I'm about 5min off the WR right now, and would love to see this game more actively run by more people because it is seriously underrated and in my opinion overshadowed by RE4. Do anyone think there are places where more times could be saved besides just optimizations?
If more players were playing it, then maybe you could find a lot of new skips. Of course, while there is no hype and is not expected in the future, while only optimization is the only way to save time.
From this point forward, please make sure to use the load remover that is built into livesplit and make sure you display the timer on your video, if you don't then your run will be rejected. Under Edit Splits make sure you set your game name to "Cold Fear", you will then see the option "Load Removal
