Anyone else not able to even get near the NCR jail that was taken over by I wanna guess, powder gangers? If I even get close to the fence surrounding it I freeze. Zero exceptions. Ive tried at least a dozen times now and I get the freeze where you have to power down your ps3. I dont even care to go into the jail. But I cant meet up with the Brotherhood spy to continue the mission. Ive had a pretty decent experience compared to most people with crashes and such until I hit this point in the game.

I had the same problem with Sunny Smiles and the NCR trooper out side of Primm the only thing that fixed it was exchanging the game.

I had something similar at fort long hope (or something like that), couldn't start the attack on the legion. Game started to lag like hell
then crashed. Uninstalling/reinstalling the game did the trick for me. Usually works when the game becomes unplayable.

I was finally able to get through..... 22 trys later.
I don't think Ill be visiting that area again.

Thanks for the suggestions.