This site can be used to calculate the exact time in years, months and days for an IGT run based on the end date. This particular link comes prepped with the EU4 start date so it's easy to use.

Credits to ChromePoison for finding the site.

Date calculator for IGT runs

Instructions for how to set up your steam account so that you can access patches earlier than 1.27.

How to unlock pre-1.27 patches

If you want to do RTA runs but your computer isn't the fastest, then you might want to try recording with Nvidia Shadowplay (assuming it works with your particular computer). Shadowplay records using your GPU and thus doesn't cause any slowdown to your CPU, which can lead to better game perfomance while recording.

Nvidia Shadowplay

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Europa Universalis IV

Royal Authority

True Heir of Timur

David the Builder

It's All About the Luck

Mehmet's Ambition

Macintosh

SuperSak

xnoed

MiklMaar

WWIIGaming

Pre-1.20

1.20+

1.6.2

1.7.3

1.8.1

1.9.2

1.10.1

1.11.4

1.12.2

1.13.2

1.14.4

1.15.1

1.16.3

1.17.1

1.18.4

1.19.2

1.20.1

1.21.1

1.22.2

1.23.1

1.24.1

1.25.1 Portugal

France

Bohemia

Ichma

Albania

Ottomans

1.26.1

1.27.2 Castile

Ming

Haixi

Timurids

Austria

1.28.2 The Knights

RTA W/S5

IGT No Save Scum

RTA W/S5 (Legacy)

RTA NS5

1.28.3 Sirhind

Ashikaga

Jianzhou

1.28.0

1.29.6 Delhi

Uzbek

1.30.3 Mamluks

Limbuwan

Gorkha

Poland

Hungary

Kazan

Great Horde

Muscovy

Kathmandu

1.30.4 Pre-1.10

1.10+

Cusco

1444

1445

1446

1447

1448

1449

1450

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

RRE Subcategory

HRE Subcategory

Patch

Country

RRE Timing Method

HRE Timing Method

WC Timing Method

Big Blue Blob Timing Method

Columbus% Timing Method

Discover America Subcategory

French Cores timing method

Year

Month

True Heir Timing Method

A Manchurian Candidate Timing Method

Gold Rush Timing Method

Mughals Timing Method

Trivial Category

Admin Tech 10 Timing Method

Formed Nation

A Manchurian Candidate Subcategory

Monthly Competition Category

Here is the archive for every past monthly competition: https://www.speedrun.com/eu4/level/Monthly_Competition_Archive

Name	Manager
Date calculator for IGT runs	Xarxos 5 years ago
How to unlock pre-1.27 patches	Xarxos 4 years ago
Nvidia Shadowplay	Xarxos 4 years ago