Automobilista 2 on Linux - How To

Hi everyone,

A few weeks ago, I decided to switch completely to Linux for gaming and finally get rid of Windows—and I did it.

After spending a few days setting everything up and getting it just right, I have to say that, in my case, the game runs like a charm on Linux—it’s even more stable than on Windows, with no drop in FPS—and I can run all kinds of tools on Linux for this game and for other things.

First off, I have it installed on Cachyos with KDE and Wayland. My graphics card is an Nvidia, but I’m not using the proprietary drivers—I’m using Nvidia’s open-source drivers for Linux—and my steering wheel is a Moza. If you need more details, just post in the thread and I’ll provide them.

Second, here’s the Linux distro I use, Cachyos:

Download

Drivers for any steering wheel on Linux:

https://github.com/JacKeTUs/universal-pidff/

As you ask me questions, I’ll add information here in the thread’s initial post.

There are also tools like Optiscaler or vkBasalt to get the most performance and image quality out of the game.

This is enough to start the thread; I’ll add more information as you ask questions in the thread.

Cheers, and drive to the limit!

 

I am coming close to a year of gaming on linux, and it has opened my eyes of how much better linux, and open source, is compared to windows at the moment. It definitely took effort of learning how it works when I have used Windows all my life starting from Windows XP.

The biggest upside for me is how there isn't million different background services running, no onedrive, cortana pre-installed or other crap. If you uninstall something, you actually fully remove it and it doesn't come back with next update. If you close application, it doesn't leave any background services that you expected to be closed. You are the user instead of product.

Will linux get any mass adoption? Probably not. The best analogy I can think of is - everyone knows exercising is good for your health, but majority will not do it, because it takes effort to do. Same with OS, linux is better, but it takes effort to use it. Maybe there is potential with Valve selling their steam machine and their efforts in developing proton can move the needle a little bit.

Another suggestion for anyone interested is to have Datalink.
https://github.com/LukasLichten/Datalink

It allows to have shared memory transferred to unix space if you want to run any linux application that would run on sharedmemory data. It also makes it easier to run in same proton instance other windows applications in your prefix, like simhub or crewchief, to use them during your driving. It works on many different sims.

 

The decision to install one operating system or another is up to each individual; I’m simply showing how to do it with Linux, because in my humble opinion, the effort required is much less than it was years ago and is even close to the effort required on Windows, because Linux has become much easier with graphical interfaces for configuring the system, making it much simpler than it was many years ago, when everything was done via the command line. Therefore, the analogy you propose regarding physical exercise isn’t entirely accurate, and besides, statistically speaking, more people exercise these days...

In the case of Cachyos, it comes pre-installed with the bare minimum of services, and the configuration required to run a game on Steam, for example, is minimal; you just need to dedicate a little time and be willing to learn. Because when it comes to analogies, if someone doesn’t know any operating system and has to learn it from scratch, they’ll find any system difficult—whether it’s Windows, Linux, or whatever—because nobody is born knowing everything. the difference is that Linux is a much better operating system, and therefore, right from the start, it gives you a freedom when using it that you’ll never have in Windows. Plus, Windows is an opaque system because its internal workings are hidden since it’s proprietary software, whereas Linux is open-source and completely transparent. So, I’m simply here to help those who want to install Linux for gaming.

Cheers, and drive to the limit!