1. BIOS Settings

Make sure "Fast boot" is disabled and always include the ps1 logo on your submission video.

2. Console Settings

• Async Readahead: 8 sectors
• Read Speedup: 3x (6x Speed)
• Seek Speedup: None (Normal Speed)

3. Emulation Settings

Make sure emulation speed is set to 100%.

4. Display Settings

Keep those checked for verification purposes:

• Show ODS Messages

• Show Emulation Speed

• Show Display FPS

• Show Controller Input

5. Audio Settings

To prevent some crashes at disc 3:

• Select Cubeb as Backend
• Select wasapi as Driver
• Select Time Stretch as Stretch Mode
• Check Minimal next to Output Latency