diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.cpp
index aed55f9c8a..1a29174f5a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.cpp
@@ -71,45 +71,47 @@ TGCFileReader::TGCFileReader(File::IOFile file) : m_file(std::move(file))
 {
   m_file.Seek(0, SEEK_SET);
   m_file.ReadArray(&m_header, 1);
-  u32 header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.header_size);
+  u32 header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.tgc_header_size);
   m_size = m_file.GetSize();
-  m_file_offset = Common::swap32(m_header.unknown_important_2) -
-                  Common::swap32(m_header.unknown_important_1) + header_size;
+  m_file_area_shift = Common::swap32(m_header.file_area_virtual_offset) -
+                      Common::swap32(m_header.file_area_real_offset) + header_size;
 }
 
 u64 TGCFileReader::GetDataSize() const
 {
-  return m_size + Common::swap32(m_header.unknown_important_2) -
-         Common::swap32(m_header.unknown_important_1);
+  return m_size + Common::swap32(m_header.file_area_virtual_offset) -
+         Common::swap32(m_header.file_area_real_offset);
 }
 
 bool TGCFileReader::Read(u64 offset, u64 nbytes, u8* out_ptr)
 {
   Interval<u64> first_part;
   Interval<u64> empty_part;
-  Interval<u64> last_part;
+  Interval<u64> file_part;
 
-  u32 header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.header_size);
-  SplitInterval(m_file_offset, Interval<u64>{offset, nbytes}, &first_part, &last_part);
-  SplitInterval(m_size - header_size, first_part, &first_part, &empty_part);
+  const u32 tgc_header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.tgc_header_size);
+  SplitInterval(m_file_area_shift, Interval<u64>{offset, nbytes}, &first_part, &file_part);
+  SplitInterval(m_size - tgc_header_size, first_part, &first_part, &empty_part);
 
-  // Offsets before m_file_offset are read as usual
+  // Offsets in the initial areas of the disc are unshifted
+  // (except for InternalRead's constant shift by tgc_header_size).
   if (!first_part.IsEmpty())
   {
     if (!InternalRead(first_part.start, first_part.length, out_ptr + (first_part.start - offset)))
       return false;
   }
 
-  // If any offset before m_file_offset isn't actually in the file,
-  // treat it as 0x00 bytes (so e.g. MD5 calculation of the whole disc won't fail)
+  // The data between the file area and the area that precedes it is treated as all zeroes.
+  // The game normally won't attempt to access this part of the virtual disc, but let's not return
+  // an error if it gets accessed, in case someone wants to copy or hash the whole virtual disc.
   if (!empty_part.IsEmpty())
     std::fill_n(out_ptr + (empty_part.start - offset), empty_part.length, 0);
 
-  // Offsets after m_file_offset are read as if they are (offset - m_file_offset)
-  if (!last_part.IsEmpty())
+  // Offsets in the file area are shifted by m_file_area_shift.
+  if (!file_part.IsEmpty())
   {
-    if (!InternalRead(last_part.start - m_file_offset, last_part.length,
-                      out_ptr + (last_part.start - offset)))
+    if (!InternalRead(file_part.start - m_file_area_shift, file_part.length,
+                      out_ptr + (file_part.start - offset)))
       return false;
   }
 
@@ -118,12 +120,14 @@ bool TGCFileReader::Read(u64 offset, u64 nbytes, u8* out_ptr)
 
 bool TGCFileReader::InternalRead(u64 offset, u64 nbytes, u8* out_ptr)
 {
-  u32 header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.header_size);
+  const u32 tgc_header_size = Common::swap32(m_header.tgc_header_size);
 
-  if (m_file.Seek(offset + header_size, SEEK_SET) && m_file.ReadBytes(out_ptr, nbytes))
+  if (m_file.Seek(offset + tgc_header_size, SEEK_SET) && m_file.ReadBytes(out_ptr, nbytes))
   {
-    Replace32(offset, nbytes, out_ptr, 0x420, SubtractBE32(m_header.dol_offset, header_size));
-    Replace32(offset, nbytes, out_ptr, 0x424, SubtractBE32(m_header.fst_offset, header_size));
+    Replace32(offset, nbytes, out_ptr, 0x420,
+              SubtractBE32(m_header.dol_real_offset, tgc_header_size));
+    Replace32(offset, nbytes, out_ptr, 0x424,
+              SubtractBE32(m_header.fst_real_offset, tgc_header_size));
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.h
index 1a2ef6f326..0816d27e3b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/TGCBlob.h
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ struct TGCHeader
 {
   u32 magic;
   u32 unknown_1;
-  u32 header_size;
-  u32 unknown_2;
+  u32 tgc_header_size;
+  u32 disc_header_area_size;
 
-  u32 fst_offset;
+  u32 fst_real_offset;
   u32 fst_size;
   u32 fst_max_size;
-  u32 dol_offset;
+  u32 dol_real_offset;
 
   u32 dol_size;
-  u32 unknown_important_1;
+  u32 file_area_real_offset;
+  u32 unknown_2;
   u32 unknown_3;
-  u32 unknown_4;
 
-  u32 unknown_5;
-  u32 unknown_important_2;
+  u32 unknown_4;
+  u32 file_area_virtual_offset;
 };
 
 class TGCFileReader final : public BlobReader
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private:
   File::IOFile m_file;
   u64 m_size;
 
-  u64 m_file_offset;
+  u64 m_file_area_shift;
 
   // Stored as big endian in memory, regardless of the host endianness
   TGCHeader m_header = {};