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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla/blob/3e519a3eefc58bc2e707f13012f012c4d6e4f6cc/mcla-rs/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "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.",
  "description_zh": "Rusty MCLA 以 Rust 重建《Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition》的 Windows 游戏引擎，数据由用户的 Xbox 360 光盘镜像生成。其工具处理光盘、归档、资源、脚本和着色器，并按原版可执行文件函数跟踪进度。作者称约 17% 的函数已结项；在线游玩及部分硬件功能仍待实现。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla/blob/3e519a3eefc58bc2e707f13012f012c4d6e4f6cc/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case/index.md",
  "name": "Rusty MCLA: rebuilding Midnight Club: Los Angeles in Rust",
  "name_zh": "Rusty MCLA：以 Rust 重建《Midnight Club: Los Angeles》",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/rusty-mcla-midnight-club-los-angeles-case.png",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Requires the user's legally obtained Xbox 360 Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition disc image (.iso), USA or Europe.",
    "Windows 10 or 11 and a graphics card supporting Vulkan or DirectX 12 are required.",
    "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.",
    "GPL-3.0-only."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要用户合法取得的 Xbox 360《Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition》美版或欧版光盘镜像（.iso）。",
    "需要 Windows 10 或 11，以及支持 Vulkan 或 DirectX 12 的显卡。",
    "项目处于早期开发阶段；作者称原版可执行文件中约 17% 的函数已结项。在线游玩、自定义音乐、车辆模组、手柄震动、自适应扳机和方向盘支持均推迟实现。",
    "许可证为 GPL-3.0-only。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/holdmysocks/rusty-mcla",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-08"
}