diff --git a/config/skate3.example.toml b/config/skate3.example.toml
index 70b973a..78c4399 100644
--- a/config/skate3.example.toml
+++ b/config/skate3.example.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ vblank_precise_spin_us = 150
 host_present_from_non_ui_thread = true
 presenter_strict_guest_output_backpressure = false
 presenter_strict_guest_output_backpressure_timeout_ms = 100
+vulkan_async_placeholder_max_consecutive_skips = 120
 
 present_letterbox = true
 present_safe_area_x = 100
diff --git a/scripts/decode_xenos_texture_dumps.py b/scripts/decode_xenos_texture_dumps.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5411492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/decode_xenos_texture_dumps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Decode debug-dumped Xbox 360 tiled RGBA8 resolve textures to PNGs."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import html
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+try:
+    from PIL import Image
+except ImportError as exc:
+    raise SystemExit("Pillow is required to write PNGs: python3 -m pip install --user pillow") from exc
+
+
+DUMP_NAME_RE = re.compile(r"addr_([0-9a-fA-F]{8})_len_([0-9a-fA-F]+)_")
+
+# These are the render-target resolve ranges observed around the Import Skater
+# preset-preview path. Pitch is in pixels, including Xbox 360 tile padding.
+KNOWN_SURFACES_BY_RANGE = {
+    (0x04614000, 0x02D000): (288, 160, 288),
+    (0x0460E000, 0x006000): (72, 40, 96),
+    (0x0460A000, 0x001000): (32, 16, 32),
+    (0x0460B000, 0x001000): (32, 16, 32),
+    (0x04911000, 0x2D0000): (1152, 640, 1152),
+    (0x04641000, 0x2D0000): (1152, 640, 1152),
+    (0x04BE1000, 0x2D0000): (1152, 640, 1152),
+    (0x04EB1000, 0x2D0000): (1152, 640, 1152),
+    (0x04BE1000, 0x168000): (1152, 320, 1152),
+    (0x04D49000, 0x168000): (1152, 320, 1152),
+    (0x04EB1000, 0x168000): (1152, 320, 1152),
+    (0x05019000, 0x168000): (1152, 320, 1152),
+    (0x05258000, 0x398000): (1280, 720, 1280),
+    (0x03554000, 0x300000): (1024, 768, 1024),
+    (0x03954000, 0x300000): (1024, 768, 1024),
+    (0x03C54000, 0x100000): (512, 512, 512),
+}
+
+KNOWN_SURFACES_BY_LENGTH = {
+    0x02D000: (288, 160, 288),
+    0x006000: (72, 40, 96),
+    0x001000: (32, 16, 32),
+    0x2D0000: (1152, 640, 1152),
+    0x168000: (1152, 320, 1152),
+    0x398000: (1280, 720, 1280),
+    0x384000: (1280, 720, 1280),
+    0x300000: (1024, 768, 1024),
+    0x100000: (512, 512, 512),
+}
+
+
+def tiled_offset_2d_row(y: int, pitch: int, log2_bpp: int) -> int:
+    macro = ((y // 32) * (pitch // 32)) << (log2_bpp + 7)
+    micro = ((y & 6) << 2) << log2_bpp
+    return (
+        macro
+        + ((micro & ~0xF) << 1)
+        + (micro & 0xF)
+        + ((y & 8) << (3 + log2_bpp))
+        + ((y & 1) << 4)
+    )
+
+
+def tiled_offset_2d_column(x: int, y: int, log2_bpp: int, base_offset: int) -> int:
+    macro = (x // 32) << (log2_bpp + 7)
+    micro = (x & 7) << log2_bpp
+    offset = base_offset + (macro + ((micro & ~0xF) << 1) + (micro & 0xF))
+    return (
+        ((offset & ~0x1FF) << 3)
+        + ((offset & 0x1C0) << 2)
+        + (offset & 0x3F)
+        + ((y & 16) << 7)
+        + (((((y & 8) >> 2) + (x >> 3)) & 3) << 6)
+    )
+
+
+def parse_dump_name(path: Path) -> tuple[int, int] | None:
+    match = DUMP_NAME_RE.search(path.name)
+    if not match:
+        return None
+    return int(match.group(1), 16), int(match.group(2), 16)
+
+
+def infer_surface(address: int, length: int) -> tuple[int, int, int] | None:
+    surface = KNOWN_SURFACES_BY_RANGE.get((address, length))
+    if surface:
+        return surface
+    surface = KNOWN_SURFACES_BY_LENGTH.get(length)
+    if surface:
+        return surface
+
+    pixels = length // 4
+    for pitch in (1280, 1152, 1024, 768, 720, 640, 512, 384, 320, 288, 256, 128, 96, 64, 32):
+        if pixels % pitch == 0:
+            height = pixels // pitch
+            if height > 0:
+                return pitch, height, pitch
+    return None
+
+
+def untile_rgba8(raw: bytes, width: int, height: int, pitch: int) -> bytearray:
+    output = bytearray(width * height * 4)
+    for y in range(height):
+        row_offset = tiled_offset_2d_row(y, pitch, 2)
+        for x in range(width):
+            input_offset = tiled_offset_2d_column(x, y, 2, row_offset)
+            input_offset = (input_offset >> 2) * 4
+            if input_offset + 4 > len(raw):
+                continue
+            output_offset = (y * width + x) * 4
+            output[output_offset : output_offset + 4] = raw[input_offset : input_offset + 4]
+    return output
+
+
+def save_variants(untiled: bytearray, width: int, height: int, output_stem: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    rgba = Image.frombytes("RGBA", (width, height), bytes(untiled))
+
+    bgra_bytes = bytearray(len(untiled))
+    for i in range(0, len(untiled), 4):
+        bgra_bytes[i + 0] = untiled[i + 2]
+        bgra_bytes[i + 1] = untiled[i + 1]
+        bgra_bytes[i + 2] = untiled[i + 0]
+        bgra_bytes[i + 3] = untiled[i + 3]
+    bgra = Image.frombytes("RGBA", (width, height), bytes(bgra_bytes))
+
+    alpha_rgb = bytearray(untiled)
+    for i in range(3, len(alpha_rgb), 4):
+        alpha_rgb[i] = 255
+    rgba_opaque = Image.frombytes("RGBA", (width, height), bytes(alpha_rgb))
+
+    paths = [
+        output_stem.with_name(output_stem.name + "_rgba.png"),
