# reUndr 2: porting Need for Speed: Underground 2 to PS5

> reUndr 2 ports the original Xbox Need for Speed: Underground 2 to homebrew-enabled PS5 consoles using ahead-of-time C translation and a replacement graphics, audio and input runtime. Its PS5 host builds on an existing recompilation and loads game files from the user's own Xbox disc image.

- 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/bystritskiy/reUndr2-ps5>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bystritskiy/reUndr2-ps5/blob/566d841592ca21df74ad144f7fc67f6db010b9d2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/reundr2-ps5-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/reundr2-ps5-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/reundr2-ps5-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A homebrew-enabled PS5 with ShadowMountPlus and an FTP server is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own USA Xbox disc dump of Need for Speed: Underground 2 and about 2.5 GB of console storage.
- **License:** The PS5 host and tools use MIT; the combined built app includes GPL-3.0-or-later components, as detailed in NOTICE.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bystritskiy/reUndr2-ps5/blob/566d841592ca21df74ad144f7fc67f6db010b9d2/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/bystritskiy/reUndr2-ps5/blob/566d841592ca21df74ad144f7fc67f6db010b9d2/NOTICE.md>

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