God of War III [BCES00510]

Hi,
I played and finished this game and Ascension a couple of years ago on this version of RPCS3:
v0.0.24-14192-80d20340 Alpha | master
Firmware version: 4.89.
There was no stuttering, very few crashes, and it ran at 30-40 playable FPS.
However, since then, every newer version of RPCS3 has not handled the game as well as that version. There is stuttering and sound cracking from the very beginning of the intro videos and main menu.
I check every few versions to test newer updates but have had no luck.
The last version I tried was "v0.0.35-17645-7b212e0e Alpha | master" and "Firmware version: 4.92," a completely fresh install.
I also attempted to revert the firmware to that of the old version, but nothing changed.
Can someone tell me what's going on? I still play on the old version when I want to play Gow3, but after so much time, there should be some performance improvements.
attached are two screenshots from the two versions of RPCS3 and a log while I was at the main menu of the game from the last version of RPCS3 (where stuttering was happening).