I'm sorry to make another discussion on this topic, but I'm hoping by me expressing my opinion on this topic can bring it to an end.

Whenever a runner starts the run they are put in last place on the first track, which gives them 5 coins to start the track with. If we were going to do runs with In-Game Time It would technically be faster to quit after every track and start another VS Race to get those 5 coins. Doing this will add a heap of time RTA as you lose ~20 secs real time every track exit.

"So why don't we just make it that 48 Track runs have to be done in VS Race in one sitting W/O exiting?". Because that is stupid. Lets say someone wanted to complete all cups just so they can do individual cup runs, they are still completing all 48 tracks so there is no reason not to reject that run, also the old 48 Track, 200cc, Items WR which was 1:32:28 https://www.speedrun.com/mk8dx/run/zn8rlx8z had accidentally lost 20 secs due to selecting 32 tracks instead of 48 tracks. This run should not be made invalid.

Someone made a comparison of the tied mushroom cup WR for 200cc (I can't find the video will link it when found) It was clear when watching the video that the initial load was the same for everyone except Draco655's run which got a 'Fast load'. Loading times can be inconsistent meaning giving an average load time to remove from the run would be too inaccurate. Also livesplit can remove loading times from some PC games but console games would almost be impossible. I'd also like to note that the digital version which is the fastest version of the game isn't hard to buy.

If nintendo decides to add an In-game timer to the tracks similar to other mario kart games I'd like to see a column added to the boards similar to MK64, but it should not be the main timing method. Thanks for reading!

I've just completed a run of All Free Races and I think it should be a category on here, Time starts when the vehicle customisation is cleared and stops when the last race is done, failing a track to skip is allowed, do all tracks. Thanks for your time!