Apologies for the late response.
Better to ask than end up submitting a run only to have it removed for breaking the rules.
Noted. I'll probably do runs with OPL until I can get the game on the PS store. EDIT: But not submit them¤ It just wasn't stated anywhere here that I could find, so I had to ask.
Part of me said that it wouldn't be allowed, but you never really know.
I personally don't see why it wouldn't be allowed. It's almost the same, and there isn't anything I could do that would artificially speed up game play (except a few options in OPL which could be disabled) or save at a certain point to retry a trick.
Like, it is definitely a gray area. It's not playing right from a disc, but I am playing it on the actual hardware it was intended to play on. Eh. It's something I'll just leave to the mods to decide.
I am planning to run the "All Jobs" category, but I have a few issues. One being, I do own the game on a disc, however my disc reader just doesn't work at or my disc is so scratched it can't play anymore. So I'm wondering if using a USB and OPL would be allowed, as it's technically not using an emulator. The other being the only method of recording I have is using my device as a camera which essentially means horrible quality. If that's fine, then I already have my answer for that.