Case study

Project Gotham Racing: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows

Project Gotham Racing is ported from the original Xbox to Windows by statically recompiling the game's x86 code with Xbox XBE Recomp. The port supplies Windows implementations of Xbox graphics, sound and system interfaces and builds the game from the user's disc. Its findings also document XBE sections and the GOTHPOK asset container.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 85
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, 64 bit, with a Direct3D 11 or 12 GPU.
Prerequisites: An owned supported Project Gotham Racing Xbox disc image or extracted disc files.
Prerequisites: Source builds require Visual Studio 2022 with C++ tools and the SDK submodule.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{project-gotham-racing-recomp-case,
  title = {{Project Gotham Racing: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/hk21x/pgr1-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/hk21x/pgr1-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-gotham-racing-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Gotham Racing: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows. https://github.com/hk21x/pgr1-recomp (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-gotham-racing-recomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · hk21x/pgr1-recomp · Revision 9df88fa
FINDINGS.md GitHub · hk21x/pgr1-recomp · Revision 9df88fa