# Need for Speed: SHIFT: an Xbox 360 ReXGlue recompilation

> Need for Speed: SHIFT is being reconstructed from its Xbox 360 PowerPC executable through ReXGlue ahead-of-time translation to C++ and a native Linux runtime. Game-specific work covers XEX analysis, kernel integration and Xenos command rendering through Vulkan. The author reports that the retail boot chain reaches Menu Setup state 2, where it currently stalls.

- 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/Hanz0Hatt0r1/nfs-shift-decompilation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Hanz0Hatt0r1/nfs-shift-decompilation/blob/541d36580aeb8dba57be63d7a241b06aceb33214/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfs-shift-xbox360-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfs-shift-xbox360-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nfs-shift-xbox360-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned Xbox 360 retail default.xex and game data are required.
- **Scope:** The active runtime targets Linux x86-64, with Android ARM64 work in progress and Vulkan 1.1 as a compatibility target.
- **Limits:** The author reports a Menu Setup stall and unresolved SDK artifact producer commits.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Hanz0Hatt0r1/nfs-shift-decompilation/blob/541d36580aeb8dba57be63d7a241b06aceb33214/README.md>

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