Yeah, that's pretty clearly against the purpose of the drag race mode, so it should be banned (IMO), otherwise it's just gonna be a race until someone gets a frame perfect button press and no improvement can be made.

If this is the first run you've made doing this, it's quite possible you are the first person to do/discover this. In that case, it's not unreasonable that it isn't in the rules yet. I will also advocate for this to be officially prohibited. Maybe the mods thought it was fairly obvious it would be prohibited, and didn't think it was necessary to add as an explicit rule.

Can you do the same thing in Scenarios? As in, start the scenario without starting the timer? In that case, a universal rule should be applied across all categories.

Thanks for bringing this up, I found this quite interesting.

Yeah, I'd sincerely just prefer to RTA a pure driving run - there's no loading time (aside from routes requiring ferries) to factor out and it makes for better timing/pacing during a run. I will probably try doing one anyways, and hopefully it will gain some sort of meaningful traction. I will probably try for the IGT category as well if the RTA towless doesn't go anywhere.

Hello all! I wanted to get into ETS2 running but I feel that doing runs using the fast travel/recovery system is against the spirit of the game (personally, anyways). Would the mods be open to starting a category for ONLY driving, RTA from loading in and departing the first location and timer ends upon arrival at destination? This mode would prohibit fast travel and towing. I feel like I'd get MUCH more enjoyment out of that than the current runs.

In the current category, there is a bit of a rule loophole. Recovery by towing isn't explicitly permitted or prohibited, so I see runners using that. By that same logic, is using fast travel between garages you own also permitted? Unless I am missing something, I think that is a bit of a hole that should be patched, as it's unclear to me whether I should start doing that in runs.

I am particularly interested in doing runs (and will probably do them anyways) but I'd like to see an officially recognized RTA "towless%" category or something of the like. I'd be happy to assist in drafting official rules or even moderating such a category.

Cheers!

Ah, I see Mr. Broadbent is doing that right now. Yeah, I think with that amount of influence, All Scenarios Success needs to be a thing.

I don't see how it could be meaningfully categorized though as scenarios are always being added. Maybe categories for game versions (like All Scenarios 0.19 for example)

I'd be in support of this... or an All Scenarios Success category. Getting into speedrunning and starting with BeamNG.drive. Already had a couple successful runs (awaiting verification) but I'd definitely try an All Scenarios run eventually.