/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10506485
PS2 I guess. Also NOT RET-
>ported to the PS2 in 2007
Fuck

I ask, because I remember the PS2 version of LCS had absolute shit performance on PS3. I've never played a console game with such unplayable frame rate.

Ppsspp is a better emulator than pcsx2. Because the psp's architecture is very similar to the ps1, whereas the ps2 is some retarded proprietary set up so it's harder to get right. That being said, just look on pcsx2 wiki to see if those games have any major issues and if not go ps2.

>>10506485
I think there are a few extra side missions in the PS2 ports but nothing too substantial. Probably some RC racing shit. The extra shoulder buttons and analog stick improve the controls a lot as well. But if I remember correctly, the graphics are pretty shit compared to GTA 3 and VC. They didn't really upgrade anything from the PSP visuals.

>>10506485
PSP for performance, PS2 for camera controls and bug fixes.

>>10506502
I remember the frame rate being bad when I played on PS2 but it's probably still worse on PS3. Basically, don't expect than to run as well as the first two on PS2.

>>10506510
>Ppsspp is a better emulator than pcsx2.
Yeah from a purely emulation standpoint I'd say pick the PSP version just because the emulation is so much better.

PS2, but they're far more demanding to emulate on pcsx2 than ppsspp.
My steam deck chugged when trying to emulate LCS on pcsx2, so I just ended up streaming it from my high end desktop PC to my steam deck so I could play it at 4k upscaled and the 60fps patch. Even then I had occasional split second moments where the game ever so slightly slowed down in certain parts of the city. It was barely noticable without a framerate counter on, but I could feel it.
Still, I beat LCS 100% though.

>>10506485
I played both on pcsx2 a loooooong time ago and they were fine just needed to align sprites or w/e, it's been a while
>>10506502
was it a backwards compatible PS3 or a non-BC one playing the game from PSN? I tried LCS on PS3 too and it was garbage but it was the PSN version

PS2. LCS is harder to emulate than VCS, but it shouldn't be an issue nowadays.

Lcs is pretty much the same, vcs is miles better on ps2 with more content.
>>10506502
The ntsc version plays perfectly fine on PS2. The framerate is so bad it's unplayable meme exclusively comes from the no games console owners

>>10506485
>PSP
>ever

psp for vice city stories and the pc port for liberty city stories, the ps2 emulator jank isn't worth it
>>10506745
>>10506510
as these anons said

>>10508202
it had a couple of neat exclusives like metal gear acid and (for a while) lumines. why are you console warring shit from 20 years ago?

play it on ps2 just for the sake that the controls were absolute ass on psp. if you are a part of VR you should already have a softmodded ps2 and a crt to play it on already.

>>10508367
>were absolute ass on psp
ah yes another retard who never bothered to look for a second into option menu to see that there was control scheme 2 option which made controls not absolute ass

>>10507778
>The framerate is so bad it's unplayable meme exclusively comes from the no games console owners
Nah, I've run GTA 3 and then LCS on a Phat PS2+CRT to compare and LCS just doesn't run as well. Same for VC and VCS. They are still playable, though, just not very optimized.

Framerate on real ps2 is dog ass and traffic density is laughably low

Its like a fan made clone of real vice city, couldnt get into it

>>10506485
the pcp version is the best

Not OP but I wanna ask the same question in a different way. Which is better for these games, emulated PSP or real hardware PS2

>>10508315
Because it's 4chan, and if there's no reason to get pissy, the good members of this community will find one.

>>10508973
PSP would be better in every way if it had proper camera controls.

>>10508973
>>10508984
I can't say if this will work for GTA, but my usual trick for PSP games was to map camera controls to dpad in the game, then map dpad to right analog in the emulator.

>>10508973
real hardware psp

>>10509021
that's the monster hunter fu trick. gta didnt have camera controls

>>10509056
Ah, shit, nevermind then. I used that trick for the Armored Core ports, but then you couldn't ditch weapons in Last Raven due to the purge commands not working with certain control setups.

These might have been solid PSP exclusives to sell some units but then they decided to make definitive versions of the game on the PS2 which nearly everyone owned at that point. Poor PSP.

>>10506510
>Ppsspp
are you trying to attract a cat?

>>10509090
>definitive versions
good morning, sir

>>10509090
why dont you speak about chinatown wars then. it had similar situation but in favor of psp

>>10509053
Don't got a real hardware PSP, which is why I didn't list that as an option

>>10509120
Nobody apart from Monster Hunter fans in Japan was even thinking about the PSP by the time Chinatown Wars came out, they blew their chance to capture mainstream attention and the DS had cemented itself as the handheld to get. It’s why everyone thinks of the FF3 remake as a DS title even though it also had its definitive release on PSP. Most people just don’t know or care.

>>10509128
yet no one gave a fuck about chinatown wars on ds and that alone forced them to port it to psp. as clearly more people were on that console

>>10509173
The DS version outsold it, though the game did poorly overall

>>10509180
that's because in 2009 it was easier to pirate game on psp. of course it sold poorly. but more people played it

>>10509185
How do you even measure that? And R4 cards had been out and well known for anyone interested in DS piracy for a couple years before the game released

>>10509185

I just tried both the PSP (PPSSPP) and the PS2 (PCSX2) version of LCS.
I found the darker, cooler color pallete of the PS2 version more appealing, and more akin to the atmosphere of GTA III. The PSP version looks too cartoonish to me. Controls are also way better than on PSP, it's nice to be able to use the right analog to change camera position. Performance is extremely crap on my laptop though.

>>10506485
Definitely ps2 because of controls (graphics also but mostly controls)

The left one is a lot more fun too. Vice city felt half baked in comparison. It's not a bad game just not as good

Gta4>gtalcstories>gta3>vicecitystories>vicecity>5>gta1/2