How do these auto splitters even work? It should somehow have access to game's memory to work. Nothing else comes to my mind.

Thanks. I just did my first few Any% runs today (PB: 1h 10min). But I can not get LiveSplit to work how I expect. I have to start and stop it manually. Is there some ready to use configuration that I can use and would work out of the box? Do I have to configure all the splits by myself somehow?

Hi. I'm thinking about starting speedrunning Spyro 1 but I don't even know how to start. I've never speedrun any game before. Is there any recommended timer application? Is it easier to set it up on emulator? I have no idea how would it even work on console.