+        output_stem.with_name(output_stem.name + "_bgra.png"),
+        output_stem.with_name(output_stem.name + "_rgba_opaque.png"),
+    ]
+    rgba.save(paths[0])
+    bgra.save(paths[1])
+    rgba_opaque.save(paths[2])
+    return paths
+
+
+def write_index(rows: list[tuple[Path, int, int, int, int, list[Path]]], output_dir: Path) -> None:
+    index_path = output_dir / "index.html"
+    parts = [
+        "<!doctype html><meta charset='utf-8'><title>Texture dumps</title>",
+        "<style>body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:24px;background:#111;color:#eee}"
+        "section{margin:0 0 32px}img{max-width:360px;image-rendering:auto;background:#444}"
+        ".row{display:flex;gap:16px;flex-wrap:wrap}.item{max-width:380px}"
+        "code{color:#b7f7ff}</style>",
+        "<h1>Texture dumps</h1>",
+    ]
+    for raw_path, address, length, width, height, images in rows:
+        parts.append(
+            f"<section><h2><code>{html.escape(raw_path.name)}</code></h2>"
+            f"<p>address <code>0x{address:08X}</code>, length <code>0x{length:X}</code>, "
+            f"{width}x{height}</p><div class='row'>"
+        )
+        for image_path in images:
+            label = image_path.name.removeprefix(raw_path.stem + "_").removesuffix(".png")
+            parts.append(
+                f"<div class='item'><p>{html.escape(label)}</p>"
+                f"<img src='{html.escape(image_path.name)}'></div>"
+            )
+        parts.append("</div></section>")
+    index_path.write_text("\n".join(parts), encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "input_dir",
+        nargs="?",
+        default="/home/alex/Desktop/skate_fresh/logs/texture_dumps/raw",
+        help="Directory containing resolve_*.bin dumps",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir",
+        default="/home/alex/Desktop/skate_fresh/logs/texture_dumps/rendered",
+        help="Directory to write decoded PNGs and index.html",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    input_dir = Path(args.input_dir)
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    rows: list[tuple[Path, int, int, int, int, list[Path]]] = []
+    for raw_path in sorted(input_dir.glob("resolve_*.bin")):
+        parsed = parse_dump_name(raw_path)
+        if not parsed:
+            continue
+        address, length = parsed
+        surface = infer_surface(address, length)
+        if not surface:
+            print(f"Skipping {raw_path.name}: unknown dimensions for length 0x{length:X}")
+            continue
+        width, height, pitch = surface
+        raw = raw_path.read_bytes()
+        untiled = untile_rgba8(raw, width, height, pitch)
+        output_stem = output_dir / raw_path.stem
+        images = save_variants(untiled, width, height, output_stem)
+        rows.append((raw_path, address, length, width, height, images))
+        print(f"Decoded {raw_path.name}: {width}x{height}, pitch {pitch}")
+
+    write_index(rows, output_dir)
+    print(f"Wrote {output_dir / 'index.html'}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/render_static_rx2_textures.py b/scripts/render_static_rx2_textures.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..558e305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/render_static_rx2_textures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Extract Skate 3 EB archives and render top-mip RX2 textures to PNG."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import html
+import math
+import shutil
+import struct
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+TEXTURE_FORMATS = {
+    0x52: ("DXT1", 8),
+    0x53: ("DXT3", 16),
+    0x54: ("DXT5", 16),
+}
+
+
+def safe_output_stem(path: Path, root: Path | None = None) -> str:
+    try:
+        label = path.relative_to(root) if root else path
+    except ValueError:
+        label = path
+    return "__".join(part.replace("/", "_").replace("\\", "_") for part in label.with_suffix("").parts)
+
+
+def tiled_offset_2d_row(y: int, width: int, log2_bpp: int) -> int:
+    macro = ((y // 32) * (width // 32)) << (log2_bpp + 7)
+    micro = ((y & 6) << 2) << log2_bpp
+    return (
+        macro
+        + ((micro & ~0xF) << 1)
+        + (micro & 0xF)
+        + ((y & 8) << (3 + log2_bpp))
+        + ((y & 1) << 4)
+    )
+
+
+def tiled_offset_2d_column(x: int, y: int, log2_bpp: int, base_offset: int) -> int:
+    macro = (x // 32) << (log2_bpp + 7)
+    micro = (x & 7) << log2_bpp
+    offset = base_offset + (macro + ((micro & ~0xF) << 1) + (micro & 0xF))
+    return (
+        ((offset & ~0x1FF) << 3)
+        + ((offset & 0x1C0) << 2)
+        + (offset & 0x3F)
+        + ((y & 16) << 7)
+        + (((((y & 8) >> 2) + (x >> 3)) & 3) << 6)
+    )
+
+
+def swap16(data: bytes) -> bytes:
+    output = bytearray(data)
+    for offset in range(0, len(output) - 1, 2):
+        output[offset], output[offset + 1] = output[offset + 1], output[offset]
+    return bytes(output)
+
+
+def untile_blocks(data: bytes, blocks_w: int, blocks_h: int, bytes_per_block: int) -> bytes:
+    log2_bpp = 3 if bytes_per_block == 8 else 4
+    pitch_blocks = max(32, math.ceil(blocks_w / 32) * 32)
+    output = bytearray(blocks_w * blocks_h * bytes_per_block)
+    for y in range(blocks_h):
+        row_offset = tiled_offset_2d_row(y, pitch_blocks, log2_bpp)
+        for x in range(blocks_w):
