GTA V with Lutris under Linux

I wanted to install GTA V via Lutris under Linux and had some issues - sound in particular.

Situation

My System at the time:

  • Ubuntu 20.04
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • NVIDIA RTX 2060

Prerequisites:

  • Lutris installed
  • Epic Game Store installed in Lutris
  • GTA V installed via Epic Game Store

In my case the installation went through but the first few starts crashed.
However it worked about about 3 retries to start it and then started consistently.

In game I realized there's no sound.

I found this article, which helped me:
https://followthatapp.co.uk/2020/01/24/fix-missing-audio-sound-in-gta-v-on-windows-10-pc/

In my case I had to install DirectX again.

Install DirectX for GTA V

Add a new application to Lutris, call it DX_GTAV, make it a Wine application.

For the executable navigate to the GTA V installation folder (you chose it yourself during game installation).
There you find the file

Redistributables/DirectX/DXSETUP.exe

As the working directory, give it everything but the EXE file. Like

[your-gta-location]/Redistributables/DirectX/

Start DX_GTAV.

The DirectX installation dialog will open. Simply click through. After that sound worked for me. Do not deinstall DX_GTAV.