also check out libregamewiki its got lots of free games

its pretty complex and can be hard to learn, but flightgear is super fun once you get the hang of piloting.

Flightgear is a 🄯Copyleft, GNU General Public License(GPL) V2, Open-source and Freely Modifiable flight simulator that champions principles of user empowerment, community-driven development, and unrestricted customization. It embodies transparency, inclusivity, and the spirit of collaborative innovation in flight simulation.

I haven’t played jc3, but I plan on it. I mainly played jc4 cause I just love the environments, and the diversity that comes with them. I had a very distorted perception of just cause 4, though. I must be thinking of some other game, cause I’d always seen it as a more gritty, dark game, but from screenshots I’ve seen it looks really vibrant. might check it out sooner rather than later

yes, i installed dxvk from winetricks as opposed to manually. that solved my issue. thank you for the help.