Dedicated fans have finished the server emulator. For now it’s single player only, but they want to release multiplayer later.
You have to get the actual game files yourself (for obvious reasons), but you can find them easily, for example in the internet archive.
I’m in the middle of the campaign right now, and so far it works flawlessly.
And since this was the only racing game I played on a regular basis, I am happy! Fuck you Ubisoft! Thank you dedicated fans!!
If the server endpoint is the same you could try a DNS rebind? A pihole or adguard should be able to redirect that and I guess the fan made one is a bit more lenient when it comes to that kinda stuff
Not for modern Xbox titles, because Xbox online connectivity travels through the Xbox Live API, like Steam games often use Steam’s API. PlayStation never really had a central online service, and if they did it was always garbage/insecure.
Sure, developers could try to emulate modern Xbox Live API, but since it is still currently in active use, Microsoft could easily shut it down like Blizzard does with WoW server emulators all the time.