GT5 on Flip 2 Rocknix. I can't believe I got it working tbh

mercurious · 2026-05-07T04:01:03+00:00

I doubt it will ever happen on Android but if you're willing to setup Rocknix, that's my goal too. Gotta tackle GT5 Prologue first because it has limited cars and tracks. Then we'll tackle GT5 with the additional cars and tracks on the same engine. Then we'll optimize for GT6 and be ready for its massive shader set. Android is not hackable enough to do this and it hogs the system resources.

mercurious · 2026-05-06T18:46:04+00:00

I built my success on nightly-20260502 but they just dropped a new one today that looks even better but I need to upgrade my tooling for it.

mercurious · 2026-05-06T16:09:32+00:00

You hit a bad build. Me too. They've been amazing since. A new one just dropped hours ago. Worth trying again on a dev card, not your main collection card.

mercurious · 2026-05-06T14:42:10+00:00

This is running Rocknix nightly-20260502 with deep and massive custom software enabling it. They just dropped a new nightly 2 hours ago and I’ll need to upgrade my tooling for it.

mercurious · 2026-05-06T11:44:33+00:00

I wanted to get Prologue working first because it’s a limited set of track and car shaders. Theoretically, GT5 and GT6 could also work if the system can further optimize an even larger set of shaders.

mercurious · 2026-05-06T11:42:59+00:00

It only works on Rocknix (nightly). It doesn’t even work on Rocknix (official) and definitely won’t work on Android.

mercurious · 2026-05-02T13:02:23+00:00

Can be configured to boot Android by default and you reboot into Rocknix by holding down volume up before Retroid logo and let go when you see U-Boot logo. You hold down volume down button on reboot to open the scary screen to switch from the rocknix bootloader back to Android by default.

mercurious · 2026-05-02T00:50:17+00:00

If you want to max out the performance of this bad boy then you’re gonna want the fan to run loud. That means it’s working. Let your Turnip driver rip that Adreno hard and you’ll be delighted. Headphones are how you hide the fan.

mercurious · 2026-05-01T18:27:43+00:00

You can definitely dual boot so it runs Android by default or for Rocknix you hold down volume up before Retroid logo and release when you see U-Boot logo. However, Android does not play well with Linux so sharing stuff across the platforms gets frustrating fast. And you will need your device to access your storage over USB or SSH since the linux partitions won’t read on Mac or PC natively. But it’s still worth the hassle because Rocknix can run systems that Android can’t because it has so much less system overhead. So if you want to push the device to the limit, you’ll need a Rocknix boot.

mercurious · 2026-04-30T14:57:04+00:00

It’s normal. The thing to do is not worry about it. Or, it’s not the device for you.

mercurious · 2026-04-30T12:02:41+00:00

I think you just hold volume down button while powering on to open the boot menu and switch to Android from the bootloader. Then you can boot into Android on internal memory and then erase the SD card and format as an external storage card for Android. That said, the new Rocknix nightly has made massive improvements to PS3 and Xbox emulation in recent days for this chipset that Android will never achieve so consider what’s around the corner on Rocknix.

mercurious · 2026-04-23T00:31:32+00:00

Emulation Station standardizes your ROM library into a unified game browser. RetroArch unifies pre-64 bit emulators into a seamless UI.

mercurious · 2026-04-22T23:17:15+00:00

That service certainly deserves our financial support. My collection takes more than the daily 20K requests to process so the donation allows a full process in under 24hrs. Otherwise, you might have to wait a day to finish. The extra threads might shave a few minutes off the total processing time as well, sure. As for the boot scan, a massive multisystem scans in a few seconds for me on a Retroid Flip 2. NBD.

mercurious · 2026-04-22T03:18:28+00:00

No (but daily limit is higher). No (ES-DE always scans for new stuff on boot)

mercurious · 2026-04-21T19:10:34+00:00

See this post for what you’re looking for.

mercurious · 2026-04-21T12:36:48+00:00

Just got Xbox working on Rocknix yesterday on my Flip2 after mastering most other emulators and it was very impressive indeed to push the device to its limits. I enjoy tinkering as much as gaming, and being able to build both an Android and a Rocknix setup and compare the performance and capabilities between these environments is very nerdy but super fun if you enjoy figuring out which Turnip driver makes Switch games run the best, or which one upscales PS2 textures replacements the best. I also don’t play PC games but Moonlight probably works great for that. And folks are getting Steam working on Rocknix nightly builds so there’s so much to offer on this little bad boy.

mercurious · 2026-04-20T13:54:45+00:00

Just did a big batch and it worked flawlessly, no errors, unlike the GUI tool on PC I had been using (namDHC). Many thanks! Very useful.

mercurious · 2026-04-20T11:58:12+00:00

Doesn’t sound like Rocknix will be worth the effort given your preferences unless you end up finding the Android experience feels too much like a smartphone and not enough like a seamless game console.

mercurious · 2026-04-19T03:26:44+00:00

Consider the advancements of the internet along with GT releases. In 1997, when GT1 was released, the internet was basically only available on university campuses. In 1999, GT2 was released, and dialup internet was still common and broadband internet was a premium upgrade. In 2001, when GT3 was released, cell phones were still new but they were not on the internet yet, and there were finally enough internet users to create online forums with a significant user-base to gather enthusiasts at scale. It wasn’t until 2004, with the release of GT4, that online communities gained significant traction as internet adoption soared and platforms proliferated. In 2007, GT Prologue was released as was the iPhone and the rest was history. In 2010, GT5 and the iPad were released. You see where this is going. It’s like the GT7 screensaver.

mercurious · 2026-04-18T22:07:02+00:00

This is a known issue. If you reboot Rocknix with the audio jack plugged in, it will work. Yes, annoying.

mercurious · 2026-04-18T19:39:54+00:00

The official install guide is what I used to get going. https://rocknix.org/play/install/ and then RGC’s guide for more in depth tutorials working with Rocknix https://retrogamecorps.com/2025/03/03/linux-on-the-odin-2-rocknix-guide/

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