+            input_offset = tiled_offset_2d_column(x, y, log2_bpp, row_offset)
+            input_offset = (input_offset >> log2_bpp) * bytes_per_block
+            output_offset = (y * blocks_w + x) * bytes_per_block
+            if input_offset + bytes_per_block <= len(data):
+                output[output_offset : output_offset + bytes_per_block] = data[
+                    input_offset : input_offset + bytes_per_block
+                ]
+    return swap16(output)
+
+
+def make_dds(width: int, height: int, fourcc: str, pitch_or_size: int, payload: bytes) -> bytes:
+    header = bytearray(b"DDS ")
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 124)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0x0002100F)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", height)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", width)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", pitch_or_size)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 1)
+    header += bytes(44)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 32)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0x4)
+    header += fourcc.encode("ascii")
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0x1000)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    header += struct.pack("<I", 0)
+    return bytes(header) + payload
+
+
+def parse_rx2_header(data: bytes) -> tuple[int, int, int, int] | None:
+    if not data.startswith(b"\x89RW4xb2") or len(data) < 0x238:
+        return None
+    data_offset = int.from_bytes(data[0x44:0x48], "big")
+    if data_offset <= 0 or data_offset >= len(data):
+        data_offset = 0x238
+    fmt = data[0x167]
+    height = (int.from_bytes(data[0x168:0x16A], "big") + 1) * 8
+    width = (int.from_bytes(data[0x16A:0x16C], "big") + 1) & 0x1FFF
+    if width <= 0 or height <= 0 or width > 8192 or height > 8192:
+        return None
+    return fmt, width, height, data_offset
+
+
+def render_rx2(
+    path: Path,
+    output_dir: Path,
+    root: Path | None = None,
+    layout: str = "tiled",
+) -> Path | None:
+    output_path = output_dir / "images" / (safe_output_stem(path, root) + ".png")
+    if output_path.exists():
+        return output_path
+
+    data = path.read_bytes()
+    parsed = parse_rx2_header(data)
+    if not parsed:
+        return None
+    fmt, width, height, data_offset = parsed
+    format_info = TEXTURE_FORMATS.get(fmt)
+    if not format_info:
+        return None
+
+    fourcc, bytes_per_block = format_info
+    blocks_w = max(1, math.ceil(width / 4))
+    blocks_h = max(1, math.ceil(height / 4))
+    top_mip_size = blocks_w * blocks_h * bytes_per_block
+    payload = data[data_offset : data_offset + top_mip_size]
+    if len(payload) < top_mip_size:
+        return None
+
+    if layout == "linear":
+        decoded = swap16(payload)
+    elif layout == "tiled":
+        decoded = untile_blocks(payload, blocks_w, blocks_h, bytes_per_block)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown RX2 layout: {layout}")
+
+    dds = make_dds(width, height, fourcc, top_mip_size, decoded)
+    output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Image.open(__import__("io").BytesIO(dds)).convert("RGBA").save(output_path)
+    return output_path
+
+
+def write_texture_page(
+    rendered: list[tuple[Path, Path]],
+    output_dir: Path,
+    page_number: int,
+    page_count: int,
+) -> str:
+    page_name = f"page-{page_number:03d}.html"
+    rows = [
+        "<!doctype html><meta charset='utf-8'><title>Skate 3 RX2 textures</title>",
+        "<style>body{font-family:sans-serif;background:#111;color:#eee;margin:24px}"
+        ".grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(180px,1fr));gap:14px}"
+        ".item{background:#1b1b1b;padding:8px;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden}"
+        "img{width:100%;height:auto;max-height:240px;object-fit:contain;background:#333;image-rendering:auto}"
+        "code{font-size:11px;word-break:break-all;color:#cceeff}"
+        "a{color:#9bdcff}.nav{display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:center;margin:12px 0 20px}</style>",
+        f"<h1>Skate 3 RX2 Textures: Page {page_number} / {page_count}</h1>",
+        "<div class='nav'>",
+        "<a href='index.html'>Index</a>",
+    ]
+    if page_number > 1:
+        rows.append(f"<a href='page-{page_number - 1:03d}.html'>Previous</a>")
+    if page_number < page_count:
+        rows.append(f"<a href='page-{page_number + 1:03d}.html'>Next</a>")
+    rows.append("</div><div class='grid'>")
+    for source, image in rendered:
+        rel_image = image.relative_to(output_dir)
+        rows.append(
+            f"<div class='item'><img loading='lazy' src='{html.escape(str(rel_image))}'>"
+            f"<p><code>{html.escape(source.name)}</code></p></div>"
+        )
+    rows.append("</div>")
+    (output_dir / page_name).write_text("\n".join(rows), encoding="utf-8")
+    return page_name
+
+
+def write_index(rendered: list[tuple[Path, Path]], output_dir: Path, page_size: int) -> None:
+    page_size = max(1, page_size)
+    pages = [rendered[offset : offset + page_size] for offset in range(0, len(rendered), page_size)]
+    page_names = [
+        write_texture_page(page, output_dir, page_number, len(pages))
+        for page_number, page in enumerate(pages, start=1)
+    ]
+
+    rows = [
