Below I'll detail the pros and cons of trying to run each version, but for 99% of the people reading this, just get a PS2 emulator and that version of the game. TLDR: The PS2 version is the most suitable to run on a Mac today. There are 5 versions that are potential winners. Due to this, I want to offer a near definitive guide on running NFS:MW (2005) on a Mac today. Proton Database - Unofficial database of Proton compatibilityĬrossOver - Third party utility (commercial)ĭespite the age of this post, it's still a top result on Google. WINE App Database - Official WINE application database Official WINE website - Official WINE website
Anything outside the realm of WINE Gaming.Posts related to using WINE to play games.
This subreddit is for the discussion of using WINE to play video games. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop. Wine (originally an acronym for 'Wine Is Not an Emulator') is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD.
