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+title: Can you simrace on Linux?
+description: Simracing with Assetto Corsa on Bazzite Linux, surprisingly easily.
+date: 2025-07-07
+tags: gaming
+draft: true
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+
+Can you really simrace on Linux?
+The short answer is—yes, as long as you have the right hardware.
+
+# Hardware
+
+## Hardware Compatibility 
+
+I wanted to start simracing so I started looking for the options available on the used market, and I found a Logitech G29 for £140. I didn't think about Linux compatibility at the time because I assumed all hardware would work fine, but thankfully that wrong assumption didn't come back to haunt me.
+Some wheels don't work without extra drivers and on Bazzite, that'd be a pain to manage and set-up due to it being atomic, so I was very happy that mine wasn't one of them.
+
+## Setting up the wheel on Linux 
+
+The first day of setup was painful. I had forgot to plug in power to the wheel so I ended up trying every single troubleshooting step, even installing Windows onto my PC to test it, to no avail.
+Eventually I realised my silly mistake and plugged in the power, and from there it worked almost flawlessly, requiring some setup at the beginning.
+
+- I needed to set my wheel to PS3 mode to get it to be recognised by Assetto Corsa
+- I need to have the Oversteer app open when I use the wheel if I want force feedback to work
+- The LEDs that show the revs don't work without extra configuration, but this didn't really matter to me, so I didn't bother with it
+
+
+# Assetto Corsa on Linux
+
+## How does the game run?
+Getting Assetto Corsa to work on Linux was slightly harder, although not by much, all I had to do was run it with Proton-GE 9-20 and that fixed any issues that I had with trying to start the game.
+Also, the launcher opens a seperate game window that doesn't raise to the top automatically, I spent about 10 minutes waiting for the game to load, only to realise it already loaded. 
+Performance isn't an issue, my FPS is always above 60, sometimes above 150—depending on the circumstances, with my GTX 1660—which is getting quite dated at this point—being 6 years old.   
+## Mods
+I haven't tested out Content Manager for Assetto Corsa yet, but I have seem. guides on how to get it working and they seem pretty simple.
+
+
+Overall, it wasn't bad, but I didn't expect anything different from the Linux gaming ecosystem in 2025, we've moved on from a lot of issues and I'm glad this is one of the issues we have moved away from.