+        "<!doctype html><meta charset='utf-8'><title>Skate 3 RX2 textures</title>",
+        "<style>body{font-family:sans-serif;background:#111;color:#eee;margin:24px}"
+        "a{color:#9bdcff}.pages{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(160px,1fr));gap:10px}"
+        ".page{background:#1b1b1b;padding:12px;border-radius:4px}</style>",
+        "<h1>Skate 3 RX2 Textures</h1>",
+        f"<p>{len(rendered)} textures rendered. Open one page at a time to avoid loading every PNG at once.</p>",
+        "<div class='pages'>",
+    ]
+    for index, page_name in enumerate(page_names, start=1):
+        start = ((index - 1) * page_size) + 1
+        end = min(index * page_size, len(rendered))
+        rows.append(
+            f"<a class='page' href='{page_name}'>Page {index}<br>{start}-{end}</a>"
+        )
+    rows.append("</div>")
+    (output_dir / "index.html").write_text("\n".join(rows), encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def maybe_extract_big(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Path:
+    extracted_dir = Path(args.extracted_dir)
+    texture_dir = extracted_dir / "data/content/createacharacter/texture"
+    if texture_dir.exists() and list(texture_dir.glob("*.rx2")):
+        return extracted_dir
+
+    if not args.big:
+        raise SystemExit("No extracted textures found and --big was not provided.")
+    quickbms = shutil.which(args.quickbms)
+    if not quickbms:
+        raise SystemExit(f"QuickBMS executable not found: {args.quickbms}")
+    script = Path(args.bms_script)
+    if not script.exists():
+        raise SystemExit(f"BMS script not found: {script}")
+
+    extracted_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    subprocess.run([quickbms, "-Y", str(script), str(args.big), str(extracted_dir)], check=True)
+    return extracted_dir
+
+
+def read_paths_file(path: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    files: list[Path] = []
+    for line in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        files.append(Path(line))
+    return files
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--big", type=Path, help="Optional createacharacter.big path to extract first")
+    parser.add_argument("--quickbms", default="/tmp/quickbms_skate/quickbms_linux/quickbms")
+    parser.add_argument("--bms-script", default="/tmp/quickbms_skate/fightnight.bms")
+    parser.add_argument("--extracted-dir", default="/tmp/skate_static_rx2")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--texture-dir",
+        type=Path,
+        help="Directory containing RX2 files to render. Defaults to createacharacter/texture.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--paths-file",
+        type=Path,
+        help="Text file containing explicit RX2 paths to render, one per line.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--recursive", action="store_true", help="Recursively scan --texture-dir")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--layout",
+        choices=("tiled", "linear"),
+        default="tiled",
+        help="RX2 memory layout. createacharacter textures are tiled; FE/menu textures are usually linear.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", default="/tmp/skate_static_rx2_rendered")
+    parser.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=500, help="Maximum textures to render")
+    parser.add_argument("--page-size", type=int, default=100, help="Textures per HTML page")
+    parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="Print every rendered texture")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    extracted_dir = Path(args.extracted_dir)
+    if args.paths_file:
+        sources = read_paths_file(args.paths_file)
+        source_root = None
+    else:
+        if args.texture_dir:
+            texture_dir = args.texture_dir
+            source_root = texture_dir
+        else:
+            extracted_dir = maybe_extract_big(args)
+            texture_dir = extracted_dir / "data/content/createacharacter/texture"
+            source_root = texture_dir
+        globber = texture_dir.rglob if args.recursive else texture_dir.glob
+        sources = sorted(globber("*.rx2"))
+
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    rendered: list[tuple[Path, Path]] = []
+    for source in sources:
+        image = render_rx2(source, output_dir, source_root, args.layout)
+        if image:
+            rendered.append((source, image))
+            if args.verbose:
+                print(f"Rendered {source.name}")
+        if args.limit and len(rendered) >= args.limit:
+            break
+
+    write_index(rendered, output_dir, args.page_size)
+    print(f"Wrote {len(rendered)} textures to {output_dir}")
+    print(f"Open {output_dir / 'index.html'}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/src/skate3_app_common.cpp b/src/skate3_app_common.cpp
index cb50b4f..d0f50d3 100644
--- a/src/skate3_app_common.cpp
+++ b/src/skate3_app_common.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <rex/filesystem.h>
 #include <rex/filesystem/devices/host_path_device.h>
 #include <rex/filesystem/vfs.h>
-#include <rex/graphics/graphics_system.h>
 #include <rex/input/input_system.h>
 #include <rex/kernel/xam/module.h>
 #include <rex/logging.h>
@@ -185,19 +184,24 @@ bool ConfigContainsAnyKey(const toml::table& table, std::initializer_list<std::s
   return false;
 }
 
