How to play Outer Ridge on Mac
Game summary
You've been assigned to clear the asteroid belts between Mars and Saturn. The Corporation Regulating Advanced Propulsion (CRAP) is in need of additional testing grounds and have hired you, yes you, to clear the way. You must achieve your quota for each sector before you can move on to the next. Follow up crews will use Capped Rocket Utilizing Detonators (CRUDs) to destroy any remaining asteroids after you have hyperspaced into the next sector.
Your ship has been equipped to turn raw materials from asteroids into useful propellants and armor. Your on-board factory will generate all kinds of weapons for you to clear the belt with when you collect the raw materials.
Play Outer Ridge on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Outer Ridge on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Outer Ridge installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Outer Ridge like you would on any PC.
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