just asking what system would you need to not lag and have max load speed? because my ps2 is a pretty old version so it seems to lag a bit and the load speed is slow. also do you need a specific version of the game as well? sorry for so many questions but i'm new at this(and not that old :)). can you recommend a recording system for speedruns? do you have to have a timer running in the recording? thanks in advance :) again sorry for so many questions but i'm a meganoob when it comes to technical stuff...

i use a ps2 model 77000 and with fast disc speed enabled, no lag and fast loading times. timer running during recording is unnecessary as long as the recording is in one piece and easily retimable afterward

yeah, all consoles 77000-90000 are best, a 75000 doesn't lag but has worse loads than the other 2. there is no differences in loads between a 77000 and a 90000.

All versions of the game are the same

What do you even mean with recording system? you mean a capture card? a PC? the recording software?

I just don't know how to record on a tv and I don't want to waste money on useless software... as I said before I don't know what I am doing at all with technical stuff XD. Sorry if you're wasting your time answering stupid questions... it'll probably be quite awhile before I use any of this anyway I need to practice a lot more before submitting a run. and of course I need to get all this stuff as well(the stuff were talking about). Let me specify about the recording software question. You see, I'm not sure how to record on a tv, I guess you use a capture card to get footage or something... but like I said, I don't know what I'm doing... anyway I guess the question was about what you even use to record on speedruns AND some recommended software. specifically what would be good for speedrunning. I am definitely looking more towards price than quality. As long as it works and records stuff in one piece it's fine. Well that'd be about it(again sorry for wasting your time I'm just a complete noob, I feel that way at least :P).

Well, there is 2 options:

1. Play emulator and enjoy input delay and lag (sarcasm)

2. Get a capture card => You can get cheap capture cards like Dazzle and EasyCap . => You also want to get a PS2 cable that has S-Video out so that you can use the S-video and red/white into the capture card and the Yellow part into your TV. (alternatively you can get a splitter cable for your PS2 cable to go to your TV + capture card)

Next: You can get software for free (OSB : open broadcaster software) or Xsplit . OBS is 100% free though and that's what i use.

That's all you need really.

If you want to get more advanced and do higher quality local records you can get a program called AmarecTV to do so. But you can perfectly just use the capture card directly into OBS (the streaming program)

i hope this is clear enough

Thanks this really helps, Thex. :):):)