diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
index 470d303e21..780f8da7b9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\VideoConfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\VideoEvents.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\VideoState.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\Widescreen.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\XFMemory.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoCommon\XFStructs.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -1306,6 +1307,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\VideoBackendBase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\VideoConfig.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\VideoState.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\Widescreen.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\XFMemory.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="VideoCommon\XFStructs.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 5428facc55..632120ee09 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ add_library(videocommon
   VideoConfig.h
   VideoState.cpp
   VideoState.h
+  Widescreen.cpp
+  Widescreen.h
   XFMemory.cpp
   XFMemory.h
   XFStructs.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Present.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Present.cpp
index d5fa440417..0e7f6b96d9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Present.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Present.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/FrameDumper.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenUI.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PostProcessing.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoEvents.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/Widescreen.h"
 
 std::unique_ptr<VideoCommon::Presenter> g_presenter;
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ float Presenter::CalculateDrawAspectRatio() const
   const float aspect_ratio = VideoInterface::GetAspectRatio();
 
   if (aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide ||
-      (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Auto && g_renderer->IsGameWidescreen()))
+      (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Auto && g_widescreen->IsGameWidescreen()))
   {
     return AspectToWidescreen(aspect_ratio);
   }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ std::tuple<float, float> Presenter::ApplyStandardAspectCrop(float width, float h
   const float current_aspect = width / height;
   const float expected_aspect =
       (aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide ||
-       (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Auto && g_renderer->IsGameWidescreen())) ?
+       (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Auto && g_widescreen->IsGameWidescreen())) ?
           (16.0f / 9.0f) :
           (4.0f / 3.0f);
   if (current_aspect > expected_aspect)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void Presenter::UpdateDrawRectangle()
   if (g_ActiveConfig.bWidescreenHack)
   {
     float source_aspect = VideoInterface::GetAspectRatio();
-    if (g_renderer && g_renderer->IsGameWidescreen())
+    if (g_widescreen->IsGameWidescreen())
       source_aspect = AspectToWidescreen(source_aspect);
 
     const float adjust = source_aspect / draw_aspect_ratio;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
index d324dacac6..e597ee1e82 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
@@ -26,19 +26,14 @@
 #include "Common/Logging/Log.h"
 #include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
 
-#include "Core/Config/SYSCONFSettings.h"
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
 #include "Core/System.h"
 
-#include "VideoCommon/AbstractGfx.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/BPFunctions.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/BPMemory.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/BoundingBox.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/FrameDumper.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/FramebufferManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Present.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
@@ -48,15 +43,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<Renderer> g_renderer;
 
 Renderer::Renderer() : m_prev_efb_format{PixelFormat::INVALID_FMT}
 {
-  UpdateWidescreen();
-
-  m_config_changed_handle =
-      ConfigChangedEvent::Register([this](u32 bits) { OnConfigChanged(bits); }, "Renderer");
-
-  // VertexManager doesn't maintain statistics in Wii mode.
-  if (!SConfig::GetInstance().bWii)
-    m_update_widescreen_handle =
-        AfterFrameEvent::Register([this] { UpdateWidescreenHeuristic(); }, "WideScreen Heuristic");
 }
 
 Renderer::~Renderer() = default;
@@ -166,85 +152,6 @@ void Renderer::PokeEFB(EFBAccessType type, const EfbPokeData* points, size_t num
   }
 }
 
