#PS2 EMULATOR FOR MAC M1 INSTALL#
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#PS2 EMULATOR FOR MAC M1 32 BIT#
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#PS2 EMULATOR FOR MAC M1 32 BIT#

I'm not sure if hardware support for 32 bit was disabled completely starting with some generation of Macs-if not, then dual-booting into another OS is possible but that's kind of a non-solution.Īfaik MacOS doesn't have any special support for any controllers at all: instead, it expects the game to talk to the controller and figure it out itself. This means that Wine and VMs also can't run 32-bit code and thus won't help. On top of this, MacOS beginning with 10.15 (Catalina) doesn't support 32-bit apps, which many of these older games are. This means that Assetto Corsa and rFactor 2 are out with my approach. Nor does VirtualBox (the open-source VM). However, DirectX 10 and later are out-Wine just doesn't support it currently, specifically on MacOS. Wine's AppDB lists the compatibility and tips for many games, though mostly for Linux and discrete GPUs.

I myself run GTR2, Race 07 and rFactor.īasically, if the game uses DirectX 9 or earlier, it might run in Wine-it's pretty much a question of luck with a specific engine. Most of these can actually simply run in Wine-except maybe for RaceRoom, not sure about its requirements. HOWEVER, contrary to what some initial reports said, it seems most games work in VMs on Apple Silicon – and quite well! See for instance this Beam NG forum link. And the VMs only run Windows ARM edition.

Note: with a M1 Mac, you'd need a VM or to use Crossover/Wine solutions. See this Reddit thread about sim racing on Linux and this comment. There's official Logitech support in the kernel, but people have to augment it with community software, and there's community Thrustmaster and Fanatec support. Mac only supports Logitech wheels, and GNU/Linux supports. Have not tried these myself, but I've seen that Steam games have sometimes caused trouble for these solutions in the past – although I think Steam games are working fine with Wine for now.īiggest challenge with Wine/Proton (on GNU/Linux or macOS) is FFB support. A viable option some people use! Crossover is a commercially-supported product, and the others are more like a get-your-hands-dirty version of Steam's Proton compatibility layer. You can also use Crossover/Wineskin/PlayOnMac/Porting Kit solutions to run Windows games on macOS.

#PS2 EMULATOR FOR MAC M1 INSTALL#

But of course, with an Intel Mac, you could also just create a Bootcamp partition for Windows, and you literally just reboot and have a PC haha – as I understand, basically no performance penalty versus an identical-spec PC, especially if you install the unofficial BootCamp Drivers. The VM approach means I don't have to shut down macOS, but comes at a performance cost.

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I should mention – you can connect whatever USB device (like a wheel and pedals!) to the Mac and VMware asks if you'd like to 'pass it through' to the VM, and if you say yes and have your wheel drivers installed on Windows, everything just works in my experience.

Have long been curious about how AC would fare, but haven't tried yet.

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And I only have a Radeon Pro 580X in my iMac! With a GPU that was actually capable (lol) performance would be way better again. Otherwise, the older sims I love like AMS, GTR2, NR2003, GP4, and RaceRoom run without glitches and quite well. My solution – I boot a Windows virtual machine (VM) using VMware Fusion, sim race in there, and store the Steam folder on an external drive! Only issue I've had is with RBR (for god knows what reason). Longtime Intel Mac user but found myself wanting to sim race on PC again a few years ago. So only just found this, but thought I'd put my two cents in.

Ps2 emulator for mac m1