About
Mini Motor Racing EVO is an arcade racing game with an isometric camera over fully 3D cars and tracks, expanded from The Binary Mill's mobile hit Mini Motor Racing. It offers Career, Quick Race and online Multiplayer modes (up to four players over a network), with vehicle upgrades and day/night tracks. The original mobile game was well received for its graphics, depth and pick-up-and-play handling, with criticism aimed mostly at occasionally buggy terrain and collision physics. EVO was delisted from Steam in December 2019, after which existing owners were granted the successor title Mini Motor Racing X.
Screenshots
Official store screenshots from Steam — deckport links them, never rehosts. Hover to pause; click to preview.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- Mini Motor Evo.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- GE-Proton
- Winetricks
- —
- ProtonDB
- ProtonDB Platinum runs flawlessly
⚙ Setup notes
Status: Delisted Steam game (appid 209520, removed 2019-12-10; owners were granted Mini Motor Racing X for free).
Engine: Modified-Unity engine, Windows-only — runs through Proton.
Proton: ProtonDB rates it platinum (no DRM/GFWL, no special workarounds). Use GE-Proton (or stock proton_experimental); no winetricks needed.
Controller: Native controller support is built in — full in-game gamepad remapping, all pads recognized, so it plays with the Deck controls out of the box.
Install: The launcher exe is Mini Motor Evo.exe (folder The Binary Mill/Mini Motor Racing EVO/, data in Mini Motor Evo_Data). deckport only configures the prefix; it never bundles or links the game files.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: Delisted from Steam 2019-12-10 (appid 209520); base EVO is no longer for sale. deckport links nothing.
Proton: ProtonDB platinum — runs cleanly under Proton (GE-Proton or experimental), no DRM/GFWL, no winetricks.
Controller: Native controller support with full in-game gamepad remapping, works with Deck controls out of the box.
Unverified: NOT yet hands-on verified on a Deck. Launcher exe is Mini Motor Evo.exe; confirm it in your install folder.
Note: Mini Motor Racing X is a separate, still-for-sale game; this recipe is only the delisted EVO.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.