Also: I think you should start and load the game, then start moving and timing at the same time, because some people don't have perfect reflexes. There's not really any RNG so this shouldn't matter too much.

Just one more thing - is it possible to 'reset' the game? I hate having to play up until the point of death to restart an attempt.

P.S. How do I associate LiveSplit with speedrun.com?

If you enter the car at the start of the game quickly enough the game softlocks, so a 'fastest softlock' category could be made for that, with a run being about 20 seconds long