Quoting: Avehicle7887I came across your github a few days ago prior to this thread. My current local choices are between the G29 and the G920, of which I think I'll go with the G29.

I've prepared the kernel and loaded your module in advance to make sure I don't run into any bad surprises (hopefully).

Thank you for your work :smile:

You're welcome!

Both wheels are good with the G920 beating the G29 in the firmware department. It's a pity the Linux driver has lag issues in some games. I'm trying to implement a workaround for this issue in https://github.com/berarma/ffbtools [External Link] but it's not ready yet and I don't know how well it will work. It'll be a nasty workaround anyway so I can hardly recommend it as a long term solution.

I think you'll be happy with the G29. I've been adding features to the driver that may appeal to the more serious simracer (with an entry level wheel). I hope most of it can be integrated into the mainline kernel or at least I hope to be able to maintain it for a long time.

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Quoting: Avehicle7887Been thinking about getting a Logitech wheel. Anyone know what's the support like in Wine?

Most Logitech wheels are well supported but...

G920:
+ It has the most complete firmware, all the effects are implemented in the hardware.
- You might need to update the firmware to fix some bugs and you'll need Windows for that.
- The Linux driver has an issue with games sending effects updates at high rates. I guess the driver in Windows drops commands to stay in synch with the game without glitches but the Linux driver queues the updates and creates enormous lags in the FFB. I've heard that ACC (after pausing the game) and ETS2/ATS (without VSync) can be affected.
- Lack of settings and emulation modes. Only the rotation range can be tweaked.

G29/G27/G25/...:
+ Besides setting the rotation range it can emulate older models and combine brake/accelerator pedals.
- With the default Linux driver most effects aren't supported and some games will have incomplete or missing FFB (ETS2/ATS and some Proton/Wine games).
- It has the same issue than the G920 when effects are updated very fast.

G29/G27/G25/... with driver new-lg4ff:
+ Supported effects are almost on par with the G920. The inertia effect is still unsupported and the friction effect is seemingly not working properly although these are seldom used.
+ Effect updates at high rates are managed correctly and don't cause any lag nor performance problems.
+ It has settings for fine tunning the FFB and combining clutch/accelerator pedals.
- Still not as complete regarding effect support as the G920.
- Currently, it has to be installed manually and it's only maintained by me.

G923: I don't know.

Proton had some serious FFB bugs up to version 4.11-10 (I think). It works fine now. I don't know what's the status of the FFB in Wine. If it doesn't work already patches might be on their way. DR2 at least needs a recent kernel (maybe 5.8?) for the FFB to work.

The new-lg4ff driver: https://github.com/berarma/new-lg4ff [External Link].

UPDATE: I'm trying to make it as correct and unbiased as possible to help decide which one to buy.

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I would have liked that you started with a supported title like HL:Alyx. It would have been more representative of the state of SteanVR on GNU/Linux.

Besides, add to that, like others said, that you're using an unsupported distro and it seems you're going for the big prize. Yesterday I read Lutris isn't supporting Mint for the issues with Wine games.

I'd like to read the experiences from someone not going so hard on it.

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Quoting: edoI played it a bit of SOMA and I did not liked it. I dont enjoy walls of lore text, and this is that kind of game. I hope their new game wont be like soma, and instead to tell their story in a less boring way

Perhaps you stopped too soon. I don't like text walls neither but this game has a good balance and a really good script. Once into it I couldn't leave. A really great game.

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Quoting: GuestPurely at a guess, it might be because source code isn't enough for GPL. The idea is to be able to rebuild the entire binary freely, which means statically linked libraries must also be GPL'd.
Maybe that's the issue.

So that means the game becomes non-free when shipped through Steam. Shouldn't we support free source code games?

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How is the GPL a problem as long as they put a link to the source code in the game? I don't understand.

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Quoting: julkip

It might be minor but one of my favourite features is the ESC key no longer making RetroArch instantly close.

So you say it's finally usable? Great news!

There was an option for this already, you just had to enable it. I guess they have simple changed the default setting.

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It looks like a sequel to Doom. Very nice. I'm ready to buy.

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Sad that ID Software has a GNU/Linux port that they won't share with us. Previously, they would just release the binaries without any marketing/business fuss and it worked great that way.

Sad that some people are buying the game to play it on Wine. They won't miss your money.

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Quoting: StrangerDeveloper here.

Hey PublicNuisance ! We will ship the game without DRM, so no worry on that front. :)

Then it should be possible to buy it on GOG. I don't like the crappy Steam software. Crappy software needed to enable using another software is DRM for me and others.

Glad to see someone embracing opensource in games.

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