Problems with PS2 emulator on PC

[mabsdk]

Hi,

I've installed recalbox 9.1 on a PC to be able to run all my old PS2 games.
The PC is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny, with an Intel i3 CPU, 8GB Ram and Intel HD Graphics 530.

The games start but I have some big issues.

• GTA: San Andreas

  • After about 1-2 minutes the camera locks to show the bike / car from the front, making it impossible to navigate.
  • has really weird artifacts / odd shadows from the surroundings/trees/NPCs on PCSX2. These go away on Libretro PCSX2.
  • The games freezes (on both emulators) after a few minutes, with no way of recovering without hard rebooting the PC.

• For other PS2 games:

  • Savestates are lost on restart of the game.
    This includes autosave/load.
  • In PCSX2 I cannot enter the RetroArch menu (hotkey+b) or restart emulator (hotkey+a). Two click to exit setting is not respected.
    In other emulators Hotkey-Key blocks key from the game, but in PCSX2 the game still reacts.

Is there something I can do to solve these problems?

[Rohit045]

You're facing several common issues with Recalbox 9.1 and PCSX2 on your Lenovo M700 Tiny with Intel HD Graphics 530. GTA: San Andreas suffers from camera glitches and visual artifacts, which can often be reduced by using the Libretro PCSX2 core or switching to software rendering mode (toggle with F9). Game freezes are likely due to GPU driver limitations or BIOS/config issues—using accurate BIOS files and checking system temperatures may help. Savestates are currently unreliable in Recalbox’s PCSX2 implementation, so it's safer to use in-game memory card saves. Hotkeys like entering the RetroArch menu or exiting the emulator often don't work properly in standalone PCSX2, making the Libretro core a better choice for consistent controller behavior and hotkey functionality.