Gran Turismo 2
2 recomps and 1 port
Gran Turismo 2 (gt-2-pc)
dubrovskiy-yevhen-stakelogic/gt-2-pc
Gran Turismo 2 PC, VR & Browser: a native C++ port of both discs, Arcade and Simulation, written through reverse engineering. The game code doesn’t use the MIPS interpreter the repository keeps as an analysis tool, and Ghidra’s decompilation of the original only serves as a reading aid and isn’t in the repository. It has the arcade races, rally and time trials with opponent AI, ghosts, and replays, and in Simulation the GT Mode career with licenses, dealerships, garage, tuning, and events, with the original fixed-step 30 Hz physics. It renders at 720p, 1080p, 1440p, or 4K, or at 50–200% of the window, with a configurable frame cap and interpolated presentation, MSAA, texture filtering, and draw distance up to the whole course. It adds a cockpit view with an animated wheel and hands and a rear-view mirror, XInput controllers, DualSense with adaptive triggers, steering wheels, optional cheats, and virtual reality through OpenXR on Windows, with three driving modes. The installers can prepare HD menus, fonts, HUD, and movies from your disc with Real-ESRGAN, which they download with a pinned SHA-256, and, if you provide a BIOS, capture the PlayStation boot sequence with RetroArch’s Beetle PSX core, which they also download; none of that is needed to play. It runs on Windows (on a monitor and in PCVR), macOS, and Linux or Steam Deck, where the installer builds it, as well as on Quest and in the browser through WebAssembly, always with your disc images. The latest release is 0.8.1 (September 30), a single package for every platform.
You needYour own complete Gran Turismo 2 disc images (BIN/CUE with 2352-byte sectors), Arcade, Simulation, or both, from the US (Arcade 1.1 and Simulation 1.2) or European (SCES-02380 and SCES-12380) releases; a 2048-byte ISO doesn’t work, since it lacks the audio and video sectors. A PlayStation BIOS is optional and only used to prepare the boot sequence. Plus Windows (for VR, a headset with an OpenXR runtime), macOS, or Linux; HD preparation needs a Vulkan graphics card.
Gran Turismo 2 (OpenGTPS1)
GTTeancum/OpenGTPS1
OpenGTPS1: an experimental Windows x64 port that statically recompiles both US discs: the Simulation disc (SCUS-94488, revision 2) and the Arcade disc (SCUS-94455). It boots through the original game flow, renders menus and videos, supports controllers and memory cards, and can take a purchased and upgraded car through full races, championships, and replays. Its native race renderer is designed so it can be ported to the original Xbox in the future.
You needYour own US Gran Turismo 2 disc images (Simulation, Arcade, or both).
Gran Turismo 2 (ianitsky)
ianitsky/gt2-multiplayer
GT2 Multiplayer: a static recompilation of the US SCUS-94488 disc into C#, built with RecompOne and compiled as a native .NET program for Windows, which adds something the original never had: online races against other people. According to the project, it boots and plays through the menus and arcade mode, with saves on emulated memory cards. Multiplayer, in alpha, has a room list, a lobby, optional two-lap qualifying, and races of up to six players on 27 courses with 60 cars, by laps (1–99) or by time (1–180 minutes). Rooms are found on the local network or, over the internet, by opening a UDP port on the host’s router (the game tries UPnP) or through a relay that ships in the same repository and can run on a server or behind a free UDP tunnel; with a relay, a room can also be joined with a six-character code. Remote cars are drawn interpolated between the positions that arrive, and a long connection drop leaves a car parked at its last known one. Rumble is turned off in this build. 325 of its 378 commits list Claude as co-author. The latest version is 1.0.1 (September 12).
You needYour own image of the US Gran Turismo 2 disc (SCUS-94488), as .cue/.bin or .chd; the project specifically asks for the one it calls “Gran Turismo 2 Combined Disc (USA).” Plus Windows; the download bundles .NET. Building it requires the .NET 10 SDK.
Installs with
Quiver Launcher · Ports Launcher
Questions
Can you play Gran Turismo 2 natively on PC?
Yes, though unfinished. The catalog has 2 recomps and 1 port, all already playable.
What do I need to play it?
Your own copy of Gran Turismo 2 (PS1). Recompendium only links projects that don’t distribute the game, and each entry says which version or region you need.
Which one is the most popular?
Gran Turismo 2 (gt-2-pc), with 162 stars on GitHub.