Just tested and the USA version of this game is SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the EU version in many aspects.

Don't bother with the EU version if you want to have a competitive time!

Example: My PB with EU version = 25:25. My PB with the USA version is 21:58 and I made more mistakes/lost more time in that run than in my pb with the EU version.

For mission 1 my PB was 1:15. On the USA version i dip below 1 minute EASILY.

Both gameplay and the loading screen are significantly faster with the USA version.

You should play the US/JP version of ANY console game, because NTSC has a higher framerate than PAL.