What is the fastest version to speedrun this game on?

Re-answering this post as the original response was deleted with ed58s previous account.

::edit:: We now add the 19:11 saved from cutscenes to the Playstations RTA. This balances out the consoles and makes 360 Arcade the fastest for records. While Playstation remains the fastest in actual play time.

The current fastest version to play on is a PS2 disc with a backwards compatible PS3 console (list of compatible consoles in link below). This has faster load times than the fat ps2s and retains its ability to skip all pre rendered cutscenes. There is currently only 1 runner using this setup as of 10/8/18 everyone else plays on xbox 360

Second fastest option would be a fat PS2 ( the slim is currently untested ). Using an original PS2 disc. You lose time to in level loads compared to PS3 but the fat also skips all pre rendered CS's (-0:19:11). Making it faster than the 360 versions even with slower loads.

The third and most common way to run the game is an Xbox 360 with the NTSC X360 Arcade release of the game ($10USD Via Microsoft store). This allows you to run the game from the HDD and is by far the most popular and comfortable way to run the game. This sadly comes with having to watch all those pre-rendered cutscenes ( +0:19:11 min) and a relatively high cost for a 15 year old game. With the negatives you get 1080p up-scaling the fastest loads and best lighting of all versions. Important to note for ILs the og Xbox has less lag than 360.

Dont forget even though you lose time to cut-scenes and WR is RTA Based. We compare runs using the sum of all levels IGT This cuts out loads and cut-scenes so its easy to compare runs across consoles no matter which you pick!

::Load times on all consoles:: https://www.speedrun.com/Metal_Arms_Glitch_in_the_System/thread/bll4u

::PS3 console versions:: https://imgur.com/a/hUxWSxf () https://www.speedrun.com/metal_arms_glitch_in_the_system/guide/1tlax

::Doc explaining PS3 versions:: ()