# Burnout 3: Takedown — matching PlayStation 2 game-code decompilation

> Burnout 3: Takedown's PlayStation 2 game code is being reconstructed as byte-matching C and C++. Individual functions are compiled with CodeWarrior and compared with the original, while vendor libraries remain as assembly generated from the user's disc. The author reports a matching full-build SHA-1 and partial game-code progress.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/siddharthakumar-98/Burnout3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/siddharthakumar-98/Burnout3/blob/fc7eb520df161c35f77652dbf77faf723933ffa6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout-3-ps2-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout-3-ps2-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/burnout-3-ps2-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained NTSC-U SLUS-21050 game copy and a console BIOS dump are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Docker, Python 3, Rust and CodeWarrior PS2 3.0.1 build 119 are required for the documented build.
- **Limits:** The game-code decompilation is partial; vendor libraries remain preserved dependencies.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/siddharthakumar-98/Burnout3/blob/fc7eb520df161c35f77652dbf77faf723933ffa6/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/siddharthakumar-98/Burnout3/blob/fc7eb520df161c35f77652dbf77faf723933ffa6/Burnout3_decomp/PROGRESS.md>

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