Case study

Project Gotham Racing 2: an Xbox XBE static recompilation

pgr2-recomp ports the original Xbox release of Project Gotham Racing 2 to Windows by statically recompiling its x86 XBE code. The port reimplements Xbox graphics, audio and system services and documents executable variants, XDK libraries and game-specific GPU command behavior.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 106
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Code, documentation, download and demo observed; a full-reconstruction candidate for manual Class 0 review.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires Windows 10 or 11, a Direct3D 11 or 12 GPU, and the user's PAL or NTSC Xbox game disc files.
Limits: Other regional releases have not been checked.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{pgr2-recomp-case,
  title = {{Project Gotham Racing 2: an Xbox XBE static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pgr2-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Gotham Racing 2: an Xbox XBE static recompilation. https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pgr2-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · hk21x/pgr2-recomp · Revision 57471b1
FINDINGS.md GitHub · hk21x/pgr2-recomp · Revision 57471b1