-bool DeveloperConfigHasResolutionScaleOverride(const std::filesystem::path& config_path) {
+bool ConfigFileContainsAnyKey(const std::filesystem::path& config_path,
+                              std::initializer_list<std::string_view> keys) {
   if (config_path.empty() || !std::filesystem::exists(config_path)) {
     return false;
   }
   try {
     auto config = toml::parse_file(config_path.string());
-    return ConfigContainsAnyKey(config, {"resolution_scale", "draw_resolution_scale_x",
-                                         "draw_resolution_scale_y"});
+    return ConfigContainsAnyKey(config, keys);
   } catch (const toml::parse_error&) {
     return false;
   }
 }
 
+bool DeveloperConfigHasResolutionScaleOverride(const std::filesystem::path& config_path) {
+  return ConfigFileContainsAnyKey(config_path, {"resolution_scale", "draw_resolution_scale_x",
+                                                "draw_resolution_scale_y"});
+}
+
 constexpr int kDefaultResolutionScale = 2;
 
 void ApplyFirstRunVideoDefaults(const std::filesystem::path& settings_path,
@@ -369,6 +373,14 @@ void Skate3BaseApp::OnCreateDialogs(rex::ui::ImGuiDrawer* drawer) {
                         "Save draw fingerprint log", [this] {
                           SaveDrawFingerprintLog();
                         });
+  rex::ui::RegisterBind("bind_skate3_log_debug_marker", "F9",
+                        "Write debug marker to log", [this] {
+                          LogDebugMarker();
+                        });
+  rex::ui::RegisterBind("bind_skate3_log_user_marker", "F10",
+                        "Write marker to log", [this] {
+                          LogUserMarker();
+                        });
 }
 
