Is there a PC port of

Yes. Burnout 3: Takedown native PC port (PS2 decomp toolchain) by danielgomesvieira2000. It's playable now, and it runs natively on PC rather than through an emulator.

Is the Burnout 3: Takedown PC port an emulator?

No. It's a native build of the game's code for PC (a decompilation, static recompilation or native port), so it runs like a PC game.

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PC port · Alpha · v0.4.0

TAKEDOWN GOES NATIVE: BURNOUT 3 HITS PC AT 60FPS, 4X RES AND WIDESCREEN

Q: Do I need my own copy of

Yes. Your own Burnout 3: Takedown disc image (NTSC-U, SLUS-21050), Windows 10/11 64-bit, an AVX2 CPU and a Vulkan 1.3 driver. No game content is in the repo or the release.

Burnout 3: Takedown native PC port (PS2 decomp toolchain)

Criterion's PS2 crash-racer translated to C++ and compiled for Windows, not emulated: 60fps, up to 4x the PS2's resolution, widescreen with the HUD kept in place, a Vulkan renderer and PC settings in the game's own menu. Alpha v0.4.0 dropped today, from the same dev behind the Wave Race 64 and Pilotwings 64 recomps.

Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2) → PC (Windows) · by danielgomesvieira2000 · 2026-10-15

You need: Your own Burnout 3: Takedown disc image (NTSC-U, SLUS-21050), Windows 10/11 64-bit, an AVX2 CPU and a Vulkan 1.3 driver. No game content is in the repo or the release.

How to play Burnout 3: Takedown on PC

Download Burnout3-PC-<version>-windows-x64.zip from Releases and unzip it somewhere writable.
Run burnout3.exe and choose your own disc image.
Report bugs in Issues with burnout3.log attached.

TAKEDOWN GOES NATIVE: BURNOUT 3 HITS PC AT 60FPS, 4X RES AND WIDESCREEN

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