SuperTuxKart 1.5 RC2 added GUI option to Choose Vulkan or DirectX 9

SuperTuxKart, the 3D kart racing game, announced the second release candidate for the next 1.5 release few days ago.

Due to inner team disagreement, the release of version 1.5 was delayed. And, it explained the reason by announcing SuperTuxKart Evolution (the name of the next major release) few days ago.

Now the problem has been fixed. And, SuperTuxKart 1.5-rc2 is available as the first update afterwards.

The new release candidate introduced a graphical option in “Graphics” settings page, allowing to easily switch rendering driver to Vulkan or DirectX9 (Windows only), without having to edit the configuration file. While the default is still OpenGL.

In addition, the release migrated the online services to a new, more powerful server, which fixed occasional server disconnect issue due to sporadic overloads and improved server list loading performance.

As well, a new forum is introduced for sharing your tips, artistic creations, and discussing about the game’s development. For more, see the official announcement.

Download SuperTuxKart 1.5 RC2

The official packages for Windows, Linux, macOS, Switch, and Android, are available to download via the link below:

For Linux, select download the .tar.gz tarball depends on your CPU. They include x86_64 for modern Intel/AMD, x86 for old 32-bit CPU, arm64 for 64-bit ARM (e.g., Snapdragon processors), 32-bit armv7, and RISC-V processors.

If you don’t even know your CPU processor architecture type, open terminal and run uname -m command to tell.

After downloaded the tarball, decompress, then run the run_game.sh file to launch the game and enjoy!