hk21x/pgr2-recomp v1.6.3

Project Gotham Racing 2 PC port 1.6.3

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An update to the unofficial native PC port of Project Gotham Racing 2 (original Xbox, PAL and NTSC).

No game files are included. You need your own copy of the game: an .iso of your disc, or a folder with its
files. The game's code is built on your PC from your disc.

Updating

From 1.6.0 to 1.6.2: the launcher offers this release at the top of its window. Press Update the launcher if
it asks, then Update. Your saves, settings and music are kept.

From 1.2.0 to 1.5.1: press Update the launcher, then Update, as described in the
1.6.0 notes.

What's new since 1.6.2

New

• Smoother racing on more CPU cores (Direct3D 12). The renderer's work is now spread over extra threads instead of
  one, new textures are made far faster, and the log no longer holds up the game when it runs from a network share.
  This cuts the stutters in busy streets and at high frame rates.
• Alt+Enter switches between a window and full screen (the full screen mode you last used). The choice is saved as
  in F1 > Display. (#19)
• 16:10 and 3:2 screens (many laptops) are filled. The game runs its 4:3 mode with its 3D widened to the screen,
  instead of a 16:9 picture with bars. (#15)
• Fuller crash reports: a crash dump in CrashDumps now includes the game's own memory, so a crash can be traced to
  what the game was doing. Dumps are about 300 MB: zip one and share it through a file host when reporting a crash.
  The logs of your last five runs are kept (pgr2.log, pgr2.1.log and so on).
• Reads from the game's disc image are retried when a network share answers short, instead of failing.

Fixes

• Result and pause screens on ultrawide screens are dimmed and blurred across the whole width. Before, the edges
  showed the race unblurred and the middle a squeezed copy. (#34)
• The menu backdrop movie keeps its shape on 16:9 and wider screens. Since 1.6.2 it was stretched. It now fills
  the screen's width, cropped at the top and bottom. The intro movies still keep their 4:3 shape.
  (#37)
• The race HUD on ultrawide screens: the dark backdrops behind the lap times and the speed stay with the HUD's text
  instead of reaching across to the screen's edges. (#35)
• Achievements: Gotham's Finest now needs Kudos Rank 50 and Living Legend Kudos Rank 45. Rank 60 cannot be
  reached in the game. If you already have either rank, the achievement unlocks the next time you play.
  (#38)

Files

• PGR2Launcher.exe: the only file to download by hand. It fetches the rest itself.
• PGR2-package.zip and PGR2-package.zip.json: the package the launcher downloads, and its size and checksum.
  You do not need to download or unzip them.