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I'm working on a native Linux port for my game Classic Sport Driving, and I'm calling for beta testers!?

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 15 Jul 2024

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Hi, so as suggested on Discord, I post my call for Linux beta testers here! 🙂

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

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Ehvis 15 Jul 2024

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Oh man, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge. That brings back memories! Will have to try that based on this alone.

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madlunguser 15 Jul 2024

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just tried it. Nice look, was missing the mouse at first. Setting the keyboard was a bit unexpected - being able to set a second key for things would also been nice. These are no problem compared to the lags. Sometimes it's fluid, sometimes the game just hangs - I hear the sound of crashing but see no new frames. Happens often and seems like loading parts of the map or something. Uplayable for me.
Tested with Kubuntu Linux 5.15 i76700K GTX970 32G Ram M2SSD

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tuubi 15 Jul 2024

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Only had time for a couple of quick (offline) races, but seems to work perfectly for me. You can check my PC info under my avatar.

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.)

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tom 15 Jul 2024

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> The recommended hardware is: Ryzen (or equivalent, or better), GTX1060 (or equivalent, or better), 8GB+ ram.

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

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 16 Jul 2024

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Oh man, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge. That brings back memories! Will have to try that based on this alone.

Thank you!👍

Sometimes it's fluid, sometimes the game just hangs - I hear the sound of crashing but see no new frames. Happens often and seems like loading parts of the map or something. Uplayable for me.
Tested with Kubuntu Linux 5.15 i76700K GTX970 32G Ram M2SSD

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?

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.

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...😥

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.

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

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tom 16 Jul 2024

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Thanks for the feedback!👍Could you screenshot the menu display issue?

!https://imgur.com/a/5MdiNeI

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tom 16 Jul 2024

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and this is after playing a level (made it to two checkpoints this time !)

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 16 Jul 2024

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Oh, you've got a screen AR of 1.5!
That's... Well, sorry, at least until now, unsupported... ;)

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 22 Jul 2024

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Sometimes it's fluid, sometimes the game just hangs - I hear the sound of crashing but see no new frames. Happens often and seems like loading parts of the map or something. Uplayable for me.
Tested with Kubuntu Linux 5.15 i76700K GTX970 32G Ram M2SSD

Hey, in the meantime I found other users with similar issues: smooth, then a few seconds of huge lags, then smooth again.
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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Corben 22 Jul 2024

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Oh man, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge. That brings back memories! Will have to try that based on this alone.

And I have the music in my ear! Nostalgia par excellence.

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

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Ehvis 22 Jul 2024

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Everything mostly works for me. Technically I only noticed some screen corruption at the left and right edge of the screen. Not rendering the full 3440 pixels width (ultrawide). Other than that, no issues so far and everything runs smooth and it isn't making my PC sweat.

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!

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 23 Jul 2024

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Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad it runs smooth, and you like the graphics.
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... ;)

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 23 Jul 2024

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Hey, does anyone know how to reach @GamingOnLinuxUser?
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.

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 23 Jul 2024

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Technically I only noticed some screen corruption at the left and right edge of the screen. Not rendering the full 3440 pixels width (ultrawide).

Any chance that you could screenshot the issue? Thanks!

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tuubi 23 Jul 2024

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Technically I only noticed some screen corruption at the left and right edge of the screen. Not rendering the full 3440 pixels width (ultrawide).
Any chance that you could screenshot the issue? Thanks!

Isn't this the same issue tom had above? An aspect ratio other than 16:9, this time ultrawide at 3440×1440 (43∶18).

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 23 Jul 2024

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Isn't this the same issue tom had above? An aspect ratio other than 16:9, this time ultrawide at 3440×1440 (43∶18).

Probably similar, but the other way round. Tom has a screen that is less wide than 16:10... ;)

Last edited by Sylvain_PixelWrappers on 23 Jul 2024 at 6:34 pm UTC

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tuubi 23 Jul 2024

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Isn't this the same issue tom had above? An aspect ratio other than 16:9, this time ultrawide at 3440×1440 (43∶18).
Probably similar, but the other way round. Tom has a screen that is less wide than 16:10... ;)

Yes, obviously.

But seems like in both cases the area outside of the game isn't cleared.

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.

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 23 Jul 2024

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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.

That's... Annoying...
But not a show stopper. I'm more worried now about the strange lags of @GamingOnLinuxUser... ;)

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers 24 Jul 2024

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Hello, good news!
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.

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Ehvis 28 Jul 2024

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Technically I only noticed some screen corruption at the left and right edge of the screen. Not rendering the full 3440 pixels width (ultrawide).
Any chance that you could screenshot the issue? Thanks!

!CSD screenshot

The bars are 13 pixels on each side (not a size I would have guessed) and the contents vary.

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