 void Skate3BaseApp::OnPostSetup() {
@@ -410,48 +422,14 @@ void Skate3BaseApp::OnPostSetup() {
   }
 }
 
-void Skate3BaseApp::OnPostLaunchModule(rex::system::XThread* thread) {
-  (void)thread;
-
-  if (std::getenv("SKATE3_INVALIDATE_GPU_MEMORY_EVERY_FRAME") == nullptr) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  auto* graphics_system =
-      static_cast<rex::graphics::GraphicsSystem*>(runtime()->graphics_system());
-  if (!graphics_system) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_running_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
-  invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_ = std::thread([this, graphics_system]() {
-    while (invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_running_.load(
-        std::memory_order_acquire)) {
-      graphics_system->InvalidateGpuMemory();
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(16));
-    }
-  });
-}
-
 void Skate3BaseApp::OnShutdown() {
   rex::ui::UnregisterBind("bind_skate3_menu");
   rex::ui::UnregisterBind("bind_skate3_menu_alt");
   rex::ui::UnregisterBind("bind_skate3_save_draw_fingerprints");
+  rex::ui::UnregisterBind("bind_skate3_log_debug_marker");
+  rex::ui::UnregisterBind("bind_skate3_log_user_marker");
   ApplyGameplayCursorMode();
   simple_settings_dialog_.reset();
-  StopGpuMemoryInvalidationThread();
-}
-
-void Skate3BaseApp::OnGuestThreadExit(rex::system::XThread* thread) {
-  (void)thread;
-  StopGpuMemoryInvalidationThread();
-}
-
-void Skate3BaseApp::StopGpuMemoryInvalidationThread() {
-  invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_running_.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
-  if (invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_.joinable()) {
-    invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_.join();
-  }
 }
 
