Sorry for late response JUST woke up, that fixed it for me. Thanks!

I tried to refrain from posting here without attempting to fix the issue myself, I don't know what the issue is though. Whenever I load coast 07, the game removes all shadows or any type of shading entirely. Until I restart hl2 the game will stay like this. I tried redownloading the maps and ghosting mod which didn't help. I wouldn't mind the bug normally but I'm sure this would void my run if I tried to submit it. What can be done? Video:

Yeah I guess that's true. I'll mess around with it a bit for lols but I'm pretty sure you are right. Thanks for the input!

That's a good point, my initial idea was that this could be used as a back-up if for whatever reason you dont have a lot of speed coming out of the tunnel. I'm not sure if it would be better to just go around or give this an attempt

It's sort of consistent. Sometimes I don't get enough speed but I can launch almost always. As for saving time, I'm still unsure. It is a bit closer than the original jump so there is potential

Did anyone know about this? I launched from here by mistake.