I'm new to the speedrun scene, so apologies if the answer to this is common knowledge, or if there's no solution, which I hope isn't the case.

I have been having the most miserable luck in regards to black screens. The PS3 version has a chance of freezing for around 10 seconds upon grabbing an item/entering menu. I get at least 2 every single run, sometimes as many as 5. And they count in-game time, which is incredibly stupid.

I'm really hoping this issue can be erased and I won't have to pray for 2 run-breaking RNGs, the other being the Magnum/GL, because it isn't working. I notice other PS3/PSN runners aren't getting black screens, so is this something that purchasing and installing something on the PS3 can fix? Can I do anything to upgrade the port's functionality?