# Forza Motorsport 3: Xbox 360 static recompilation for PC

> Forza Motorsport 3 is being statically recompiled from its Xbox 360 PowerPC executable into C++ for a native Windows port. ReXGlue generates the code, while the project supplies console services and a launcher that installs and checks data from the user's two discs.

- 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/0herculabs/hl360-forza3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/0herculabs/hl360-forza3/blob/861213069ae88042b573db099d9a5b42dcc78dd6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hl360-forza3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hl360-forza3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hl360-forza3-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11 x64; building requires MSVC, LLVM/Clang 20+, CMake 3.25+, Ninja, and Git for Windows.
- **Prerequisites:** Own copies of both supported USA game discs are required; Disc 1 supplies default.xex for code generation.
- **Limits:** Career mode, local multiplayer, and other modes need more testing; Xbox Live is unavailable.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/0herculabs/hl360-forza3/blob/861213069ae88042b573db099d9a5b42dcc78dd6/README.md>

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