Automobilista 2 on Linux - How To

The Wheelbase is a Fanatec but the Wheel is from Pokornyi. It get‘s detected after adding the udev-Rules but it can‘t connect, so i am not able to configure the leds and the Dashboard.



I also couldn't find a substitute for Fanalab or the Fanatec app to control force feedback details like maximum torque. With "Oversteer," the steering lock could only be set to a fixed value, whereas the automatic setting works perfectly in conjunction with Fanalab or the Fanatec app on Windows. While the force feedback itself works, it can only be adjusted via the in-game options in AMS2.

Setting things up on Windows is already complex, and it doesn't seem to get any easier on Linux. For instance, if you own more than one (Fanatec) steering wheel—which is the case for me—you need the "Control Mapper" to configure the buttons, since "Button 1" on one wheel corresponds to a different function than on the other. Matters are further complicated by the fact that, without the Fanalab drivers, SimHub detects only a single (identical) wheel and cannot distinguish between the Formula and WRC wheels. However, the new Fanatec hub I need to use the Pokornyi wheel only works with the new Fanatec app; with Fanalab, I get absolutely no force feedback.

As with everything in life, nothing is perfect.

 

I have the same problem with the Moza Steering Wheel, all Works perfectly, but i can not to make work the leds in the Wheel but in the dashboard of the SImHub works perfectly the leds

Edit :

For Moza there is this a Program, and works all, included the leds in the wheel, but with AMS2 i do not get to send it the leds to the Wheel

Watch that i found for Moza for now :

https://github.com/giantorth/AZOM

I go to search for Fanatec this program, because it's the solution for us

Edit 2 :

The new Fanatec app works in Wine ?

Edit 3 :

I found this for you :

https://github.com/kelchm/FanaBridge

 

what does platinum denote? is the best?
I have an Accuforce v2 and was surprised to see it in the list and even more of that rating if it is what I think. I did not expect to see the SimXperience wheel. does this mean the Sim Commander software runs on Linux too?

 

I have not tested the Fanatec App in Wine.

FanaBridge sounds great, thank you i have to test it.

 

Yes , is the best compatibility, Platinum

The setup with the app instalation works, but i dont know if the program runs in Wine, only you could to try it, because i have not the SimXperience Wheel

 

Finally SimHub works 100% on Linux with AMS2 and Moza Steering Wheels :

You have to install this that install SimHub :

https://github.com/srounce/linux-simracing-utils

Then, You have to install this in SimHub :

https://github.com/giantorth/AZOM

Did you test FanaBridge ? it works for your Wheel ?

 

I installed the Plugin but i had no luck with connecting the Wheel in Simhub.

How do you managed the usb pass-through to Simhub?

 

With UDEV rule (having the driver installed, try "lsusb" for to see if the driver is installed and the info for the UDEV rule)

Also you have to setup the device into SimHub

Edit :

 

Did you make work the Wheel in SimHub ? @dm7c3

 

A chat came up on Discord about a new release of SteamOS 3.8.10 and how it is supposed to have a more generic support for gaming hardware and Steam themselves want users to try it on their own spec pc boxes. Have you looked at this @Cyneo ?

 

Yes, i did a minutes ago

 

Forget buying a Steam Machine, Valve wants you to build one
for those interested this article sums it up well. I guess the question for me is can Steam really provide a true alternative to windows for pc gaming, and not a tinkerers version.

 

Something seem to realy messed up. I wasn't able to througput any USB Device into SimHub so i removed the directory and made the installation via the linux-simracing-utils. Then i installed the Wine stagging as you mentioned to solve the WPF Problem but i am still not able to pass any USB Device into Simhub. I don't know why the udev-rules no longer work. I could install the fanatec plugin but without a connection to my wheel and now i am no longer able to activate the control mapper plugin within Simhub, it is not been showing.

Then i quit, because i don't know where all the problems are and it's disapointing if something does not work anymore if you just reboot the pc.

 

I've found that if I restart the PC with the steering wheel connected, the system retains the connection port, and that's the port used to connect the UDEV rules. But if I restart the computer and disconnect the steering wheel, SimHub doesn't recognize it. Is that what's happening to you

 

Hello! First off, thank you so much for this thread, It's been really helpful I'm a bit late to the party, but i finally made the switch to Linux since AMS2 is no longer playable on Windows 11 after the latest (windows) updates. I've settled on Cachyos, and after some tinkering i'm getting way better and more stable performance than i ever did in Windows. AMD 6900xt, i9-12900k, 32GB DDR5 ram, 1440 triple screen. Rock solid fps! Pretty awesome! I'm gonna try getting Simhub working as well, using the info you provided on here.
However, i got one problem. My wheelbase is Asetek La Prima, and it's obvious it's not set to max torque. It's a safety setting in the Asetek Racehub software, which doesn't run on Linux.

I've been looking at this:
https://github.com/JacKeTUs/linux-steering-wheels

And this:
https://github.com/moonrail/asetek_wheelbase_cli

So, apparently it's very doable, but i'm not very well versed in Linux (yet,) and don't quite understand how. Struggling with instructions on the last one i linked, and also a bit afraid to break stuff, because of "This CLI is currently not intended for regular use, highly experimental and maybe will never be finished.."

Anyone else with an Asetek wheelbase that have made this work? Or maybe someone with a bit more Linux knowledge can help me out?

Thanks!

 

Hi, i found this :

https://github.com/SimRaceEngineer/Asetek-Plugin-for-Simhub/tree/main

Asetek for simhub in linux

Maybe it is useful for you

If you need help maybe i could help you

 

Wow, now this look promising I will try this and report back, thanks so much!

 

While I have launched the game on linux from the steam deck for a long time, yesterday I finally dropped windows from the PC of my rig.

Unsurprisingly the sim works better with proton that natively. I use a G29 so I installed new-lg4ff as driver and oversteer to setup the wheel.

oversteer is a very simple interface, so much better than the Logitech GHub bloatware sh*t. It is incredible generally how bad it is the state of the software industry and GHub is a great example of how they do not give a sh*t about us.

I also tested Telemetry Tool for AMS2 and works well (java, so it works without proton/wine actually). I saw in this thread simhub works, but I'm actually not sure, I am comfortable with this minimal installation. Perhaps I'll install crewchief. I used second monitor to export my results but perhaps I'll just make some script to record results from UDP/Shared mem. Now that I launch the sim in a decent operating system I am much more comfortable tweaking stuff