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I do recommend, but only if you are willing to take the time and have the patience to set up any wheels that are not Logitech.
The game itself is Linux native, but getting actual wheels and pedals to work is a pain, unless you have an older Logitech wheel (G29 and alike).
There were several issues I encountered when trying to set up my Fanatec DD wheel and separate Thrustmaster pedals. For the Fanatec wheel, I had to use hid-fanatecff driver found on github. The Thrustmaster pedals have to have an udev rule set so that they are detected as a joystick, not an accelerometer.
Your experience will be greatly varied depending on the sim setup you own. It is much better to have a single vendor for all hardware. It is not the fault of the game itself, hence the recommendation. It is the issue with hardware vendors supporting their hardware on Linux.
It is fine however if you plan on playing on a gamepad, Steam Deck or keyboard.
gamemoderun %command% --skip-launcher --vulkan
Experience is on par with Windows, maybe even better since I did notice some frame drops on W10 that I didn't have on Linux.
Plays great!
Had my Fanatec setup working with hid-fanatecff driver over on Github. Even my Arudino-based range-splitter shifter is detected and works.
Since the last update Gamescope no longer works
PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command% --use-d3d11 -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
Still does work without it.
Runs better than on Windows, at least on my machine.
Rainbow artifacts - fixed by turning post processing down to "low"
PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 PROTON_USE_DXVK=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command% -FastLaunch
Crackling fixed with the Pulse Audio latency variable.
Mouse pointer is not accurate, have to cycle between fullscreen to windowed then fullscreen again to have it working properly.
Game does not launch under Wayland. I'm on Fedora and I had to install an X11 session seperately to have the game working - it is a reported issue on Github.
Thrustmaster T.16000M flight stick and throttle detected corretly and working.
gamemoderun %command%
Very occasional audio crackle/pop. Barely noticeable.
Framerate is lower by about 20% compared to Windows.
MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command%
Game runs way slower than on Windows, especially in urban areas.
Multiplayer works okay.
Pretty much the only problem is performance.
MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command%
This game needs a metric ton of VRAM. On full texture settings it chomps up 17 gigabytes almost instantly.
