Valve's Proton Experimental update fixes Helldivers 2, BeamNG.drive crashes
The October 30, 2026 build also marks Gray Raven and Crown Trick as playable and fixes Witcher 3 Remastered load times with controllers plugged in.
Valve released a new Proton Experimental update on October 30, 2026, bringing fixes for several Windows games running on Linux, according to gamingonlinux.com. The build addresses crashes in Helldivers 2 and BeamNG.drive, both of which appeared after recent game updates.
For BeamNG.drive, the update fixes a crash with the game's Vulkan renderer. Helldivers 2 receives a fix for a random crash. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered gets a fix for long load times after death when game controllers are plugged in, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes gets a fix for mouse wheel scrolling.
Owners of systems without Nvidia GPUs benefit from fixes to issues in Way of the Hunter 2 and other games caused by dxvk-nvapi. The update also fixes Valor Mortis showing a driver GPU warning on AMD GPUs, and resolves multiple instances of Xalia running in parallel.
Two games added to Now Playable
Gray Raven and Crown Trick have been added to the Now Playable list. Proton Experimental serves as Valve's testing ground for changes headed to future stable numbered releases; the most recent stable version mentioned is Proton 11.0-2, with Proton 11.0-3 currently in testing as a release candidate.
Quick answers
What did the October 30, 2026 Proton Experimental update fix?
It fixed crashes in Helldivers 2 and BeamNG.drive, long load times in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered with controllers plugged in, mouse wheel scrolling in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, dxvk-nvapi issues on systems without Nvidia GPUs, an AMD GPU driver warning in Valor Mortis, and parallel Xalia instances.
Which games were added to the Now Playable list?
Gray Raven and Crown Trick.
What is Proton Experimental?
It is Valve's testing ground for changes intended for future stable numbered Proton versions.