# Rusty MCLA: rebuilding Midnight Club: Los Angeles in Rust

> Rusty MCLA rebuilds Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition as a Rust game engine for Windows using data prepared from the user's Xbox 360 disc image. Its format tools handle the disc, archives, resources, scripts and shaders, while a function registry tracks work against the original executable. The author reports about 17 percent of functions closed and lists online play and several hardware features as later work.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla/blob/3e519a3eefc58bc2e707f13012f012c4d6e4f6cc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's legally obtained Xbox 360 Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition disc image (.iso), USA or Europe.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11 and a graphics card supporting Vulkan or DirectX 12 are required.
- **Limits:** Early development; the author reports about 17 percent of original executable functions closed. Online play, custom music, car mods, controller rumble, adaptive triggers and racing wheels are postponed.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla/blob/3e519a3eefc58bc2e707f13012f012c4d6e4f6cc/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla/blob/3e519a3eefc58bc2e707f13012f012c4d6e4f6cc/mcla-rs/README.md>

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