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The first Linux port from Feral Interactive this year will be DiRT 4, the 2017 racing game from Codemasters.

This isn't a surprise of course, as Feral Interactive already confirmed DiRT 4 for Linux back in December last year. With their latest newsletter that just went out, it says this:

You heard it here first...DiRT 4 on track to macOS and Linux
Our next major desktop release will be DiRT 4, Codemasters’ nonstop rally game, launching on macOS and Linux in the next couple of months

Feral's original announcement trailer can be found below:

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I'm excited to give it a go, although it hasn't had the best reception from users overall as it's sat with a "Mixed" rating on Steam. Going by Metacritic as well, users have mixed feelings there too whereas it seems actual critics mostly liked it. Obviously I can't comment on that right now, since I've not personally played it. The main reason I am excited about it, is the feature to generate your own stages so it shouldn't get too stale and that sounds quite interesting. Feral's work is usually great and I expect this port to perform well given their recent Vulkan-powered games have been good.

I just hope the Linux release is at the shorter end of "months", since we're already closing in on two years since the game released for Windows so that's quite a gap (and that's being kind).

As a reminder, Feral aren't stopping in their tracks with DiRT 4. We also have Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Life is Strange 2 to be officially ported later this year.

Are you looking forward to it? Will you pick up a copy? Do let us know in the comments.

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Anders1232 Feb 28, 2019
Has been a long time since racing games stood aside my everyday gaming, but they never stood aside my steam libary xD


Last edited by Anders1232 on 12 April 2019 at 2:09 am UTC
edenist Mar 1, 2019
I've played a tonne of this on PS4 and I'll be picking it up from Feral at launch. Looking forward to see how it runs on my PC with native vulkan!
Kimyrielle Mar 1, 2019
If I'd be interested in two year old games I'd have bought it for Windows already and run it in WINE. Racing games leave me colder than ice anyway, so it's all good.
Luke_Nukem Mar 1, 2019
Quoting: subWhy not Dirt Rally 2.0?

Is Codemasters against a simultaneous Linux release?

Don't get me wrong. It's not that DiRT 4 is a bad game (I don't know) but it doesn't help the platform, if AAA game ports usually appear years later (if at all). Reception outside hard-core Linux gamers is that the platform is not worth to be served on release.

I'm sure I read something somewhere that Feral actually has to buy the rights to port a game to be able to do the ports. If that's true then it would explain older games being ported as they would be cheaper.

Don't quote me on that though, I could be wildly off base. Liam might recall something.
sub Mar 1, 2019
Quoting: Luke_Nukem
Quoting: subWhy not Dirt Rally 2.0?

Is Codemasters against a simultaneous Linux release?

Don't get me wrong. It's not that DiRT 4 is a bad game (I don't know) but it doesn't help the platform, if AAA game ports usually appear years later (if at all). Reception outside hard-core Linux gamers is that the platform is not worth to be served on release.

I'm sure I read something somewhere that Feral actually has to buy the rights to port a game to be able to do the ports. If that's true then it would explain older games being ported as they would be cheaper.

Don't quote me on that though, I could be wildly off base. Liam might recall something.

Yes, I also considered this case. :)
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I haven't looked into reviews, but if it's as good as Dirt 3 was, then I'll probably get it. I liked that one a lot, except for the stunt portion of the campaign.
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