news
Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux
-
GamingOnLinux ☛ Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux
Forza Horizon 6 has officially launched from Playground Games and Xbox Game Studios, with Valve getting Proton updated ready for it on Linux / SteamOS. Note: personal purchase, no one replied to GamingOnLinux for a code, so big thanks to all our supporters.
[...] There's nearly 100 comments on the Proton GitHub report, with lots of Linux gamers reporting various issues with the game. The issues differ between NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, with a needed driver update upcoming for NVIDIA users (no ETA as to when). -
PC Gamer ☛ 'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much
In my performance analysis of the PC version of Forza Horizon 6, I found that the game ran very well on a wide range of PCs, with nary a bug or glitch. However, these were all using Windows, and many Linux gamers are finding that the game has considerable problems on that platform. Fortunately, the maker of the software that translates Windows game code to work on Linux has perhaps discovered the root cause of the issues.
-
Forza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam
Valve issues a hotfix for Proton that reportedly fixes crashing issues in Forza Horizon 6 on PCs running Linux and AMD GPU hardware.