That's the game I asked Feral in the comments, they said at the time they were indeed listening to what players often request here :

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/editorial-a-chat-about-asking-developers-for-a-linux-port.8673/page=4#r79103

I'm definetely buying this one and I have one month to find a good racing wheel. If you have some advices or experiences they're welcome :)

Thanks Feral <3

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Quoting: Mountain ManI've never had to do anything special to make a game work in Linux beyond the occasional routine problem solving that you have to do even in Windows, but that's par for the course for PC gaming. If people want truly trouble-free gaming then stick with consoles.

Sorry to say but it's not everyone's experience. I've switched to Linux since a little over a year and my gaming experience is nowhere near what it has been on Windows. I've had a Windows 7 install that worked flawlessly for years without any reinstall and I've never had to do ANYTHING special for a game to work properly, the only issue I had jokingly is that I had to spend hours searching how to get the XBox One controler to work wirelessly.

On the other hand in Linux I stumbled on a lot of issues, from Steam not launching, to games not launching or not working properly. My latest issue is regarding Absolute Drift which I just bought in the Humble sale, on my main rig it doesn't launch at all (I have a black screen popping up and immediately back to the desktop) and so far I didn't find a solution (Googling didn't help this time), on my SteamOS box (Intel NUC with an i5) the games launches without a problem but then it is constantly blinking, nearly unplayable.

I for one decided to ditch Windows for good and I'll accept to have to wait to properly play this game for example, but I know a lot of people that would not tolerate this any minute...

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I don't know if I won't grab Distance and Absolute Drift :)

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I think that if by the end of Windows 7 support we have reliable graphics drivers and a little more games from big publishers we might see a spike of users switching to Linux rather than going to Windows 10, if they've been avoiding Windows 10 until the end there's a good chance they'll be tempted by another alternative :)

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Strange or not, the Top 15 only consists of December articles ? Is it a regular pattern (i.e. there are generally more viewers in December each year) or has the site audience been growing lately ? The latter would be a good sign as it might show more people become interested in Linux gaming.

By the way are there signs of growing interest looking at the site audience ? I've never seen an analysis on this I think :)

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Don't worry we know Electronic Arts are not doing early access, they sell plain Alpha games and patch them when customer base gets too angry :D

If they were to propose some of their alpha's to Linux I might buy them however ^^

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Looking forward to the Linux version. I'm ready to pay for this ^^

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Quoting: edddeduckferalAsking and seeing what the community like in forums certainly helps as it gives you an idea of how popular the game would be among a smaller community, also helps get a feel for how hard it might be to get the news out to the Linux gaming crowd. Word of mouth is powerful in smaller communities as often it's hard to get the word out about your games, the response to enquires also helps you judge how many people will be excited and post about your game if you do release.

Did Feral note how often the word "Dirt3" comes up in the comments on this site ? Certainly is a sign that this community likes it a lot ^^

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I don't understand why people are saying getting Street Fighter V would blow their mind when it's probably due for Linux this month :D

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=calendar

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Battlefield 1 (or Battlefield 4), Battlefield 4 is the only game I'm still dual booting for to play with friends (Sup Com Forged Alliance also but that might be working under Linux somehow). Then I could dump Windows 7 for good ^^

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