Case study

LARecomp: statically recompiling Midnight Club: Los Angeles

LARecomp statically recompiles the Xbox 360 release of Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition into native C++ for Windows with ReXGlue. Game-specific hooks adjust frame timing, camera behavior and presentation, while technical notes document disassembly and runtime measurements behind the changes.

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: 329
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++

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

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Own disc copy containing default.xex and xarchive_*.rpf archives.
ReXGlue SDK 0.10.0, CMake 3.25+, Clang and Ninja for building.
Intro movies play too fast, and dithered alpha remains visible on shadows and foliage.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{larecomp-case,
  title = {{LARecomp: statically recompiling Midnight Club: Los Angeles}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mzzvxm/LARecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mzzvxm/LARecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/larecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

LARecomp: statically recompiling Midnight Club: Los Angeles. https://github.com/mzzvxm/LARecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/larecomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · mzzvxm/LARecomp · Revision afc4880
documentation/TECHNICAL_NOTES.md GitHub · mzzvxm/LARecomp · Revision afc4880