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Fedora 43 regression VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED seen in Motor Town: Behind The Wheel

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9447 · opened 2026-01-29 by pnfox · updated 2026-01-29 · 1 comments · github
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Ppnfox 2026-01-29 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1369670

System Information

  • GPU: RTX4070
  • Video driver version: Nvidia 580.119.02
  • Kernel version: 6.18.7-200
  • Proton version: 1749140930 proton-9.0-4f

I confirm:

  • [ x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [x ] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Fedora 42 worked fine, after upgrade Motor Town: Behind The Wheel seem to have swapchain fails. Game starts booting but only produces a blank screen, audio is fine. Seen across proton-9.0-4f and proton-experimental. Seen on both GNOME and Hyprland. Seen on both DirectX11 and DirectX12 (game boot options). I believe this to be a regression from upgrading from Fedora 42 to Fedora 43.

Similar behaviour spotted with other games but I need to collect logs and see errors.

Error

Error: D3D11SwapChain: Failed to recreate swap chain: VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Reproduction

Install Fedora 43 from scratch
Install akmod-nvidia and steam
Boot up Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
Screen will appear blank and crash

steam-1369670.log

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-01-29 github

Hello @pnfox, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8921#issuecomment-3820970228.

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