# Rush 2 Recompiled: native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA

> Rush 2 Recompiled is a native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA. The player supplies a USA ROM. Optional USA ROMs add San Francisco Rush 2049, San Francisco Rush, and California Speed. Windows and Linux builds are on the Releases page.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled/blob/3a205c8a5e41db6770d249ce8bd92495dccf26f6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rush2-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rush2-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rush2-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The required ROM is Rush 2 - Extreme Racing USA (USA), 12 MB, SHA-1 01b0a31b1accc18061e8c85f6c5edf0dbd79f097. .z64, .n64, and .v64 files of that ROM are accepted. Other regions are rejected.
- On Windows, run Rush2Recompiled.exe. On Linux, run the AppImage.
- The README names no license or reconstruction method.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled/blob/3a205c8a5e41db6770d249ce8bd92495dccf26f6/README.md>

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