I figured it out, I'm not sure if this is due to the suggestion from IngeniousRocks but I switched to ProtonGE 10, deleted the compat directory for RDR2 and tried again and it finally worked!
this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2025
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I remember when I played, there was a proton version that was specifically for rdr2. Like it has rdr2 in the name
Hm, that's definitely odd, I have a 7900XTX and Bazzite and have played it multiple times. Did you purchase it through Steam I assume? In my experience it's always Social Club as you're seeing. I wonder if there's something that needs to be installed like via protontricks, but just guessing for now
This is cursed but would probably fix it:
$chmod -R 777 $STEAMAPPS/compatdata/1174180 &&chmod -R a+x $STEAMAPPS/compatdata/1174180
This would need to be done after every update to the game or its proton prefix.
Edit: if it wasn't obvious, "$STEAMAPPS" should be replaced with the path to your steam library
Just to add, this gives anyone with physical access to your system or ssh access to your system the right to run edit or view any file contained within that folder.
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this, in addition to doing the same with the game files (just in case). Unfortunately it did not work :(
Here's the full log from the socialclub.log file
[00000000] Fri Sep 26 17:00:13 2025
[00000000] Rockstar Games Social Club SDK: x64 RELEASE
[00000000]
[00000000] Settings:
[00000000] Offline Only Mode: false
[00000000] Launcher Mode: false
[00000000] Running title: rdr2
[00000000] Platform: Steam
[00000000] Steam user: Anon232
[00000000] Environment: prod
[00000000] Language: English
[00000000]
[00000000] Network initialized
[00000000] Presence Supported: 0
[00000000] Friends Supported: 1
[00000000] Connection State Change Supported: 1
[00000000] Achievements Supported: 1
[00000000] Autologin/Transfer Supported: 1
[00000000]
[00000000] RAGE initialized
[00000000] Social Club Directory: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\
[00000000] Social Club CEF Directory: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\
[00000000] Root Data Directory: C:\users\steamuser\Documents\Rockstar Games\
[00000000] Applying discord ID override: 643897785271189524
[00000000] Insufficient title metadata for initializing Discord
[00000000] Initialized discord using client ID: 643897785271189524, title ID: rdr2
[00000000] File System Initialized
[00000000]
[00000000] Command Line Arguments:
[00000000] -skipPatcherCheck
[00000000] -steamLocation
[00000000] Z:\run\media\system\BTRFS_4TB_NVME\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Red Dead Redemption 2
[00000000] -enableCrashpad
[00000000] -useSteam
[00000000] -steamAppId=1174180
[00000000] -scCommerceProvider=4
[00000000] -fromRGL
[00000000] -scDiscordClientId=643897785271189524
[00000000] -rglLanguage=en-US
[00000000]
[00000000] Version Info: 2.4.0.118
[00000000] JSON Interface initialized
[00000000] Internet manager initialized
[00000000] Social Club Data initialized
[00000003] Metadata initialized
[00000003] Achievement Manager initialized
[00000003] Player Manager initialized
[00000003] Gamer Pic Manager initialized
[00000018] Profile Manager initialized
[00000018] Presence Manager initialized
[00000018] Using commerce provider: 4
[00000018] Commerce Manager initialized
[00000018] Task Manager initialized
[00000018] Telemetry Manager initialized
[00000018] Network interface initialized
[00000018] Cloud Saves interface initialized
[00000019] Multi-Factor Authentication initialized
[00000019] Profanity filter initialized
[00000019] Game Intent Manager initialized
[00000021] Game/Launcher IPC initialized: 0
[00000021] Validating CEF directory: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\
[00000021] Validating SDK directory: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\
[00000161] Validating Social Club dependency versions:
[00000161] Social Club DLL (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\socialclub.dll) - 2.4.0.118
[00000161] Social Club Helper (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\SocialClubHelper.exe) - 2.4.0.118
[00000161] Chromium Embedded Framework (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\libcef.dll) - 109.1.18.0
[00000161] Vulkan Renderer Layer (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\SocialClubVulkanLayer.dll) - 2.4.0.118
[00000161] D3D12 Renderer DLL (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\SocialClubD3D12Renderer.dll) - 2.4.0.118
[00000161] RGSC-Query Version: 0.0.0-development
[00000161] SDK fully initialized
[00000161]
[00000172] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_BROWSER'
[00001529] UpdateConnectionState :: Connection state changed from offline to online
[00001529] OnChannelConnected - rgsc_gameinst_0 (remoteProcessId 388)
[00001645] Browser available
[00001645] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_IPC'
[00001654] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_BROWSER_WINDOW'
[00002240] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'LOADING'
[00002240] RgscUi::LoadUrl() called with url 'https://scui.rockstargames.com/desktop'
[00002241] CreateIpcChannel returning channel name: rgsc_ipc_760_channel_0
[00002243] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAITING_FOR_PAGE_LOAD'
[00002622] OnChannelConnected - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_0 (remoteProcessId 2444)
[00002622] OnChannelError() - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_0
[00002622] Connection to UI renderer lost!
[00002622] UI renderer disconnected
[00002736] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'FAILED'
[00002736] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_BROWSER'
[00002801] Browser available
[00002801] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_IPC'
[00003177] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAIT_BROWSER_WINDOW'
[00003243] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'LOADING'
[00003243] RgscUi::LoadUrl() called with url 'https://scui.rockstargames.com/desktop'
[00003244] CreateIpcChannel returning channel name: rgsc_ipc_760_channel_1
[00003246] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAITING_FOR_PAGE_LOAD'
[00003578] OnChannelConnected - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_1 (remoteProcessId 2544)
[00003611] OnChannelError() - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_1
[00003611] Connection to UI renderer lost!
[00003611] UI renderer disconnected
[00003613] UI renderer terminated
[00063299] [WARNING] Timed out loading Social Club UI
[00063299] [ERROR] Failed to load social club UI, falling back to offline site
[00063299] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'LOADING'
[00063299] RgscUi::LoadUrl() called with url 'C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Social Club\UI\default.html'
[00063299] CreateIpcChannel returning channel name: rgsc_ipc_760_channel_2
[00063302] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'WAITING_FOR_PAGE_LOAD'
[00063600] OnChannelConnected - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_2 (remoteProcessId 2744)
[00063667] OnChannelError() - rgsc_ipc_760_channel_2
[00063667] Connection to UI renderer lost!
[00063667] UI renderer disconnected
[00063669] UI renderer terminated
[00123336] [WARNING] Timed out loading Social Club UI
[00123336] [ERROR] Failed to load both the online and offline sites.
[00123336] Social Club UI - Entering State: 'FAILED'
[00254237] Shutting down...
Hey OP I saw this in another thread where rdr2 on Linux was brought up
The log implies it is unable to render the web page that the launcher contains.
My suggestion for this is to:
Using Protontricks in the game prefix, install wine-internet-explorer
Verify you don't have the game stuck behind a firewall
If you have the flatpak steam, try a native install (honestly just throwing spaghetti at the wall here)
If I can be honest though, I don't know if it will help. I've seen similar issues crop up over the years with rockstar games and I've never seen it be resolved, only that complaints stops.