 void Skate3BaseApp::ToggleSimpleSettings() {
@@ -501,10 +479,10 @@ void Skate3BaseApp::ToggleSimpleSettings() {
   };
   auto close_settings = [this]() { ApplyGameplayCursorMode(); };
   auto close_game = [this]() {
-#if REX_PLATFORM_MAC
+#if REX_PLATFORM_MAC || REX_PLATFORM_LINUX
     std::thread([]() {
       std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(10));
-      REXLOG_WARN("macOS Close Game watchdog exiting process after shutdown timeout");
+      REXLOG_WARN("Close Game watchdog exiting process after shutdown timeout");
       std::_Exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
     }).detach();
 #endif
@@ -648,6 +626,28 @@ void Skate3BaseApp::SaveDrawFingerprintLog() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void Skate3BaseApp::LogUserMarker() {
+  const uint32_t marker = debug_marker_count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed) + 1;
+  REXLOG_WARN("USER LOG MARKER #{}: F10 pressed", marker);
+}
+
+void Skate3BaseApp::LogDebugMarker() {
+  const uint32_t marker = debug_marker_count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed) + 1;
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("vulkan_debug_log_frame_summaries_remaining", "36000");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("vulkan_debug_frame_summary_interval_frames", "300");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("vulkan_debug_log_resolve_decisions_remaining", "10000");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("vulkan_debug_log_team_profile_background_candidates_remaining",
+                           "1000");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("vulkan_debug_log_team_profile_background_bindings_remaining",
+                           "256");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("filesystem_debug_log_fe_asset_ops_remaining", "10000");
+  rex::cvar::SetFlagByName("filesystem_debug_log_team_profile_background_remaining", "200");
+  REXLOG_WARN(
+      "USER DEBUG MARKER #{}: F9 pressed; enabled Vulkan frame summaries, resolve diagnostics, "
+      "FE asset diagnostics, and team_profile_background_0 tracing",
+      marker);
+}
+
 void Skate3BaseApp::ApplySelectedProfileToRuntime() {
   if (!runtime() || !runtime()->kernel_state() || !runtime()->kernel_state()->user_profile()) {
     return;
@@ -703,51 +703,106 @@ std::set<std::string> Skate3BaseApp::DiscoverRecipeAliases(
   return aliases;
 }
 
+bool Skate3BaseApp::CreateOverlayDirectory(
+    const std::filesystem::path& overlay_root, std::string_view guest_path) {
+  std::filesystem::path path = overlay_root;
+  size_t segment_start = 0;
+  while (segment_start < guest_path.size()) {
+    const size_t slash = guest_path.find('/', segment_start);
+    const size_t segment_end = slash == std::string_view::npos ? guest_path.size() : slash;
+    if (segment_end > segment_start) {
+      path /= std::string(guest_path.substr(segment_start, segment_end - segment_start));
+    }
+    if (slash == std::string_view::npos) {
+      break;
+    }
+    segment_start = slash + 1;
+  }
+
+  std::error_code ec;
+  std::filesystem::create_directories(path, ec);
+  return !ec;
+}
+
 void Skate3BaseApp::InstallRecipeOverlay() {
   if (recipe_overlay_installed_ || !runtime() || !runtime()->file_system()) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const auto content_root = game_data_root() / "data" / "content";
+  const auto content_root = runtime()->game_data_root() / "data" / "content";
   if (!std::filesystem::exists(content_root)) {
+    REXLOG_WARN("Skipping Skate 3 recipe VFS overlay; content root not found: {}",
+                content_root.string());
     return;
   }
 
   const auto aliases = DiscoverRecipeAliases(content_root);
   if (aliases.empty()) {
+    REXLOG_WARN("Skipping Skate 3 recipe VFS overlay; no recipe aliases found in {}",
+                content_root.string());
     return;
   }
 
-  const auto overlay_root = cache_root() / "vfs_recipe_aliases";
+  const auto overlay_root = cache_root() / "vfs_big_directory_aliases";
   std::error_code ec;
   std::filesystem::create_directories(overlay_root, ec);
   if (ec) {
+    REXLOG_WARN("Skipping Skate 3 BIG-directory VFS overlay; failed to create {}: {}",
+                overlay_root.string(), ec.message());
     return;
   }
 
   size_t created = 0;
   for (const auto& alias : aliases) {
-    std::filesystem::create_directories(overlay_root / alias, ec);
-    if (!ec) {
+    const std::string guest_path = std::string("data/content/recipe/") + alias;
+    if (CreateOverlayDirectory(overlay_root, guest_path)) {
       ++created;
     }
-    ec.clear();
   }
+
+  static constexpr std::string_view kBigDirectoryAliases[] = {
+      "data/scene",
+      "data/scene/anim",
+      "data/scene/trickguide",
+      "data/livingworld/PluginDescriptor",
+      "data/state/livingworldentities/pedestrian/plugin",
+  };
+  for (std::string_view alias : kBigDirectoryAliases) {
+    if (CreateOverlayDirectory(overlay_root, alias)) {
+      ++created;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!created) {
+    REXLOG_WARN("Skipping Skate 3 BIG-directory VFS overlay; failed to create alias directories in {}",
+                overlay_root.string());
     return;
   }
 
