Thanks for the response Drakodan. I might try running Hero story without trying anything too crazy later today then. I’ll check out the discord too, and maybe just run some Knuckles stages a few times to memorise some of those emerald locations.

Hey guys :) First of all, I wanted to say hi to the community here. As the title says, I’m trying out speedrunning for the first time and I decided to start with SA2B. I played it a lot as a kid and after watching a few GDQ runs I thought it’d be a fun place to start. Anyone have any advice for getting started? I’m playing the 360 version btw.