midnight club 3 - Protocol not working well :(

[Formula1]

I have a duo2se modchip and a 400c laser. When i play midnight club 3 it will often freeze and i'll have to restart my ps2. the areas of the game where i notice the game freezing is when i complete the third stage of racing/challenging a person and it also freezes when i try to go to the "garage" while cruising. Im wondering, has anyone experienced this problem , or know of a way to fix it.... i burned the game on a dvd+r at 6x with alcohol 120%....

thanks in advance...

[colt45joe]

eh, some things you can do is try using dvd decrypter, or use DVD-R, or burn at a lower speed. and also use high quality disks: Verbatim, or Ritek.

[Formula1]

what do you think about an 8x Ridata?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817132321

by the way, do you have MC3_Protocol ?

[Formula1]

wow it looks like i got it figured out. i took out the disc and cleaned to very hard, and from therei inserted it. and from there i waited like a minute, and the game was able to unfreeze itself

[colt45joe]

so it was something as simple as just having to clean the disk, cool.

and, nope i dont have protocol... i rented the game and copied it

[Formula1]

so it was something as simple as just having to clean the disk, cool.

and, nope i dont have protocol... i rented the game and copied it

crap i just got to the part where i beat Vanessa on the third race. after getting the second prize, the game freezes again, i wait 15 mins and nothing... could be the laser..

[Formula1]

here's a thread i came upon from google.com

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/181187

many people are experienced long load times and other issues, also... with protocol version...