diff --git a/src/dusk/stubs.cpp b/src/dusk/stubs.cpp
index eece4d356e..867a1e1a7d 100644
--- a/src/dusk/stubs.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/stubs.cpp
@@ -1171,88 +1171,6 @@ void AIStopDMA(void) {
     STUB_LOG("AIStopDMA is a stub");
 }
 
-#pragma mark AR
-#include <dolphin/ar.h>
-
-// ARAM emulation: allocate a large buffer to simulate the GameCube's Auxiliary RAM.
-// ARAM "addresses" are offsets into this buffer. On GameCube, ARAM is 16 MB starting
-// at a base address returned by ARInit. We emulate this by malloc'ing a 16 MB buffer
-// and using a simple bump allocator (matching ARAlloc behavior on real hardware).
-static const u32 ARAM_EMU_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16 MB (GameCube ARAM size)
-static u8* sAramBuffer = nullptr;
-static u32 sAramAllocPtr = 0; // bump allocator offset into sAramBuffer
-
-// Convert an ARAM "address" (offset) to a real host pointer
-static u8* aramToHost(u32 aramAddr) {
-    if (!sAramBuffer || aramAddr >= ARAM_EMU_SIZE) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    return sAramBuffer + aramAddr;
-}
-
-u32 ARAlloc(u32 length) {
-    // Simple bump allocator (matching GameCube behavior - ARAlloc never frees)
-    u32 addr = sAramAllocPtr;
-    sAramAllocPtr += (length + 31) & ~31; // 32-byte align
-    if (sAramAllocPtr > ARAM_EMU_SIZE) {
-        OSReport("[ARAM] ERROR: ARAlloc overflow! Requested %u, used %u/%u\n",
-                 length, sAramAllocPtr, ARAM_EMU_SIZE);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    OSReport("[ARAM] ARAlloc(%u) -> 0x%08X\n", length, addr);
-    return addr;
-}
-
-u32 ARGetSize(void) {
-    return ARAM_EMU_SIZE;
-}
-
-u32 ARInit(u32* stack_index_addr, u32 num_entries) {
-    if (!sAramBuffer) {
-        sAramBuffer = (u8*)malloc(ARAM_EMU_SIZE);
-        if (sAramBuffer) {
-            memset(sAramBuffer, 0, ARAM_EMU_SIZE);
-            OSReport("[ARAM] Initialized %u bytes of emulated ARAM\n", ARAM_EMU_SIZE);
-        } else {
-            OSReport("[ARAM] FATAL: Failed to allocate ARAM emulation buffer!\n");
-        }
-    }
-    // Return base address (start of usable ARAM, after stack entries)
-    sAramAllocPtr = 0;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-#pragma mark ARQ
-void ARQPostRequest(ARQRequest* request, u32 owner, u32 type, u32 priority, uintptr_t source, uintptr_t dest,
-                    u32 length, ARQCallback callback) {
-    // Emulate ARAM DMA transfers using memcpy.
-    // type 0 = MRAM -> ARAM, type 1 = ARAM -> MRAM
-    if (type == ARAM_DIR_MRAM_TO_ARAM) {
-        // Main RAM -> ARAM: source is a host pointer (cast to u32), dest is an ARAM offset
-        u8* hostSrc = (u8*)(uintptr_t)source;
-        u8* aramDst = aramToHost(dest);
-        if (aramDst && hostSrc) {
-            memcpy(aramDst, hostSrc, length);
-        }
-    } else {
-        // ARAM -> Main RAM: source is an ARAM offset, dest is a host pointer (cast to u32)
-        u8* aramSrc = aramToHost(source);
-        u8* hostDst = (u8*)(uintptr_t)dest;
-        if (aramSrc && hostDst) {
-            memcpy(hostDst, aramSrc, length);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Immediately invoke the callback (synchronous on PC, no DMA latency)
-    if (callback) {
-        callback((uintptr_t)request);
-    }
-}
-
-void ARQInit() {
-    // Nothing to do on PC - ARAM is initialized in ARInit
-}
-
 #pragma mark DVD
 #include <dolphin/dvd.h>
 s32 DVDCancel(volatile DVDCommandBlock* block) {
diff --git a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
index 4919f8699e..b4d440b6bf 100644
--- a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
+++ b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     config.configPath = ".";
     config.logCallback = &aurora_log_callback;
     config.mem1Size = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
+    config.mem2Size = 24 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     auroraInfo = aurora_initialize(argc, argv, &config);