The game doesn't seem to run at a consistent speed for different people. @LizJoon mentioned it and I timed how long it takes from the first click on the dead body until the screen changes to the close-up view.

• mikethev's run: 4.36s
• Fisottis' run: 4.73s
• LizJoon's run: 4.93s
• PitufoTilteado's run: 4.93s

We really need to figure out what causes this.

Did a bit of testing and I'm afraid it has to do with the framerate. If I run the game normally I get around 90fps and the above-mentioned ~4.4s. If I use a tool to restrict the framerate to 60fps, I get ~4.8s.

According to PCGamingWiki the game caps out at 100

Ah interesting. My run is on an old PC but I just did a run on a brand new one and still struggle with the loading time. I will have a play with some settings and see what I find. Thank you so much for putting so much thought and research into it!!!