Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
1 recomp and 1 port
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
laureladastra/mcdub3-nx
A recompilation of the original Xbox version, translated instruction by instruction into C with xboxrecomp and compiled for Linux, macOS, Windows, and also the Nintendo Switch, with no emulation. Per the project, on Mac and Linux 30 fps holds with 5x upscaling (close to 4K) and the Windows version is experimental; on Switch it can be played through to 100% career progress, at 20-25 of the game’s maximum 30 fps. It supports the US (NTSC-U) and European (PAL) discs, with a guided installation page for the Switch. The published releases (0.2.0, from October 24) are only the Switch .nro files: on Mac, Linux, and Windows you build it from the source, with an installer for Windows, and the game’s code is translated on your machine. 79 of its last 100 commits list Claude as a co-author.
You needYour own disc copy of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition for the original Xbox, US or European, extracted (default.xbe and the other files; a tool in the repository extracts the ISO). Plus macOS, Linux, or Windows, with the build tools that the Makefile or the Windows installer sets up.
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (SickSartori)
SickSartori/mc3port
mc3port is an unofficial Windows port of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix for the original Xbox (European release). It is not a remaster: the game’s own x86 code runs natively on the PC, and the port replaces what surrounded it on the Xbox: the system kernel, the NV2A graphics chip (on Direct3D 11), the sound chip (on XAudio2), and the controllers (on XInput). It offers true 16:9 using the game’s own widescreen mode, 60 fps or the Xbox’s 30, internal resolution up to 4x with anisotropic filtering, optional effects (light glow, adaptive sharpening, colour, vignette, and ambient occlusion), a launcher that checks your disc, an in-game menu, rebindable keyboard, and Xbox controllers for up to four players. The repository contains nothing from the game; the launcher’s background music was AI-generated (ElevenLabs Music) for the project. Version 0.2.3 is from November 1.
You needA disc image (.iso, XISO, or full Redump dump) of your own Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix for Xbox, European release (En, Fr, De, Es, It), whose default.xbe has SHA-256 29d866afda9c54590a854fdfa98cf6e69d871dd3fc02da20bbbf76c3582c7b09; other releases are not supported yet. 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and a Direct3D 11 card (feature level 11_0); the processor matters more than the graphics card.
Installs with
Quiver Launcher · xrevive · RecompLauncher
Questions
Can you play Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition natively on PC?
Yes, though unfinished. The catalog has 1 recomp and 1 port, all already playable.
What do I need to play it?
Your own copy of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Xbox). 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?
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, with 82 stars on GitHub.