Just a quick puff to sober up.

Seems like it would have been cheaper, easier, and better pr to just simplify settings or have them in more logical categories, but what would I know.

A different distro isn’t going to help. It’s an issue of game telemetry and hardware not being supported. Unfortunately Simracing really requires dual-booting windows.

This is a weird one, but read up on folder structures. If you’ve used MacOS at all then the logic is very similar. However if you’re coming from a pure windows background then it can get confusing figuring out where everything gets put when you install applications or need to make changes to config files.

The Pop desktop environment and search works well the vast majority of the time but it’s handy to know how to find you’re way around when you hit a roadblock.

Nvidia is fine and I have a 3080. I have vrr on my 4k display working fine when run with 2 non vrr 1080p monitors, and full hdr support. That’s using the 570 driver in fedora.

Lol. System requirements are 30, 40 & 50 series cards with 12GB of VRAM. Most of the cards do not have this due to Nvidia’s stinginess.

I just want to remove podcasts and audiobooks from my homepage.

Weird for some reason I thought it released closer to xmas. That might have just been when it started selling in NZ.

Found my copy of Wipeout 2097 and 3 over the weekend so might be an excuse to grab it out for old times sake.

Piper is a godsend. It’s better than Logitech G Hub and much more like Logitech’s old simple software that let you quickly remap buttons.

Sweet can play this after the current PoeE 1 event, and then PoE 0.2 should be out after that.

Wipeout 2097 - Still one of my favourite racing games of all time and has a banging soundtrack

Gran Turismo 2 - Big enough that it needed 2 discs. A classic in sim racing.

MediEvil - Fun humorous story and great atmosphere.

Spyro - It was on the demo disc.

Final Fantasy 7 & 8 - RPG classics. Nuff said.

And a bonus game that sucked:

Command & Conquer port - Buggy, lots of lag and terrible controls

Not an RPG but has a lot of lore and a form of exploration: Talos Principle 1 & 2.

Hands down the best puzzle games I’ve ever played.

Pop OS worked straight out of the box with the Nvidia driver build BUT it’s using an old version of Gnome desktop environment so doesn’t have support for HDR or VRR. Pop is based on Ubuntu so all the Debian and Ubuntu terminal commands will be familiar.

Fedora is leading edge and so long as you opt in for non-open source drivers works with Nvidia and runs HDR and VRR in KDE (haven’t used the Gnome version).

Haven’t tried any other distros but Bazzite seems well recommended.

Lutris is the recommended software for non-steam games. If you search for that and Sims/EA you should be able to find out if it’ll work for you.

I only use windows now for sim racing and Vr, but I also don’t play online games with anti-cheat. Linux seems pretty stable and I’ve found it easy to use.

Being based in New Zealand, the XX90 cards come with a significant markup and are wholly unaffordable. They’re priced at about 8% of the median pre-tax salary. I built an entire premium sim rig for less than the cost of a 4090.

It should be DOA but it’ll still sell out for the next couple of months. Think my 3080 will need to last 2 more years unless there is a 5080 ti that uses cut down 5090 dies.

lol. I searched “nvidia 570 Linux” less than a week ago and nada. Just did it again based on you comment and it looks like it was released 2 days ago.

You’re an absolute legend! Thanks for the heads up.

VRR that works with multiple monitors connected. Unfortunately that’s an Nvidia driver issue rather than a missing Linux protocol, so could be waiting a while.

I’ve recently switched to Fedora KDE running version 6 and HDR looks great. Well worth the wait.

Without the paywall https://archive.ph/JBe4A

https://archive.ph/JBe4A

For those that hit the paywall.