Every run that starts from a save state should be simply rejected. It's common sense that save states do not belong to full run attempts. It's a tool for practicing. Emulator have a reset button. Use it.
Additionally, the rules state that "• Gens32Surreal is recommended, it emulates lag very accurately". This is horribly inaccurate. Recommended emulators are Fusion, Regen, RetroArch or even BizHawk.
On the Road Rash 2 forums: "Redlof mentions that he had much faster times IGT vs RTA, and was found due to loading times of the Gens [32 surreal] emulator being quicker than others. " Even Barney's hide and seek runs too fast without doing any inputs, I've heard. This is why people should never use any version Gens. it runs faster than other emulators.
If you talk about savestates, I got you, only resets. As of RR2, i made WR on next day after run got deleted, btw modding of site is such cool stuff, that run got rejected only after year, but that's ok, fine too Regen have same software but not banned, you'll see WR in next few days again.