This works in reverse allowing you to unlock cars from burning routes, specifically the GT Flame for faster licenses. I also recently used this to replace the two long bike events with shorter ones, beating the bike license record.
I think this matches what Ventilo said previously, but he can speak for himself.
I would think Unrestricted can just allow glitches (still no online glitches). I think we rename current PCO to PCO (No Major Glitches) Then we have a third category PCO with glitches (still no online glitches).
I'm not sure if any of you saw that the Super Mario Sunshine records were shattered this year due to ACE (arbitrary code execution) and although that leads to the fastest runs ever, it invalidates the original way that people played the game. They decided to separate the two as a result.
I don't personally have a problem with just allowing glitches and amending the rules, but for me it also makes PCO similar to unrestricted in a way that makes PCO an arbitrary category for BPR specifically. (This glitch would destroy the current record for TUB)
I don't have a preference either way, the glitch is easy enough to do that it wouldn't be annoying, and I agree that trying to finish faster is the goal, but glitchless categories exist in a lot of games so all is fair.
I would argue that if you do 1, you have to exclusively make it BSI CSICO into PC PCO, and allow people to use that area for whatever, but all of the events, exploration, etc have to have been completed already. I just don't like the idea of being disqualified because I use the bridge at some point with the wrong car lol.
I think 2 is completely fine, there are very few reasons to bring a BSI car outside of BSI, and that restriction wouldn't have much of a downside.
I however prefer 3, if the idea is you're playing the game with only the BSI DLC, it's really just a no car DLC run. That being BSI isn't a car DLC and is actual content.
I think 1 is too hard to police, 2 is fine, 3 is what I would prefer.
As we know with my run, I should have done BSI events first as it would have saved 30+ minutes.
I am fine with whatever is decided as well.