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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! ^_^

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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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Eeww... What does Steam-link have to do with Linux?

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Talking about Steam crap, I miss overly optimistic Steam survey articles :(

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WTF Am I the only one who games keyboard on this…?

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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).

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Its the Best game Feral ported imo :). I love it.

my review:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/xpander69/recommended/310560/

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Quoting: ProfessorKaos64

Quoting: Nyarlathotep

Quoting: kibblesNot 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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Quoting: meggermancurrently the AMD FOSS drivers are sitting around 20% behind the binary nvidia drivers.

80%!? Are they really that close?

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Quoting: shigutsonice! any chance to get this discount on amazon?

Amazon is price matching it right now :o

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Quoting: ShabbyXAnd where do they look to see who supports it?

In the Steam thread BTRE linked in the article.

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Quoting: Comandante Ñoñardo

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoYes. In Windows, the Nvidia driver has a huge list of games and You can configure the driver settings for each individual games...
In Linux, to configure the driver settings for each game is not that easy.

It's not? Maybe not quite as easy, but there are Application Profiles in the NVIDIA X Server Settings that you can set up based on multiple triggers, process name being one of them.

I know about "Aplication Profiles" in the NVIDIA X Server Settings... It MUST be intuitive like the windows version of the driver's GUI, but it's not..
Considering the open and cooperative nature of Linux, by now there should be a huge list of game presets in the "Aplication Profiles" list..

Also, I don't understand why the GUI of the Nvidia linux drivers looks so different than the intuitive GUI windows version.



Even the Nvidia Physx settings tab is not available on the Linux version...

In my opinion, that is not good if We want more incursions (or migrations) of Windows gamers.

The per-game driver optimizations on Windows aren't anything you'll find in the driver settings - those are completely different. These optimizations are on a lower level and hidden from the user. They're designed to work better with each game's misuse of 3D APIs. This is a big reason behind the push for Vulkan and similar APIs, as the driver developers don't have to spend as much time working around bugs in games because the games themselves have to use the API correctly.

It's obvious that they have a lot more development resources invested in Windows, but the fact that they need to make the optimizations isn't necessarily a good thing - hopefully with Vulkan there won't be a need for "Game Ready" drivers on Linux. Edit: Oops, should read more thoroughly next time

The nVidia settings app looks that way because I think the Windows version many years ago looked very similar until it got a makeover for Vista. It looks like the nvidia-settings source code is available. Perhaps they'd be open to a UI refresh or even a rewrite?

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Quoting: Nyarlathotep

Quoting: kibblesNot 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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For someone that doesn't fear to use wine and has an itch account, since the game is Windows only: [users-only]https://tgabian.itch.io/neutron-star-final/download/RLS-JTmik9mnJhGBDowrPZBu88Dfa-jbdvtZNLaW65uE87p3Fp6CPoSTa[/users-only]

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Oh yeah, I played this on Windows years ago back when it was a free download (probably around 2011–2012). Never thought I'd see it on Linux. :D

Don't expect Valve levels of polish, but it's a decent game (even if the controls can be a bit fiddly, or at least they were when I last played it; perhaps that's been improved by now). The environment is absolutely gorgeous—it's areas taken straight from the landscape of Yellowstone National Park—and I liked the use of a "smell" mechanic, where you can switch to a mode where you can see scent trails left by animals moving about and follow (or avoid) them. It's a really neat mechanic that I've never seen in another game. Plus the music is great. :)

Edit: Wow, just glancing over the list of achievements it looks like they've added quite a bit more stuff than when I last played!

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I wasn't interested in this game until I saw this article. Jumped on this real quick.

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Quoting: GuestAnyone playing tw:warhammer, hollow knight, tomb raider etc. with it? What is your experience? Is it easier to set the vertical and horizontal camera angle with it compared to an xbox-like controller? I'd problems with controllers at 3rd person action games and I'm interested if the sc could solve that.

I find it great for Tomb Raider like games. But I warn you: the first five minutes using it will be very confusing and uncomfortable. Just relax and be patient. After you are over the steep learning curve (a few days to a week), you will find it a nice tool for the job of playing certain types of games.

And if you find yourself feeling handicapped in some games for using it, remember that the PC platform allows you to use just what you like for whatever game you are playing, a luxury not available on the consoles.

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For anybody in the US with Prime or if you meet the $25 minimum it's cheaper to buy it from Amazon since Valve charges us $6-$8 S&H.

https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Controller/dp/B016KBVBCS
https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Link/dp/B016XBGWAQ

I don't have the controller, but I absolutely love my Steam Link. It's an awesome way to play PC games on the big screen. Wifi works great, even with three or four other devices being used simultaneously. The only time I've had any kind of issue with it is when somebody else has a access point on the same channel, which is usually easy to fix. A wired network is definitely a better option, but I'm still happy with the wireless performance.

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Crashes at the intro on Ubuntu even with the LC_ALL=C %command% launch option. Seems to work OK after skipping the intro.

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The SC its on amazon too. But if I want it on my country I would have to pay $63 because taxes and etc.

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The game looks like a GOOD version of Kinetic Void.

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IMPULSE BUY - DROOL -

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Yep and its worth mentioning that the mesa drivers now work better then AMDGPU-PRO by a fair bit. The only downside is RADV needs to catch up (is slower then OpenGL atm).

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: meggermanSuch 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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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

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Looking forward to some benchmarks here.

currently the AMD FOSS drivers are sitting around 20% behind the binary nvidia drivers. This is part down to game centric optimisation and also something odd with AMD's Linux GPU drivers being a bit more CPU centric.
(i think this patch is to deal with some of that current limitation if im not mistaken )

creeping forward another 10% is starting to make it directly comparible with the nvidia driver and that after all is just a bundled up version of the Windows driver.

Good times ^_^

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Quoting: meggermanSuch 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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I picked up the Steam Link during the last sale (it works great even over my WiFi). I wish the percentages were reversed there so I could get a second Steam Controller on the cheap. :D

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Quoting: Nyarlathotep

Quoting: kibblesNot 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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Thanks a lot, I picked it up.

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