-void Renderer::UpdateWidescreen()
-{
-  if (SConfig::GetInstance().bWii)
-    m_is_game_widescreen = Config::Get(Config::SYSCONF_WIDESCREEN);
-
-  // suggested_aspect_mode overrides SYSCONF_WIDESCREEN
-  if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog)
-    m_is_game_widescreen = false;
-  else if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide)
-    m_is_game_widescreen = true;
-
-  // If widescreen hack is disabled override game's AR if UI is set to 4:3 or 16:9.
-  if (!g_ActiveConfig.bWidescreenHack)
-  {
-    const auto aspect_mode = g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode;
-    if (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog)
-      m_is_game_widescreen = false;
-    else if (aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide)
-      m_is_game_widescreen = true;
-  }
-}
-
-// Heuristic to detect if a GameCube game is in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen mode.
-void Renderer::UpdateWidescreenHeuristic()
-{
-  const auto flush_statistics = g_vertex_manager->ResetFlushAspectRatioCount();
-
-  // If suggested_aspect_mode (GameINI) is configured don't use heuristic.
-  if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode != AspectMode::Auto)
-    return;
-
-  UpdateWidescreen();
-
-  // If widescreen hack isn't active and aspect_mode (UI) is 4:3 or 16:9 don't use heuristic.
-  if (!g_ActiveConfig.bWidescreenHack && (g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog ||
-                                          g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide))
-    return;
-
-  // Modify the threshold based on which aspect ratio we're already using:
-  // If the game's in 4:3, it probably won't switch to anamorphic, and vice-versa.
-  static constexpr u32 TRANSITION_THRESHOLD = 3;
-
-  const auto looks_normal = [](auto& counts) {
-    return counts.normal_vertex_count > counts.anamorphic_vertex_count * TRANSITION_THRESHOLD;
-  };
-  const auto looks_anamorphic = [](auto& counts) {
-    return counts.anamorphic_vertex_count > counts.normal_vertex_count * TRANSITION_THRESHOLD;
-  };
-
-  const auto& persp = flush_statistics.perspective;
-  const auto& ortho = flush_statistics.orthographic;
-
-  const auto ortho_looks_anamorphic = looks_anamorphic(ortho);
-
-  if (looks_anamorphic(persp) || ortho_looks_anamorphic)
-  {
-    // If either perspective or orthographic projections look anamorphic, it's a safe bet.
-    m_is_game_widescreen = true;
-  }
-  else if (looks_normal(persp) || (m_was_orthographically_anamorphic && looks_normal(ortho)))
-  {
-    // Many widescreen games (or AR/GeckoCodes) use anamorphic perspective projections
-    // with NON-anamorphic orthographic projections.
-    // This can cause incorrect changes to 4:3 when perspective projections are temporarily not
-    // shown. e.g. Animal Crossing's inventory menu.
-    // Unless we were in a situation which was orthographically anamorphic
-    // we won't consider orthographic data for changes from 16:9 to 4:3.
-    m_is_game_widescreen = false;
-  }
-
-  m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = ortho_looks_anamorphic;
-}
-
-void Renderer::OnConfigChanged(u32 bits)
-{
-  if (bits & CONFIG_CHANGE_BIT_ASPECT_RATIO)
-    UpdateWidescreen();
-}
-
 bool Renderer::UseVertexDepthRange()
 {
   // We can't compute the depth range in the vertex shader if we don't support depth clamp.
@@ -266,10 +173,5 @@ bool Renderer::UseVertexDepthRange()
 
 void Renderer::DoState(PointerWrap& p)
 {
-  p.Do(m_is_game_widescreen);
-
-  if (p.IsReadMode())
-  {
-    m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = false;
-  }
+  p.Do(m_prev_efb_format);
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
index afdfffccb9..e2ff0d0a06 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
@@ -37,28 +37,14 @@ public:
   virtual u32 AccessEFB(EFBAccessType type, u32 x, u32 y, u32 poke_data);
   virtual void PokeEFB(EFBAccessType type, const EfbPokeData* points, size_t num_points);
 
-  bool IsGameWidescreen() const { return m_is_game_widescreen; }
-
   PixelFormat GetPrevPixelFormat() const { return m_prev_efb_format; }
   void StorePixelFormat(PixelFormat new_format) { m_prev_efb_format = new_format; }
 
   static bool UseVertexDepthRange();
   void DoState(PointerWrap& p);
 
-  void OnConfigChanged(u32 bits);
-
-protected:
-  void UpdateWidescreen();
-  void UpdateWidescreenHeuristic();
-
-  bool m_is_game_widescreen = false;
-  bool m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = false;
-
 private:
   PixelFormat m_prev_efb_format;
-
-  EventHook m_update_widescreen_handle;
-  EventHook m_config_changed_handle;
 };
 
 extern std::unique_ptr<Renderer> g_renderer;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
index 3eeceb3c5e..95b58322d2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoState.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/Widescreen.h"
 
 VideoBackendBase* g_video_backend = nullptr;
 
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ bool VideoBackendBase::InitializeShared(std::unique_ptr<AbstractGfx> gfx,
   g_framebuffer_manager = std::make_unique<FramebufferManager>();
   g_shader_cache = std::make_unique<VideoCommon::ShaderCache>();
   g_graphics_mod_manager = std::make_unique<GraphicsModManager>();
+  g_widescreen = std::make_unique<WidescreenManager>();
 
   auto& system = Core::System::GetInstance();
   auto& command_processor = system.GetCommandProcessor();
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ void VideoBackendBase::ShutdownShared()
   g_shader_cache.reset();
   g_vertex_manager.reset();
   g_renderer.reset();
+  g_widescreen.reset();
   g_presenter.reset();
   g_gfx.reset();
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoState.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoState.cpp
index 5aae09e354..45b06e4973 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoState.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoState.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderManager.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/Widescreen.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/XFMemory.h"
 
 void VideoCommon_DoState(PointerWrap& p)
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ void VideoCommon_DoState(PointerWrap& p)
   g_bounding_box->DoState(p);
   p.DoMarker("Bounding Box");
 
