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In this tutorial we will proceed to explain without complications and step by step how to install the game Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 from Steam on a computer with Linux, especially Fedora, although it is also applicable to other distros such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE or Manjaro (some of the most popular).
Some very popular Linux distros:
 Ubuntu |
 Debian |
 Fedora |
 Linux Mint |
 Arch Linux |
 OpenSUSE |
 Manjaro |
Steam is a gaming platform, the titles it offers can only be used by installing the official Steam program. So the first thing is to have it installed If you dont have it installed In this article I explain how to install Steam on Fedora.Although it is also applicable to CentOS and to virtually all distributions in the Fedora family, such as Mageia.
Valve, Steams parent company, has used Wine to develop its own version adding its own libraries and thus giving birth to Proton. Which we will see in the Steam app under the name Steam Play. Thanks to this thousands of games for Windows can now be used on Linux both on Fedora and CentOS, Mageia, Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch, Manjaro, etc. And one of those games you can now play on Linux is Car Mechanic Simulator 2018.
That said…all thats left to say: Welcome to FedGamer.net! the site dedicated to gaming on Fedora. Lets go with the tutorial!
How to install Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 from Steam on Linux
Step 1: Open Steam on your PC and log in with your user: 
Step 2: Click on the Steam tab you’ll see at the top left once you’re logged in. When you click it, a list of options will drop down click on Settings or Preferences.
Step 3: When you click on Settings, a window with several options will open on the left the last is Steam Play. Click it and you will see the following:
As you can observe the first checkbox that says Enable Steam Play for supported titles is enabled if it isn’t, enable it. And further down where it says Proton Experimental click it and select the latest version, youll see the first number determines the version and as you can see in this screenshot, were at 7. Finally, check (if it isnt) the checkbox that says: Enable Steam Play for other titles.
Hit OK to confirm. Here is another screenshot:
Note: Do not select the experimental version, because it often has bugs as a test version and its best not to use it except if a game doesn’t work as a last resort.
Step 4: Once Proton is enabled, the Steam app may restart automatically. If it doesn’t happen, close it and open it again. When it restarts, it usually loads the Proton packages, but if it doesn’t happen now, it will in the next step.
Step 5: Go back to the Steam Library, or Library, and there you’ll see your games. Now Windows games should look like this:
In place of this:
In case you didn’t notice the subtle difference now the Install button appears active because it’s available for our Linux distro, in this case Fedora.
Step 6: Press Install. It may download Proton at this point, so be patient. After that, the game will download and install if it doesn’t, click Install again.
At this point we’re almost done, you just need to follow the installation instructions you see in Steam. When the window you see here appears, if we choose Create Desktop Shortcut it will create a shortcut, like Firefox or LibreOffice. And if we don’t check that option, we’ll have to open Steam each time we want to start the game (which I find tidier, but it’s a matter of preference).
Step 7: Play!
Is the game Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 compatible with Linux Fedora
One could say yes, thanks to Proton but I must say that it is not ideal in all cases the adaptation of a game originally for Windows to Linux. While it is true that in almost all cases it runs without issues there are sometimes exceptions. Unfortunately, you cannot know beforehand if an error will occur, in my experience it normally doesn’t, I never had that problem, but it could happen.
To make sure before installing, there is a way: resort to the community, namely: what other players have commented. The community has set up a site where users leave their feedback on each game mentioning their OS, hardware components, etc. At a glance you can see if someone with your distro, be it Fedora, Ubuntu or any other, had a good or bad experience.
The site Im talking about is ProtonDB and to quickly check if a Windows Steam game works on Linux, the best thing is to look at the rating:
- Native: It’s a native Linux game, created specifically for it.
- Platinum: Works perfectly on Linux.
- Gold: Works very well, with maybe a minor fix easily solvable.
- Silver: Works with a minor issue that doesn’t impair gameplay.
- Bronze: Works, but sometimes stops or has major errors.
- Borked: Doesn’t work: won’t start or crashes too much.
Here’s a screenshot as an example. As you can see, for Resident Evil the category is Platinum:
From Silver to Platinum indicates an excellent compatibility level. Another thing we can do is look at comments from users with the same distro as ours. In any case, you can check the compatibility of Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 on Linux here:
Supported languages: Languages supported by this video game:
- 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇬🇧 English, 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 🇷🇺 Russian, 🇰🇷 Korean, 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese, 🇵🇹 Portuguese, 🇵🇱 Polish, 🇹🇷 Turkish, etc.
Here’s a trailer or featured clip of Car Mechanic Simulator 2018:
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Where and how to buy the game Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 at a low price
There are many stores where you can buy cheaply Steam games, below I mention two of the cheapest and most reliable:
Once youve purchased the game, you just have to redeem the code in your Steam account and you’re set.
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