It's... Real?

Yes, the long awaited PC version of Red Dead Redemption is coming on the 29th October. Upon the release, there will be a 30 day leaderboard embargo period that allows me and anyone that is remotely interested in this game time to establish rules, strats and glitch hunting/testing. This embargo will last until the 28th November and will NOT apply to consoles, so runs can still be submitted on anything else other than PC. The current ruleset will still be considered during this period.

What's New?

There will be a change in the timing rules, with Load Removed Time (LRT) becoming the default timing method. The reason I decided to push for this change is because it gives everybody an even playing field in regards to load times, no matter what kind of machine is running the game. An autosplitter will hopefully be introduced so that there's no more manual splitting, creating the opportunity for more accurate community golds and in general more accurate times for speedruns. As I type this, Mattmatt has kindly offered to create both a load remover and autosplitter. Be sure to keep an eye out for updates on this. If for some reason, LRT cannot be established after the embargo, then RTA will contiune to be the default timing method.

What Is Happening With The Leaderboard?

Understandably, a few questions were asked regarding the leaderboard and the state it will be in. It would be too long of a post to go over everything so I will bring up the main points. Please note that these will apply to the leaderboard when the PC embargo is lifted but some are subject to changes.

• There will be NO seperate leaderboard for the PC version. I've always been a firm believer in maintaining a simple ranking of all sorts of platforms in which whatever is fastest is fastest, considering that PC is once again another port of other versions just reaffirms my stance on this because there won't be much difference in regards to the other platforms. If something were to happen that completely changes the way this game is played, then this can be a thought for the distant future.
• PC and consoles will never be seperated into different categories. Once again I state that whatever is the fastest platform is fastest. I do not believe in world records for every console or machine possible - you can literally filter these out anyway just so you know ;). Not much else to say here apart from the above bullet point.
• External frame limiter programs, such as Rivatuner will be allowed for use. Since this is an old game that is heavily framerate dependant, it will most likely be a necessity for use in order to lock framerate to a certain value to prevent game breaking bugs/glitches etc.

Closing Statement

If you have any questions regarding the leaderboard or just anything in general, feel free to ask in the Red Dead Discord or you can drop me a message, just find my Discord through my speedrun.com profile or the server. Thank you for reading.