Case study
Rage Racer PC: a native port of the PAL PlayStation game
Rage Racer PC runs the PAL PlayStation release of Rage Racer as a native Windows, Linux and macOS game. Its C runtime imports models, textures and sky data from a user-supplied disc image and provides both a PS1-style classic renderer and a modern geometry renderer.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 138
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Language
- C
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: A legally obtained Rage Racer PAL disc image in CUE/BIN, Track 01 BIN or CHD form.
- Prerequisites: macOS on Apple Silicon, glibc-based x86-64 Linux, or 64-bit Windows 10/11.
- License: No open-source license has been selected; project-authored source remains under default copyright.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{rage-racer-pc-case,
title = {{Rage Racer PC: a native port of the PAL PlayStation game}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/khasinski/rage-racer-pc}},
url = {https://github.com/khasinski/rage-racer-pc},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rage-racer-pc-case/}}
}Plain text
Rage Racer PC: a native port of the PAL PlayStation game. https://github.com/khasinski/rage-racer-pc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rage-racer-pc-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · khasinski/rage-racer-pc · Revision e05387d
- LICENSE.md GitHub · khasinski/rage-racer-pc · Revision e05387d
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