Case study

FM4-Recomp: a Forza Motorsport 4 static recompilation

FM4-Recomp statically recompiles the Xbox 360 release of Forza Motorsport 4 for Windows x64 using ReXGlue. Based on Pinyon Shift, it provides game-specific analysis configurations, runtime hooks, SDK patches and a disc-verifying launcher. Its 0.1.0 changelog reports a playable Windows preview.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2026-08-29
Language: C++
License (GitHub): BSD-3-Clause

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's Forza Motorsport 4 retail Disc 1 is required.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 version 1903 or newer or Windows 11 x64, SSE4.1 CPU, DirectX 12 GPU, 8 GB RAM and 25 GB free storage are specified.
Limits: Function discovery and indirect-branch mapping remain in progress.
License: BSD-3-Clause license.

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BibTeX

@misc{fm4-recomp-case,
  title = {{FM4-Recomp: a Forza Motorsport 4 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/GabrielCRadu/fm4-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/GabrielCRadu/fm4-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fm4-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

FM4-Recomp: a Forza Motorsport 4 static recompilation. https://github.com/GabrielCRadu/fm4-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fm4-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · GabrielCRadu/fm4-recomp · Revision 814f6c3
reference/fh1/README.md GitHub · GabrielCRadu/fm4-recomp · Revision 814f6c3