PCSX2 V1.4

How good is PS2 emulation now? Is it perfect? Is it good enough? What's the current state?

Can I play Yakuza 1 and 2 fluently?

perfect. plays all my games perfect except socom 3. cars dont have wheels

Should I render in native res or in 1080p?

It's okay. It's far behind Dolphin, but good enough to finish most games.

Not perfect but almost

I'm not sure if this is a troll question, but native res is shit. Use something higher.

I beat persona 3 FES, smt nocturne, Silent Hill 2 and 3 on it just fine. There is some messing with settings though sometimes. Played a ton of other games too pretty far in with minimal issues. Silent hill 2 has an fmv problem though and some games do have some issues. But yeah pcsx2 is pretty good at this point.

Do you need a good GPU for that?
My PC is pretty shitty

I can play shadow of the colossus with little to no problem currently on the 6th or 7th boss my only concern is that the controls seem a little loose and I use a PS2 controller adapter