# REDRIVER2: reconstructing Driver 2 through a PlayStation compatibility layer

> Translates reverse-engineered Driver 2 MIPS routines into C/C++ and uses Psy-X/Psy-Cross to adapt PlayStation interfaces for desktop systems. The project documents symbol-assisted Ghidra/IDA work alongside intentional bug fixes and gameplay changes.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-17
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-17
- Original resource: <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/redriver2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/redriver2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/redriver2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user’s copies of both Driver 2 discs. The pinned installation wiki lists English PAL EU and NTSC US revisions 1.0/1.1; other languages remain planned.
- **Prerequisites:** Documented play paths cover Windows and Linux; installation converts disc video/audio using Java. Linux runtime instructions list SDL2 and OpenAL; original game content is not supplied by the project.
- **Prerequisites:** Source builds use submodules, Premake5 and a C++ toolchain. The Windows guide uses Visual Studio 2022; Linux builds link SDL2, OpenAL, OpenGL and libjpeg.
- **Limits:** The README reports a playable reconstruction but explicitly excludes the memory-card menu from its decompilation claim. Original bugs and some gameplay are deliberately changed; [D], [T] and [A] annotations distinguish decompiled, tested and altered code.
- **License:** MIT license for project code; original game data and third-party components retain their own rights.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/src_rebuild/premake5.lua>
3. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/data/install/conv.sh>
4. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/appveyor.yml>
5. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/blob/b2d8857426f815007486def9bd23f9a6007a2c64/LICENSE>
6. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/wiki/Installation-instructions/35c32de044cc80e10574838860489e5fe773fed3>
7. <https://github.com/OpenDriver2/REDRIVER2/wiki/Contributing-to-project/35c32de044cc80e10574838860489e5fe773fed3>

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