# 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.

- 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/hk21x/pgr2-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp/blob/57471b1dc8344b68092e1a70cb9b7d090f3872b4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pgr2-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pgr2-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pgr2-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp/blob/57471b1dc8344b68092e1a70cb9b7d090f3872b4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/hk21x/pgr2-recomp/blob/57471b1dc8344b68092e1a70cb9b7d090f3872b4/FINDINGS.md>

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