WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship Wine Linux – how to run this game on Linux.
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship (also known as WRC 2, WRC 2 FIA World Rally Championship 2 and WRC: FIA World Rally Championship 2011) is the official racing video game of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship. It is developed by Milestone S.r.l. and features improved details, visuals and new modes to be the most realistic rally simulation.
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship Wine Linux – how to run this game on Linux.
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship runs well on Linux but require some fiddling. For this game you’ll need Wine x86, x86 Wine prefix, Windows Media Player 10, xact, sound set to pulse, and DirectX 9 (d3dx9).
– For Windows Media Player 10 installation you’ll need to issue the following command:
winetricks -q wmp10
Wait for the process to finish.
– Now you’ll have to set xact with:
winetricks xact
– For d3dx9 installation you have two choices:
- Install d3dx9 via winetricks:
winetricks d3dx9
- Install d3dx9 via Microsoft’s official installer:
You’ll have to download Microsoft’s official installer and run it with double click just like in Windows. Follow the installer’s steps.
– Setting sound to pulse is as easy as:
winetricks sound=pulse
All done!
- Wine version used in the video: Wine x86 4.11
- NVIDIA driver 430.26
