Another report here: It is now sunday, 2nd of November, 10:00h GMT. I launch PS2 to see if there is a hotfix and there is! A small 6 Mb install occurs, and then I start playing the game. Same as before. No freezes, but about 5 mins in I get a freeze that does not go away and have to terminate the process in task manager.
Just reported it, since I didn't specifically see any new or confirmed threads associated with the issue.
I have had the same problem too, does anyone know why it is happening. At first i thought it was my computer, but i can run the game on medium no problem. So i really don't know what to do here and i hope they fix it soon.