# Fukami: a Ridge Racer V static-recompilation port

> Fukami builds native Windows, Apple silicon macOS and Steam Deck versions of Ridge Racer V by translating its PS2 MIPS code to C++ ahead of time. Its runtime models PS2 timing and services, recompiles VU microcode and integrates a PCSX2-derived GS renderer, using the player's own disc image.

- 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/danisandoval/fukami>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/danisandoval/fukami/blob/2ecb2810ddb742245b17fd54500bcf07d1fe6760/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fukami-ridge-racer-v-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fukami-ridge-racer-v-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fukami-ridge-racer-v-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The player's own Ridge Racer V USA SLUS-20002 disc image as CHD or a .cue/.bin pair.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11 x86-64 with Direct3D 11 or Vulkan, Apple silicon macOS, or SteamOS 3.7 or newer.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports one unexplained stall in a long session; other Linux distributions remain untested.
- **License:** GPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/danisandoval/fukami/blob/2ecb2810ddb742245b17fd54500bcf07d1fe6760/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/danisandoval/fukami/blob/2ecb2810ddb742245b17fd54500bcf07d1fe6760/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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