upgrading Playstation slow 2x cd-rom wit a 50x!!!

[tmv22]

im 72 years old. time doesnt get any wasted playing vid games, let alone waitin for this gran tourismo 2 thing to load on a 2x cd-rom.

does anyone, any, out there tried to swap the default 2x to anything, any, faster than a 2x rom?

thanx, yo grandpa.

 

[thraxes]

unfortunately the PlayStation has its own CD-Rom interface which is based loosely around the PC-CDROM Sony CDU-330 or something like that. I used to have one and it used a proprietary connector on the sound card. So the only chance to get better load times for GT2 is to get a PS2... but then who needs GT2 when you can run the fantastic GT3??

 

[majewski9]

you cant do it! Maybe if put a stronger motor in the psx cdrom! I don't think that would help either since the hardware might not give enough power to the cdrom motor to move faster!

 

[Jittos]

so you know how fast is the DVD drive in PS2? It took forever to load games in PS2 too.

 

[zephyrprime]

A stronger motor certainly wouldn't do it. You'd all the electronics.

Maybe you could try the Playstation Emulator for PC. Then you'd be able to use whatever cd-rom was on your computer.

 

[Cheep]

Yup-- the PS2 will load Playstation games much faster than a Playstation can.

 

[tmv22]

im trying the emulators now.
not bad at all. no need for mod chips or anything.