Project Gotham Racing 2 [MS-075] [1.05]

[CloudyShane]

Hello! I’m using emulator version 8087b15 (May 28 2021).

So, basically today I’ve got a Japanese import of PGR2, which I’ve made a dump of, and that’s what I was running today.

Here are my settings:

No LLE was used.

As you can see, I was using All-Japan settings (that enables Japanese text in the game).

Starting the game. Non-gameplay stuff.

So, to my surprise an unpatched bare xbe of NTSC-J PGR2 started very impressive!

First of all, all the cinematics run superb, no frame drops, no flicker. Stable 30fps playback, like on a real console:

But then comes the super-flickery main menu, which still manages to run at full speed… (Literally, that flicker gave me headaches and my eyes were feeling very bad…)

Normal frame:

Flicker frame:

It filckers like that every one or two frames all the time, so I'm not posting a gif not to disturb anyone who has seisures and signs of epilepsy.

Gameplay stuff

The only thing that works, sometimes shows non-garbage graphics and does not crash the emulator is the garage:

However, all cars are white (pressing X to change it does nothing).

It also glitches a lot when there is a car in viewpoint:

But when no cars are shown on the screen, the graphics are constantly healthy, yet I suppose there are no correct lighting effects:

Fun fact – Geometry Wars runs PERFECTLY!

To play Geometry Wars, approach this arcade cabinet and press A:

Gameplay screenshots:

When you try to actually race...

Starting a race shows the glitchy city preview:

As soon as the race starts, the emulator crashes without any errors.

If you try to play an instant race, the emulator will crash after the glitchy city preview like this:

Showroom

My favourite part, the showroom, works, but… Ehm…

It’s so glitchy that I can’t even find the exit of the staring room…

Funny enough, the tree sprites on the background are rendered in colour!

The XBOX Demos also works:

However, no videos are… Well, visual. You can only hear the sound of the videos played. Also, in this menu some text is not appearing.

Okay… That’s it for now! The game works, but is not finishable in this state as you can’t drive any cars yet. But you can play Geometry Wars, which is absolutely 100% playable! 😊

Originally posted by @CloudyShane in #1103 (comment)