   auto device = std::make_unique<rex::filesystem::HostPathDevice>(
-      "skate3recipe:", overlay_root, true);
+      "skate3bigdirs:", overlay_root, true);
   if (!device->Initialize()) {
+    REXLOG_WARN("Skipping Skate 3 BIG-directory VFS overlay; failed to initialize host device for {}",
+                overlay_root.string());
     return;
   }
 
   runtime()->file_system()->RegisterDevice(std::move(device));
   runtime()->file_system()->RegisterSymbolicLink(
       "\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1\\data\\content\\recipe",
-      "skate3recipe:");
+      "skate3bigdirs:\\data\\content\\recipe");
+  runtime()->file_system()->RegisterSymbolicLink(
+      "\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1\\data\\scene",
+      "skate3bigdirs:\\data\\scene");
+  runtime()->file_system()->RegisterSymbolicLink(
+      "\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1\\data\\livingworld\\PluginDescriptor",
+      "skate3bigdirs:\\data\\livingworld\\PluginDescriptor");
+  runtime()->file_system()->RegisterSymbolicLink(
+      "\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition1\\data\\state\\livingworldentities\\pedestrian\\plugin",
+      "skate3bigdirs:\\data\\state\\livingworldentities\\pedestrian\\plugin");
   recipe_overlay_installed_ = true;
+  REXLOG_INFO("Installed Skate 3 BIG-directory VFS overlay with {} aliases from {}",
+              created, content_root.string());
 }
 
 void Skate3BaseApp::InstallBigDeviceAliases() {
diff --git a/src/skate3_app_common.h b/src/skate3_app_common.h
index a5da3c7..e0f95ee 100644
--- a/src/skate3_app_common.h
+++ b/src/skate3_app_common.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
-#include <thread>
 
 #include <rex/rex_app.h>
 #include <rex/ui/overlay/simple_settings_overlay.h>
@@ -31,12 +30,9 @@ class Skate3BaseApp : public rex::ReXApp {
   void OnConfigureFonts(ImFontAtlas* atlas) override;
   void OnCreateDialogs(rex::ui::ImGuiDrawer* drawer) override;
   void OnPostSetup() override;
-  void OnPostLaunchModule(rex::system::XThread* thread) override;
   void OnShutdown() override;
-  void OnGuestThreadExit(rex::system::XThread* thread) override;
 
  private:
-  void StopGpuMemoryInvalidationThread();
   void InstallRecipeOverlay();
   void InstallBigDeviceAliases();
   void ToggleSimpleSettings();
@@ -44,11 +40,15 @@ class Skate3BaseApp : public rex::ReXApp {
   void ApplyGameplayCursorMode();
   void RestartGame();
   void SaveDrawFingerprintLog();
+  void LogUserMarker();
+  void LogDebugMarker();
   void ApplySelectedProfileToRuntime();
 
   static bool IsRecipeNameChar(char c);
   static std::set<std::string> DiscoverRecipeAliases(
       const std::filesystem::path& content_root);
+  static bool CreateOverlayDirectory(const std::filesystem::path& overlay_root,
+                                     std::string_view guest_path);
 
   std::filesystem::path config_path_;
   std::filesystem::path user_settings_path_;
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@ class Skate3BaseApp : public rex::ReXApp {
   std::unique_ptr<rex::ui::SimpleSettingsDialog> simple_settings_dialog_;
   bool recipe_overlay_installed_ = false;
   bool big_device_aliases_installed_ = false;
-  std::atomic<bool> invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_running_{false};
-  std::thread invalidate_gpu_memory_thread_;
+  std::atomic<uint32_t> debug_marker_count_{0};
 };
diff --git a/third_party/rexglue-sdk b/third_party/rexglue-sdk
index 3184592..5b6b87b 160000
--- a/third_party/rexglue-sdk
+++ b/third_party/rexglue-sdk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3184592404a70a4c1fcd07c8dd6f2494c4bd8b4f
+Subproject commit 5b6b87bcea1d70b6922815890bb81adc929ea106