+  g_widescreen->DoState(p);
+  p.DoMarker("Widescreen");
+
   // Refresh state.
   if (p.IsReadMode())
   {
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac8fa2fcfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include "VideoCommon/Widescreen.h"
+
+#include "Common/ChunkFile.h"
+#include "Core/Config/SYSCONFSettings.h"
+#include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
+
+#include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
+
+std::unique_ptr<WidescreenManager> g_widescreen;
+
+WidescreenManager::WidescreenManager()
+{
+  Update();
+
+  m_config_changed = ConfigChangedEvent::Register([this](u32 bits) {
+    if (bits & (CONFIG_CHANGE_BIT_ASPECT_RATIO))
+      Update();
+  }, "Widescreen");
+
+  // VertexManager doesn't maintain statistics in Wii mode.
+  if (!SConfig::GetInstance().bWii)
+  {
+    m_update_widescreen =
+        AfterFrameEvent::Register([this] { UpdateWidescreenHeuristic(); }, "WideScreen Heuristic");
+  }
+}
+
+
+void WidescreenManager::Update()
+{
+  if (SConfig::GetInstance().bWii)
+    m_is_game_widescreen = Config::Get(Config::SYSCONF_WIDESCREEN);
+
+  // suggested_aspect_mode overrides SYSCONF_WIDESCREEN
+  if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog)
+    m_is_game_widescreen = false;
+  else if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide)
+    m_is_game_widescreen = true;
+
+  // If widescreen hack is disabled override game's AR if UI is set to 4:3 or 16:9.
+  if (!g_ActiveConfig.bWidescreenHack)
+  {
+    const auto aspect_mode = g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode;
+    if (aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog)
+      m_is_game_widescreen = false;
+    else if (aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide)
+      m_is_game_widescreen = true;
+  }
+}
+
+// Heuristic to detect if a GameCube game is in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen mode.
+void WidescreenManager::UpdateWidescreenHeuristic()
+{
+  const auto flush_statistics = g_vertex_manager->ResetFlushAspectRatioCount();
+
+  // If suggested_aspect_mode (GameINI) is configured don't use heuristic.
+  if (g_ActiveConfig.suggested_aspect_mode != AspectMode::Auto)
+    return;
+
+  Update();
+
+  // If widescreen hack isn't active and aspect_mode (UI) is 4:3 or 16:9 don't use heuristic.
+  if (!g_ActiveConfig.bWidescreenHack && (g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode == AspectMode::Analog ||
+                                          g_ActiveConfig.aspect_mode == AspectMode::AnalogWide))
+    return;
+
+  // Modify the threshold based on which aspect ratio we're already using:
+  // If the game's in 4:3, it probably won't switch to anamorphic, and vice-versa.
+  static constexpr u32 TRANSITION_THRESHOLD = 3;
+
+  const auto looks_normal = [](auto& counts) {
+    return counts.normal_vertex_count > counts.anamorphic_vertex_count * TRANSITION_THRESHOLD;
+  };
+  const auto looks_anamorphic = [](auto& counts) {
+    return counts.anamorphic_vertex_count > counts.normal_vertex_count * TRANSITION_THRESHOLD;
+  };
+
+  const auto& persp = flush_statistics.perspective;
+  const auto& ortho = flush_statistics.orthographic;
+
+  const auto ortho_looks_anamorphic = looks_anamorphic(ortho);
+
+  if (looks_anamorphic(persp) || ortho_looks_anamorphic)
+  {
+    // If either perspective or orthographic projections look anamorphic, it's a safe bet.
+    m_is_game_widescreen = true;
+  }
+  else if (looks_normal(persp) || (m_was_orthographically_anamorphic && looks_normal(ortho)))
+  {
+    // Many widescreen games (or AR/GeckoCodes) use anamorphic perspective projections
+    // with NON-anamorphic orthographic projections.
+    // This can cause incorrect changes to 4:3 when perspective projections are temporarily not
+    // shown. e.g. Animal Crossing's inventory menu.
+    // Unless we were in a situation which was orthographically anamorphic
+    // we won't consider orthographic data for changes from 16:9 to 4:3.
+    m_is_game_widescreen = false;
+  }
+
+  m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = ortho_looks_anamorphic;
+}
+
+void WidescreenManager::DoState(PointerWrap& p)
+{
+  p.Do(m_is_game_widescreen);
+
+  if (p.IsReadMode())
+  {
+    m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = false;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..437149cb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Widescreen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+
+#include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/VideoEvents.h"
+
+class PointerWrap;
+
+// This class is responsible for tracking the game's aspect ratio.
+class WidescreenManager
+{
+public:
+  WidescreenManager();
+
+  bool IsGameWidescreen() const { return m_is_game_widescreen; }
+
+  void DoState(PointerWrap& p);
+private:
+  void Update();
+  void UpdateWidescreenHeuristic();
+
+  bool m_is_game_widescreen = false;
+  bool m_was_orthographically_anamorphic = false;
+
+  EventHook m_update_widescreen;
+  EventHook m_config_changed;
+};
+
+extern std::unique_ptr<WidescreenManager> g_widescreen;
\ No newline at end of file