Time Crisis 3: Rescue Mission (w/PS2 messing up near end?)

around the 30 minute mark, it sounds like my disc is skipping the music around... and later, the cutscenes just straight-up don't load, but somehow i'm still able to finish the game.
New best score too because I'd only played that mode a few times in the past lmao -- Watch live at

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