Sonic Frontiers (1237320)

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Sonic Frontiers
• Steam AppID of the game: 1237320

System Information

• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
• Driver/LLVM version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.65.01
• Kernel version: 5.15.0-52-generic
• Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/MalikTH/108d0f0c03c964c3aca07138c391d5ea
• Proton version: Experimental (default), 7.0-4, GE-Proton7-41

I confirm:

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

Symptoms

The game runs very poorly when compared to running it natively on Windows on the same hardware, even when using gamemode. On Windows I can run the game at 60 FPS with semi-frequent stutters here and there. However, I cannot reach 20 FPS with my current setup, on the same hardware running Linux Mint.

I currently do not have Proton logs for while the game is running, as I currently cannot play it thanks to Denuvo Anti-Tamper locking me out for using multiple devices. I will add another log later when I can launch the game again.

Because I was locked out of the game, I have yet to try this argument using GE-Proton7-42. It is reported to significantly improve performance. I plan to provide an update on this as well once I can run the game.

Reproduction

Play the game. Note significantly degraded performance, especially when compared to playing natively on Windows.

steam-1237320.log (NOTE: This log was generated while I was locked out of the game by Denuvo Anti-Tamper. I've included it anyway in case it helps.)

Start with the attached steam-1237320.log and the listed system information, then compare the reported behavior across Proton Experimental, 7.0-4, and GE-Proton7-41/42. Done means identifying a reproducible cause for the degraded performance and confirming whether the issue is resolved or still present with a Proton version that can launch the game.