# Driver Recompiled: a psxrecomp setup host that builds the game locally > Packages a psxrecomp static-recompilation project for Driver (PlayStation, USA) as a setup host: releases carry the recompiler, runtime and a recomp-ui launcher, and the player’s machine generates and compiles the game from the user’s own disc image. The repository holds configuration, Ghidra-derived function seeds and release automation rather than game code. Its documented status is thin: an operator-confirmed private build reaches gameplay, while package release gates remain open. - Type: Case study - Targets: Game - Category: Independent reconstruction cases - Relationship: Independent reconstruction project - Sources reviewed: 2026-10-18 - Added to the catalog: 2026-10-19 - Original resource: - Primary source: - Catalog page: - Record JSON: - Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/driver-recomp-setup-host-case/index.md) ## Requirements & limits - **Prerequisites:** The player supplies an owned disc image of Driver (USA, SLUS-00842); game.toml records the expected data-track size and hashes. Release CI packages a setup host without game C, BIOS backends, disc images or a prebuilt playable executable. The workflow says users generate OpenBIOS, with a retail BIOS optional, while FEASIBILITY.md mentions the player supplying a BIOS; generated code and the executable stay on the user’s machine. - **Prerequisites:** v0.3.6 publishes packages for Windows x64, Linux x64, macOS Apple Silicon and macOS Intel, but the documentation keeps each platform claim pending exact-package setup, startup and clean-exit gates; the README describes 0.3.0 as Windows x64 only. Local builds use the psxrecomp CLI, CMake, Ninja, Python and C/C++ toolchains, with Windows on the framework’s portable toolchain route. - **Scope:** The reviewed main branch (VERSION 0.3.6) targets only the USA release SLUS-00842 and pins Alexbeav’s psxrecomp fork at 08ec704a and recomp-ui at be8ac1d0. FEASIBILITY.md records the status bootstrap_verified: the operator confirmed that a private promoted build reaches gameplay. No mode or feature coverage is documented, and the README notes that public v0.3.0 can relaunch the wrong executable after its first build. - **Testing evidence:** Reported checks are setup executable-name and source-parity tests and YAML and release-workflow audits. The README also describes boot gates and A/B comparisons against Beetle and DuckStation across the author’s ports, but the reviewed tree publishes no comparison results for this title. These are project reports. - **License:** Project-owned files are GPL-3.0-only; psxrecomp keeps PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 and recomp-ui MIT, and the GPL does not cover retail content or generated retail code. The README says the ports are developed with substantial AI assistance, with AI writing most of the code. ## Primary sources 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ## More in Games - [FFTARecomp: static recompilation of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance](https://awesomerea.org/resources/fftarecomp-gba-static-recomp-case/index.md) · Case study - [God of War PS2 static recompilation: a native Windows port via PS2Recomp](https://awesomerea.org/resources/god-of-war-ps2-recomp-case/index.md) · Case study - [IsaacRecomp: translating Flash game bytecode to native C++](https://awesomerea.org/resources/isaacrecomp-case/index.md) · Case study - [KartPad: platform integration for a Mario Kart Wii recompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/kartpad-case/index.md) · Case study - [King Kong Recompiled: an AI-developed Xbox 360 static recompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/king-kong-recompiled-case/index.md) · Case study - [LASRecomp: Link’s Awakening static recompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/lasrecomp/index.md) · Case study ## About this entry The description was reviewed against primary sources. Original editorial content: MIT. Linked projects, papers and assets retain their own rights and licenses.