diff --git a/src/parts/parts.c b/src/parts/parts.c
index dae8334..6d04aaf 100644
--- a/src/parts/parts.c
+++ b/src/parts/parts.c
@@ -1120,6 +1120,11 @@ static void parts_update_component(struct parts *parts)
 
 void PE_UpdateComponent(possibly_unused int passed_time)
 {
+	// After loading a save, the game script may compute a negative time delta
+	// because it stores an absolute system.GetTime() value in the save data,
+	// which is meaningless across process restarts.
+	if (passed_time < 0)
+		passed_time = 0;
 	while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&dirty_list)) {
 		// pop parts object from dirty list
 		struct parts *parts = TAILQ_FIRST(&dirty_list);
diff --git a/src/parts/render.c b/src/parts/render.c
index 570c4e9..6a91641 100644
--- a/src/parts/render.c
+++ b/src/parts/render.c
@@ -634,12 +634,6 @@ static bool pe_dirty = false;
 
 void parts_render_update(int passed_time)
 {
-	// XXX: hack for Rance 01 load issue
-	//      There is a bug in Rance 01 where a single bad frame is displayed after
-	//      loading a save. When this happens, the game passes a negative time delta
-	//      to PE_Update. We fix this issue by ignoring such calls.
-	if (passed_time < 0)
-		return;
 	if (pe_dirty) {
 		struct parts *p;
 		PARTS_LIST_FOREACH(p) {