# Ridge Racer (PSP): bit-exact decompilation of BOOT.BIN

> Ridge Racer (PSP) reconstructs the game's BOOT.BIN as C and C++ and checks functions against retail bytes with a patched PSP GCC 1.3.1 compiler. A headless PPSSPP runner supports behavioral comparisons. The author reports 4,513 byte-exact game functions in the November 2026 progress snapshot.

- 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/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp/blob/3683f6309b15a4e6762d73bcb1cb47d2d1d74146/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ridge-racer-psp-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Use the US PSP BOOT.BIN as the reference for the documented matching work.
- The matching compiler is a patched PSP GCC 1.3.1 build; the documented toolchain runs in a Lima VM.
- The author reports 4,513 of 5,654 game functions byte exact in the 2026-11-02 snapshot.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp/blob/3683f6309b15a4e6762d73bcb1cb47d2d1d74146/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jeff-strutb/ridgeracerpsp/blob/3683f6309b15a4e6762d73bcb1cb47d2d1d74146/tools/oracle/README.md>

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