Originally developed by Codemasters
Developed for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about GRID™ Autosport
GRID™ Autosport has been fully tested on Ubuntu 14.04.03. For the best gameplay experience, we recommend you use this distro.
The game should also work on other recent versions of Ubuntu, and may also work on other Linux distros; however, as the game has not been tested on these, it is possible that you will encounter performance and gameplay issues, and we do not currently offer support for other versions or distros.
The graphics card series and driver versions below have been tested, and these and higher series or versions will run the game without issues:
Nvidia
Series: 6xx
Driver version: 352.55
NOTE: Open-source Nvidia graphics drivers are not currently supported by GRID™ Autosport. Unfortunately, the current open-source Nvidia drivers do not support a number of the graphical features used in the game.
AMD
AMD graphics cards are not currently supported by GRID™ Autosport.
Intel
Intel graphics cards are not currently supported by GRID™ Autosport.
Yes, achievements are supported by GRID™ Autosport.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
You can purchase all the available DLC for GRID™ Autosport from the Steam store:
You can choose between buying DLC separately, or as part of the GRID™ Autosport Season Pass. The Season Pass is a DLC bundle that is cheaper than buying the DLC packs individually.
The Season Pass includes the following DLC:
NOTE: The Season Pass does not contain the Black Edition Pack.
There are also two free DLC packs available on the Steam store. These are:
Yes.
The game supports gamepads using the SDL 2.0 API. For more information about SDL, see the SDL Wiki.
The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by GRID™ Autosport:
The pads below are also supported by SDL and you should be able to use them to play GRID™ Autosport. However, as they have not been tested with the game, we cannot guarantee that they will work:
If you encounter problems when using any of the gamepads listed above, please contact our technical support team.
* The Xbox One controller works by default with SteamOS, but will only work with Ubuntu 14.04.2 when using Linux kernel version 3.17 or above.
** In order to use your PlayStation pad with GRID™ Autosport, you may need to press the PlayStation button in the center of the controller after connecting the pad to your computer. This allows your computer to recognize the pad.
Yes, most standard USB wheels will work with GRID™ Autosport. However, not all wheels support Force Feedback and 900° rotation.
The wheels in the list below work with GRID™ Autosport and support both Force Feedback and 900° rotation:
The wheels in the list below work with GRID™ Autosport and support Force Feedback, but they do not support 900° rotation:
The steering wheels in the list below work with GRID™ Autosport, but they do not support Force Feedback or 900° rotation:
Before racing, you may need to map the game controls to inputs on your wheel and its components (such as pedals, if available). To do so, follow these steps:
Ensure that your wheel and all its components are connected to your computer, then launch GRID™ Autosport.
From the Main Menu, select Options & Extras.
Select Options.
Select Controls.
Select Steer Left, then perform the action on your wheel to which you wish to map the “steer left” command.
Repeat step 5 for all the other game commands, mapping them to the desired action on your wheel.
You may also wish to adjust the advanced control options (Main Menu → Options & Extras → Options → Controls → Advanced Options). For more information, see What do the advanced control options do? in these FAQs.
By default, Force Feedback is disabled for Xbox compatible gamepads. This is because it causes hangs or crashes on certain Linux distributions and kernel versions, due to a bug in the default Linux driver for Xbox compatible pads (xpad).
It is likely that this will be fixed in an update to the Linux kernel in the future.
It is possible to fix this problem by patching the xpad driver yourself. However, we do not recommend doing so unless you are an experienced Linux user. If you wish to do so, you can find instructions on patching xpad in this Steam discussion.
Once you have patched the xpad driver, you can enable Force Feedback by ticking the Enable Force Feedback for Xbox® compatible gamepads checkbox on the Advanced tab of the pre-game Options window (this is the window that appears when you launch the game).
Switching between a virtual terminal (by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6) and the X server (by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7) while the game is running may cause the game to crash or the graphics to render incorrectly.
The problem will be fixed the next time you launch the game.
We do not recommend switching to a virtual terminal while running the game, as the problem is likely to occur each time you do so.
There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which GRID™ Autosport runs. Please see the GRID™ Autosport Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.