Basically the title. I have no idea what’s in the market, how much that would cost, or even where to look.

I want to spend as little as possible for a setup that works on Linux (in Steam with Proton).

I’m not a simracer, I just want to be able to stay on the road in My Winter Car.

  • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    19 hours ago

    I have the Thrustmaster T150, it was the cheapest you could get at the time (at least if you exclude the ones without force feedback which aren’t even worth getting imo) and I can confirm that it works on Linux.

    • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      17 hours ago

      I don’t know if anything has changed over the last year but my personal experience with Thrustmaster is that it does not work out of the box. Maybe the T150 fares better but my T300RS needed a third party kernel module and some extra configuring in Oversteer. Had to ditch Bazzite to even get it working because the immutable nature of Bazzite made it impossible to add the module.

      If I had to recommend a steering wheel for Linux I’d recommend Logitech because they tend to have the most support.

      • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        12 hours ago

        When I first got it I was still on Arch and I also needed to install a kernel module but as far as I remember, I didn’t need to install anything to make it work on Fedora. I assume the driver is part of the kernel now, so it’s probably the same on other distros. Logitech might have better support but if nothing changed since then, the cheapest Logitech wheel is still a good bit more expensive than the T150.

      • Hond@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        17 hours ago

        Tbf most, if not all wheels dont work (fully) out of the box. Even with Logitech wheels you want the better new-lg4ff module. I also ditched Bazzite a year ago because i couldnt get it to work. Irc Bazzite since then implemented some of these modules? But i havent looked into it since i’m now happy with CachyOS.

        • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          16 hours ago

          Steering wheel support on Linux in general isn’t great but out of all the manufacturers Logitech wheels (at least to my knowledge) tend to get the most support and as I understand is at least usable out of the box. If you for whatever reason can’t install new-lg4ff (for example you have secure boot enabled in which case going through the process of registering the module is well beyond the capabilities of the average user) the logitech steering wheel should still work for most games but a Thrustmaster wheel would be completely unusable without the necessary module.