Hey, I've been speedrunning this game a bit recently and I have a theory for possibly skipping the gate closing. The gate opening cutscene can be skipped by flying over the trigger box and I wonder whether the gate closing cutscene has a similar trigger box that can be jumped. I've played around with this and haven't got anywhere yet. I was thinking that maybe you can clip off the sidewalk and narrowly get above it, you may also be able to get flung into the air by an AI car. Anyways I hope that maybe this can work with a bit of luck. r0bo_

Unfortunately the game doesnt work that way. There is actually a gigantic invisible cube there that prevents you from getting by even if you did dodge the first gate trigger.

Then, even if you somehow manage to get past the cube, the ending sequence would never play because the game only checks for a cutscene trigger in a specific order. If you miss one trigger (e.g. gate opening), then it is impossible to activate the final ending trigger. Check out this vid where I hacked out the invisible cube to see what would happen. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JQTW2zcXWXA

Ah I see. I had no idea it was that complex considering how simple the first gate trigger seems to be. Thanks for the info man!