017.
Plus, F1 2017 is so much better, this is the true F1 2013 successor.
But, what a F1 lover can do...it's like Football Manager, this year's iteration is one of the worst ever, but still I enjoy playing it.
Plus, F1 2017 is so much better, this is the true F1 2013 successor.
But, what a F1 lover can do...it's like Football Manager, this year's iteration is one of the worst ever, but still I enjoy playing it.
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F1 2017 does not run. It spits some message about a bug in my nvidia driver (same as Hitman that runs fine) and then nothing, stops running.
Tried to run it from terminal, but nope:
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] $ ./F12017.sh
WARNING: F1 2017 not launched within the steam runtime
This is likely incorrect and is not officially supported
Launching steam in 3 seconds with steam://rungameid/515220
Running Steam on Linux 4.13.12-gentoo 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/F1 2017] 34s $
Any ideas? Is it the bug in the driver?
F1 2017 uses Vulkan API only so you'll need the Nvidia proprietary driver v384.90 or better.
Thanks! That is it - I have driver version 390.42, but my system is compiled without Vulkan support. Time to recompile all the related packages :-)
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