OpenGl 4.4 too old?

[eltomito]

Supertuxkart 0.9 complains that my OpenGL driver is too old, because it needs 3.1, but the amd control center says it provides OpenGl 4.4.
The game runs, but the skid marks are opaque black, so are the slipstream tunnels and sometimes all that's left of the AI carts is wheels.
This happens regardless of the advanced graphics pipeline being on or off.
Could somebody help me get stk to run right please?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.4, catalyst 13.12 and ATI Radeon HD 6300M Series.

Thank you!

glxinfo says:

OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6300M Series
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.13283 Core Profile Context 14.501.1003
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.4.13283 Compatibility Profile Context 14.501.1003
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:

[eltomito]

I just found out that supertuxkart-0.8.2-beta2 doesn't complain about my opengl version and the graphics are almost perfect. there's just no skid marks and booster effects and the game is a bit slow even on very low settings (advanced pipeline: on, everything else off except character animation: all).

[konstin]

In 0.8.2, there haven't been any checks for drivers that are to old.

[eltomito]

Strange! 0.9 recognizes my opengl version correctly now, too!

[Auria]

Hi,

I have no idea why the warning would have disappeared - but since it's apparently fixed then it's good