well, aparently load times can vary depending on what you are using

i played on original ntsc play 2 and game, but my hard/expert% was done in a pal ps2 (with ntsc game) and tried to compare the 2 and it seems that the ntsc version is something like 0.2 faster loadings (but im not sure, i dont have the right tools hehe) the loading times are between 10-11 sec

and noticed that the faster clicking helps a lot

:)