Yeah, so I experimented with it and it hasn't made any significant time improvements, I don't mind I think it's cool little thing but I got a 7:37 without it X)

I think that's a cool find! But I don't think it would be very fair for people who have slower PCs and have bad load times, the games also kinda unoptimized performance wise, so maybe not a strat for shore, could be used to get Kaia faster tho

Is it cool to start time when we get control of the character, so even if it takes a while to load it's still fair?

When the game gets fully released and if it has some secres sure!