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The game is Classic Sport Driving, it's a very competitive racing game, directly inspired from classics from the 90s (Lotus Turbo Challenge and JaguarXJ220 were my favorites). Windows version: https://steam.classicsportdriving.net/
Linux native beta test:
https://classicsportdriving.net/res/A7267C58-5C94-4917-B82B-51D4BFDC6C40/ClassicSportDrivingLinuxBeta2024.07.18.7z
If you wanna help, simply extract the archive, and run Classic Sport Driving.x86_64.
(it's not mandatory, but you may want to have Steam running when starting the game, to avoid having to create an account to play online)
The recommended hardware is: Ryzen (or equivalent, or better), GTX1060 (or equivalent, or better), 8GB+ ram.
Feedback is welcomed here, or by DM on our Twitter (@cSportDriving).
Thanks a lot!😊
Sylvain (from France).
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Last edited by Sylvain_PixelWrappers on 18 Jul 2024 at 7:46 am UTC
Tested with Kubuntu Linux 5.15 i76700K GTX970 32G Ram M2SSD
Graphics are nice and crisp and driving feels a lot like the classics, for better or worse. I like it. Well done and thank you for doing a native Linux release.
(You got me with Jaguar XJ220. Played the crap out of it on my Amiga 500.)
I don't know what those mean, but I have a Framework 13" AMD 7 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics and it plays *fine*. At least as well as /Art of Rally/ for instance.
There is a small graphical corruption at the bottom of the screen, in menus, that looks like a left over strip of road, but other than that, no offline single player issues so far.
Except. Wow. It's hard. The first race has a nitro boost that doesn't expire till after a tight turn, just before the first checkpoint, for instance.
Tom
Thanks for trying. Your GPU is about on par with mine, so that does not explain your issue.
Which driver do you use? Open source or Nvidia?
Thanks for the feedback!
Please not that I'm *considering* a native Linux release.
As of now, I'm a bit scared, as it seems that like half the PCs have issues (also from other sources), while the Proton solution works great... Which is a bit sad, of course...😥
Thanks for the feedback!👍Could you screenshot the menu display issue?
Yes it is (by design) a demanding game...😉
Last edited by Sylvain_PixelWrappers on 16 Jul 2024 at 1:24 pm UTC
!https://imgur.com/a/5MdiNeI
and this is after playing a level (made it to two checkpoints this time !)
That's... Well, sorry, at least until now, unsupported... ;)
Launching the game from Steam (and therefore using Steam-provided libraries) seems to solve the issue. At least on one computer...
May I DM you a Steam key, to check if that works better?
(to others: of course if you don't face those lags, you may still ask me for a key... ;) )
Sylvain.
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Especially this one:
Lotus 3 The Ultimate Challenge SoundBlaster version music soundtrack
Last edited by Corben on 22 Jul 2024 at 1:31 pm UTC
As for the game itself. Game does have that old school feel and it takes getting used to. Took me a while before I even got the first checkpoint. The campaign feels unbalanced though. Races feel randomly generated without much consideration for difficulty. A lot of blind turns with the most annoying ones being a single sign pointing you one way on top of the hill and then immediately going the other way right after it.
Overall it's looking good though!
It's true that the game is not easy... But games from the old weren't either! ;)
You can trust the density of turn signs to guess how hard a curve will be. A single turn sign means that you almost don't have to turn at all... ;)
The issue he is suffering from (irregular strong lags) is the major issue that worries me right now. Except from it, I'd be confident to release on Linux (after some menus refresh to make the game look good). :)
Of course I'm still interested in any tests from a machine that is at least as good as ryzen + gtx1060 + 8GB ram!
Don't hesitate to ask me for a Steam key, or use the direct link on the first page... :)
Thanks!
Sylvain.
Last edited by Sylvain_PixelWrappers on 23 Jul 2024 at 6:34 pm UTC
PS Apparently you can't reproduce this by simply forcing the game into a window and setting a weird aspect ratio using Unity's command line arguments. I get proper black bars around the game when I try that.
But not a show stopper. I'm more worried now about the strange lags of @GamingOnLinuxUser... ;)
I could have a chat with GamingOnLinuxUser, and his issue was his display resolution (4k) that was too much to handle for his GTX970.
I now feel relatively confident to release the game on Linux. :)
It won't be soon, however, as I'd like to rework the main menu, to make a better first impression. :)
In the meantime, I'd still be happy to have new Linux testers. Don't hesitate to install the archive from the first post, or to ask for a Steam key! :)
(I'll be monitoring this topic further)
Thanks again for your help!
Sylvain.
!CSD screenshot
The bars are 13 pixels on each side (not a size I would have guessed) and the contents vary.