How to play Project CARS 2 on Linux
Project CARS 2 is a racing video game developed and published by Slightly Mad Studios for Windows and other platforms. The game was never released for Linux, but it is possible to play on the platform thanks to some tweaking. Here’s how to do it.
Getting Project CARS 2 working on Linux
Project CARS 2 is a native Windows video game. However, it is rated gold on ProtonDB, and it runs pretty well with some modifications. To get the game working on your Linux system, you must first install the Steam application.
Install Steam
To install Steam on your Linux PC, open up a terminal window. You can open up a terminal window on the Linux desktop by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Alternatively, search for “Terminal” in the app menu and launch it that way.
With the terminal window open, the installation of Steam can begin. Using the installation instructions below, get Steam working on your computer.
Ubuntu
On Ubuntu, the Steam application is available for installation via the apt install command down below.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
To get Steam working on Debian, you’ll have to download the latest DEB package from Valve. You can download the Steam DEB package using the wget download command below.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the latest Steam DEB package to your computer, you can install Steam on your system using the dpkg command.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
The installation of Steam via the dpkg command works, but it is not perfect. Thankfully, the issues can be corrected using the apt-get install -f command.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
You’ll be able to install Steam on your Arch Linux system, provided the “multilib” software repository is enabled and configured on your system. To enable this software repository, open up the /etc/pacman.conf file in your favorite text editor (as root).
Once inside the text file, scroll down and locate the # symbol by the “multilib” section. Then, remove the # symbol from the lines directly below it. Finally, save your edits to the text file and run the pacman -Syy command to set up the “multilib” software repository.
sudo pacman -Syy
With the “multilib” software repository enabled and set up on your Arch Linux system, you’ll be able to install the latest release of Steam on your computer using the pacman -S command.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
Steam is available for installation for users of Fedora Linux and OpenSUSE Linux. Users can install Steam using the software repositories included with the operating system. However, the Flatpak release of Steam works much better.
Flatpak
Steam is easily installed via Flatpak once the Flatpak runtime is installed on your system. You can set up the Flatpak runtime on your computer by following our guide. Once the runtime is configured, use the two commands below to install Steam.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
Install Project CARS 2 on Linux
With the Steam app set up on your computer, open it up and log into your account. Then, follow the step-by-step instructions below to get Project CARS 2 working on Linux.
Step 1: Inside of the Steam app, search for the “steam” menu and click on the “Settings” button inside to load up the Steam settings area. Once in the Steam settings area, find the “Steam Play” option.
Check both the “Enable Steam Play for supported titles” in the Steam Play area and the “Enable Steam Play for all other titles” box. Be sure to also set the “Compatibility tool” to Proton Experimental.
Project CARS 2 will not run on Steam without Proton being set to “Experimental,” as other versions of Proton do not work with the game correctly.
Step 2: Find the “Store” button inside of Steam and click on it to load up the Steam store. From here, find the search box and click on it with the mouse. Type in “Project CARS 2 ” into the box. Press the Enter key to view the search results.
Step 3: Look through the Steam search results for “Project CARS 2” and click on it to load the game’s Steam store page. Once on the Project CARS 2 store page, find the green “Add to cart” button to add the game to your Steam cart. Then, click on the cart icon and purchase the game.
Step 4: Find the “Library” button and click on it to access your Steam games library. Once there, find “Project CARS 2” and click on it with the mouse to load up the game’s library page.
Find the blue “INSTALL” button and click on it with the mouse to download and install the game on your computer. When the installation process is complete, the blue “INSTALL” button will become a green “PLAY” button. Select it to start up the game.
