While attempting the record, I found two major strategy improvements over my old PB. The largest one is using Big instead of Zobio. On the last turn, if you release your drift, wheelie off the edge, and use your shoe boost midair, you can skip both of the midair platforms. This saves ~0.5 seconds every lap over just skipping one of the platforms. The second time save is that it is faster to hold a drift over the smaller jump in the middle of the course. Waiting to release this drift until after the boost panels lets it charge up to a red boost.
For this run in particular, laps 1 and 2 are basically perfect, and lap 2 is the fastest lap I've ever driven in a 3 lap run. In lap 3 I hit a wall near the beginning which cost me ~0.2 seconds.
All full game runs have been retimed to use IGT, and the rules have been updated accordingly to clarify this for future submissions to avoid confusion.
No longer will you need to button mash through menus to save a fraction of a second (in fact, please don't do this as it might result in your race
