I'll legit look into this tomorrow. e: Done - https://lemmy.world/post/46306690/23526313

The answer is generally: Proton/Steam. There was a patch to WINE or Proton recently that made it much easier to use mods that require custom DLLs.

The core weird trick is understanding that there's a directory for your game (once installed/setup in Proton) that's essentially the C: drive. As far as your game is concerned, it's running on Windows where it is the only non-system software installed.

So, any mods that are just scripts/plugins where you copy them into a folder then launch the game (anything without DLL, basically), you install the same way... But you use the directory, that contains the "C drive" for that specific game.

It sound complicated but once you do it once or twice it'll feel familiar. You just now have a unique "C drive" directory for each game.

You can install/run multiple applications in the same bottle (basically what WINE calls the fake-c-drive-using windows environment). For example, when I play PoE2, I use a third party program to make trading easier. I just run that program inside the same bottle as the game and they think they're both running on the same computer.

For basic things like installing and playing games on Steam it's all handled automatically. You click the install button and then click the play button. Installing workshop mods is also exactly like in Windows. Steam just knows how to use WINE/Proton.

Ok, my coffee fueled morning research:

Essentially, if you can install the game with Steam it works out of the box. According to Protondb (https://www.protondb.com/app/244210) the game has a Gold rating which means it works without any major flaws.

• There's a guide to get Assetto Corsa setup: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2828364666

• If you don't want to fuss with all of this manually, someone has created a script to do most of the work here: https://github.com/sihawido/assettocorsa-linux-setup

• As far as mods, I'd need to know which other mods you use to see if there are any specific instructions/issues.

• List of force feedback steering wheels, the driver needed to use them and a rating of how well they work with Linux. It looks like all Moza products have a Platinum rating so they work flawlessly. https://github.com/JacKeTUs/linux-steering-wheels

• Moza Pit House doesn't work, but someone has created a flatpak native Linux version: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.lawstorant.boxflat

• Here's a compilation of links for software to get various pieces of simracing gear working: https://github.com/LukasLichten/awesome-linux-simracing

• Steam VR via Quest 2 using ALVR: https://pawamoy.github.io/posts/steam-linux-alvr-quest2/