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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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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 July 2024 at 7:46 am UTC

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Ehvis Jul 15

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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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GamingOnLinuxUser Jul 15

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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 Jul 15

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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 Jul 15

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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 Jul 16

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

Thank you!👍

Quoting: GamingOnLinuxUserSometimes 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?

Quoting: tuubiGraphics 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...😥

Quoting: tomI 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 July 2024 at 1:24 pm UTC

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tom Jul 16

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Quoting: Sylvain_PixelWrappersThanks for the feedback!👍Could you screenshot the menu display issue?

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tom Jul 16

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

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Sylvain_PixelWrappers Jul 16

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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 Jul 22

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Quoting: GamingOnLinuxUserSometimes 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 Jul 22

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Quoting: EhvisOh 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 July 2024 at 1:31 pm UTC

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