diff --git a/src/d3d8/d3d8_device.cpp b/src/d3d8/d3d8_device.cpp
index 9eee94f05358..fdb881e75cb3 100644
--- a/src/d3d8/d3d8_device.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d8/d3d8_device.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,11 @@ namespace dxvk {
           UINT                Height,
           D3DFORMAT           Format,
           IDirect3DSurface8** ppSurface) {
-    // FIXME: Handle D3DPOOL_SCRATCH in CopyRects
+    // Workaround for Chrome: Gold Edition
+    if (m_d3d8Options.useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8 && Format == D3DFMT_R8G8B8)
+      Format = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
+
+    // TODO: Handle D3DPOOL_SCRATCH in CopyRects
     D3DPOOL pool = isUnsupportedSurfaceFormat(Format) ? D3DPOOL_SCRATCH : D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM;
 
     Com<d3d9::IDirect3DSurface9> pSurf = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/d3d8/d3d8_options.h b/src/d3d8/d3d8_options.h
index 67bdf35927cd..09707f8a8d10 100644
--- a/src/d3d8/d3d8_options.h
+++ b/src/d3d8/d3d8_options.h
@@ -34,11 +34,23 @@ namespace dxvk {
     /// and above. Most likely ATI/AMD drivers never supported P8 in the first place.
     bool placeP8InScratch = false;
 
+    /// Chrome: Gold Edition ends up on a path calling CopyRects on a D3DPOOL_DEFAULT source 
+    /// surface using the X8R8G8B8 format and a D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM (or D3DPOOL_SCRATCH) 
+    /// destination surface using R8G8B8, and crashes should that call fail.
+    ///
+    /// Since CopyRects does not perform format conversions, we need to handle it ourselves
+    /// before it gets to that point, by swapping R8G8B8 with X8R8G8B8 during the call to 
+    /// CreateImageSurface (which creates the destination surface for CopyRects). 
+    /// 
+    /// I am unsure how this entire thing even ever worked on native...
+    bool useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8 = false;
+
     D3D8Options() {}
     D3D8Options(const Config& config) {
       auto forceVsDeclStr     = config.getOption<std::string>("d3d8.forceVsDecl",            "");
       batching                = config.getOption<bool>       ("d3d8.batching",               batching);
       placeP8InScratch        = config.getOption<bool>       ("d3d8.placeP8InScratch",       placeP8InScratch);
+      useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8    = config.getOption<bool>       ("d3d8.useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8",   useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8);
 
       parseVsDecl(forceVsDeclStr);
     }
diff --git a/src/d3d8/d3d8_surface.cpp b/src/d3d8/d3d8_surface.cpp
index 8d7c970bbcd3..7828f239bee1 100644
--- a/src/d3d8/d3d8_surface.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d8/d3d8_surface.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ namespace dxvk {
         d3d9::D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE, 0,
         FALSE,
         &image,
-        NULL);      
-      
+        NULL);
+
       if (FAILED(res))
-        throw new DxvkError("D3D8: Failed to create blit image");
-      
+        Logger::err(str::format("Failed to create blit image for format: ", desc.Format));
+
       return image;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/config/config.cpp b/src/util/config/config.cpp
index 66d426125af8..f50451d82d51 100644
--- a/src/util/config/config.cpp
+++ b/src/util/config/config.cpp
@@ -1116,6 +1116,13 @@ namespace dxvk {
     { R"(\\SplinterCell2\.exe$)", {{
       { "d3d9.maxFrameRate",                  "60" },
     }} },
+    /* Chrome: Gold Edition                       *
+     * Relies on some form of R8G8B8 support and  *
+     * has broken character motion at high FPS    */
+    { R"(\\Chrome(Single|Net)\.exe$)", {{
+      { "d3d8.useX8R8G8B8forR8G8B8",        "True" },
+      { "d3d9.maxFrameRate",                  "60" },
+    }} },
   }};