Highball
Which renderer to use
Highball can run each game through three different Direct3D translation layers. This is what the database knows for this title — empty rows are open questions, not failures.
| Renderer | Verdict | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| DXVKDirect3D 9-11 over Vulkan | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| DXMTDirect3D 11 over Metal | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| D3DMetalApple's Game Porting Toolkit | Untested | no report yet — send one |
No dated Highball run yet. When one lands it records the renderer, the engine build and the macOS version it was seen on — which is what stops a verdict quietly rotting. Send one.
Notes
Installed through Highball's Epic support with the Visual C++ runtimes, then crashed at the copyright screen, where the game starts its intro video, without writing a log of its own. Just before the crash the graphics layer printed 'Invalid device handle' for a shared texture, the failure engines before r13 had when a game and its video player share a texture. Engines since r13 no longer fail that texture. Whether that was the whole crash was not measured, and the reporter did not test again.
Known issues
Crash at the copyright screen (reported on an M1, macOS 26.6.2, engine of Highball 0.9.35)
What helps update Highball, engines r13 and later open that texture. Not confirmed on this game
Why likely the shared texture between the game and its intro video, which engines before r13 failed to open
Provenance
Reported by bethstibbles (highball#234, 2026-10-01), Apple M1, macOS 26.6.2, Highball 0.9.35, the Epic copy. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does F1 Manager 2024 work on Mac?
F1 Manager 2024 has no native Mac build, but it is reported to run on Apple Silicon through Highball, a free open-source compatibility layer. This comes from community reports rather than a Highball test run, so treat it as a reasonable expectation rather than a guarantee.
Contribute a result
This page is generated from an open database. If you have run F1 Manager 2024 on Apple Silicon, working or not, a report takes a minute and fills in the empty rows above. Send a report, or read how the data is put together.