I was checking out Capcom Generations 5 (SF Collection 2 for US PS1) which I have for the Saturn and is Japanese exclusive for that system. It contains SF2 WW, CE, and Turbo. In the options screen there is a shortcut option that shows a menu of characters in Character Select, skips the profile pictures in VS screen and when you win or lose there is no winquote or travel to next stage. You either: Go to aforementioned watered down vs screen to next opponent if you win or straight to continue screen if you lose.
is this feature allowed for speedrunning? Either way, free world records for the taking for me. I also gotta find my copy of SF Collection 1 which had the other 2 SF games (Super and Super Turbo + Alpha 2 Gold) because I can't recall if they had that feature too.