I don’t think it’s the disk, the game seems to crash when it plays one of its cut scenes before or after a mission. After many attempts I got to fly the first mission but then crashed when it cut to the landing scene on the hanger.
I thought it was incompatible with HDMI as I got slightly further running the PS3 on the std cable. The PS3 itself is about 2 years old but I have updated the software.
It’s a shame it won’t work as the PS1/2 upscaler really improves the games sharpness and texture. Almost makes it looks a re-mastered vision.
I’m putting it down to some kind of Video incompatibility but not giving up hope for a fix.