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Install VDrift Racing Simulator in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 | 20.04

Last updated: March 12, 2025

VDrift is an open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. It was available for Ubuntu and Linux Mint users from PlayDeb repository.

Vdrift

For recent Ubuntu releases, there’s a popular xtradeb games PPA contains the game package for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Linux Mint 21/22. Not only for amd64 (Intel/AMD CPUs), it also support arm64/armhf (e.g., raspberry pi) platforms.

Objectives:

  • Install VDrift on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
  • Enjoy!

To get started, first press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open up a terminal window. Then run command below to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/play

It will automatically refresh cache after adding PPA in Ubuntu, though Linux Mint user needs to do it manually by running command:

sudo apt update

Finally, install the game package by running command:

sudo apt install vdrift

(Optional) To uninstall the car racing game, use command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove vdrift vdrift-data

Then, use command below to remove the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xtradeb/play
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    3 responses to Install VDrift Racing Simulator in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 | 20.04

    1. Brennan N April 9, 2014 at 2:20 am

      I have tried countless times to install this game on my computer running ubuntu mint 13.04…… keeps saying ” Failed to fetch “http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewfenn/ogredev/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages” 404 Not Found

      W: Failed to fetch “http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewfenn/ogredev/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages” 404 Not Found

      W: Failed to fetch “http://ppa.launchpad.net/stuntrally-team/stable/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages” 404 Not Found

      W: Failed to fetch “http://ppa.launchpad.net/stuntrally-team/stable/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages” 404 Not Found

      E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.”

      Why am I getting that?

      • Ji m April 9, 2014 at 12:36 pm

        Seems that you added the “ppa:andrewfenn/ogredev” and “ppa:stuntrally-team/stable”. Both PPAs are very old and does not support Ubuntu 13.04, you can remove them by running the commands below (Ctrl+Alt+T):

        sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:andrewfenn/ogredev

sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:stuntrally-team/stable
    2. Robert May 24, 2016 at 11:14 am

      Hi Ji m,

      vdrift seems to be gone? I tried to install it in Mint 17.3 but no chance.

      Should this be true? No chance?

      Thanks for your great work!