Gradius V making chainsaw noises in my PS2?!

[Sketcz]

Just got Gradius V (PAL) in the post today, running it on a PAL Slim PS2. It's a blue-bottomed CD-ROM based game.

It is the loudest game I've ever played - it makes more noise than even dodgy bootleg copies - it sounds kinda like a small chainsaw

Is this normal? I tried running an original copy of Shikigami no Shiro (JPN CD) in the same PS2, and it's as quiet as a butterfly. So I don't think it's the fact that Gradius V is on CD.

There's no scratches, no dirt, and the disc looks mint.

My big fear is that it's going to burn out my lense, since it's spinning REALLY fast, continuously, without stopping once. Surely the game isn't continuously streaming data?

Advice? Frankly, if it's going to carry on like this, I'm going to be tempted to reburn it onto a DVD and use disc swapping to boot it. Really annoyed since I'd specifically gone to the trouble of buying an original.

Is this perhaps unique to the PAL version?

[losersclub]

It's normal i think mate, my Pal version does the same

[Mayhem]

Yeah, mine is the same. CD based games spin very fast in PAL PS1s.

[Sketcz]

Yeah, mine is the same. CD based games spin very fast in PAL PS1s.

You mean PS2s, right?

So is it safe to use, or will it burn out the drive? I mean, is it worth me importing the NTSC version then, or perhaps reburning onto DVD? I'm assuming it can be reburned on to DVD, I don't think reburning it on to CD would help.

[teddymeow]

I seem to recall the Jap version was very loud in my nodded chunky PS2 but it is fine in my PS3.

In fact, most CD based games made the PS2 sound like it was trying to take off!

You should be fine, my PS2 still works after hours and hours of Gradius V action!!

[Sketcz]

Thanks for that, it's good to know, especially since I'm trying to 1cc it - so I could be a while. Just made it to the double-eyed core boss without dying.

(option 2 with lasers and satellite things)