You can speedrun all you want to, but your runs won't be accepted to the leaderboards, due to load times being a lot faster than runs on an official disk.
If I were you, I'd try running the game from your HDD, and if you find you enjoy it, pick up a cheap disk so you can submit to the leaderboards.
I was browsing through the forum and end up seeing this post. Since the WR is now done w/o loads, could ISO be accepted in the leaderboard? The runner won't have any advantages after all
No, it creates an advantage for runners who do not have sub-25s, and it is still an unofficial release.
Hi everyone!
As of May 1st, 2024, the process for submitting full-game runs has changed. When submitting a run, please leave "Load Removed Time" blank unless you achieved a time under a category's specific retime barrier. **For categories without a retime barrier, please only fill out "Real T