Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!
PROTON TIER: PLATINUM
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Technical Report
Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a mobile game winner of The Game Awards 2025, featuring a sports life simulation with in-depth training and 3D graphics.
Status: Proton - Platinum
TWEAKS & TRICKS
Flickering & Boot Issues: Graphical flickering or failure to boot to the title screen with standard Proton versions.
- Solution: Switch to Proton Experimental + setting Proton Experimental to Beta Participation: “bleeding-edge - latest and tested dxvk…”
Fullscreen Instability: Resolution changes can cause the game to crash and require a restart to return to fullscreen.
- Solution: Run with Gamescope:
gamescope umamusume.exe
- Solution: Run with Gamescope:
Resolution Issues: Inability to resize the game window; attempting to do so results in input problems.
- Solution: Launch the game at the desired resolution from the command line.
Fullscreen Instability: Game fails to remain in fullscreen throughout the entire session.
- Solution: Add launch option
-windowed=0
- Solution: Add launch option
Audio Issues: Audio crackling.
- Solution: Add launch option
-sdlaudiodriver=pulse
- Solution: Add launch option
Resolution Issues & Fullscreen: When launching, resize the game to the size you launched it at to solve the problem.
- Solution: No specific command, resize on launch.
Verdict
Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a platinum-tier experience on Linux. While requiring specific Proton configurations (typically Proton Experimental or Proton-GE) and potential resolution tweaking, the overall experience is positive, and the fixes are straightforward. Recommended for Linux gamers.