event time was 49:51. how can that possibly become 1hr???? only thing i can figure is including loads.
does this mean that timed penalties ie righting a flipped car, early starts don't count towards time? does this imply the correct strategy finishing a race is to run over the guy at the finish as this triggers the leaderboard screen faster? where is the discussion on the development of the run rules? seems totally arbitrary
Yes. Flip the car, jump the start, commit manslaughter after every race, it's all fair game. If you can find ways to skip menus and cutscenes that's all in scope as well. No discussion, it's always been that way since the first run of DR2, people just always fail to realise there's an extra minute of timesave if you jump the start for some reason, despite the first run on the board doing so. It's a speedrun, go fast, but any legal means necessary, that's how all speedruns (generally) work.