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Proton GE 9-26 Released With Updates For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, GTA 5 Enhanced, And More

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Proton GE 9-26 Released With Updates For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, GTA 5 Enhanced, And More - Steam Deck HQ

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Oh good! Maybe MSFS2024 will finally work!
- Does 2020 work?
  
  It does, very well
  
  I've used 2020 on Linux many times, works well!
GTA 5 Enhanced?? Wtf is that?
- The PS5 version of GTAV came to PC recently
@tonytins huh? Gta5 enhanced? Is that for single player then or will gtao also work?
- Covers both.
  
  @tonytins uh, nice, so itll work again on linux? Iirc it stopped working when they added that battleye nonsense?
That's great! But what about HOTAS support? Pedals? What about TrackIR?
DCS and all my gear are the biggest obstacle to dumping Windows.
- Most of that would be drivers not proton if it's hardware you are talking about
  
  I'd also add that there are probably some community-developed drivers, at least that's the case with simracing equipment. It's worth checking.
  
  I don't care who's fault it is that hardware probably won't work, just that it probably won't work.
  Setting these games up is an undertaking even when all the software and hardware works as intended. Hell, just pulling the equipment out of it's storage is enough friction to keep me from playing sometimes.
  Even after more than a decade of using Debian as a server, I don't have any confidence in my Linux knowledge. So the proposition here is tons and tons of homework with no guarantee that I can find a workaround or cobbled together solution. What I can be guaranteed is that if I get everything working, it'll be a slightly to moderately worse experience.
  Again, I'm not saying Linux is bad or even at fault for these issues, but these issues exist and I it's valid that some people don't wanna deal with it.
- I played quite a bit of Elite: Dangerous in VR on my Saitek X-55 in Linux. Worked out of the box.

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