Hey all. In light of the multiplatform release and update to NST, we have made a large number of changes to the rules that I will mention here:

-108% has been added to Crash 3 as the new full completion category. This category does include Future Tense.

-Crash 1 102% and 312% have been completely removed, and Crash 3 105% is currently archived. Crash 1 102% was a very unpopular category, and with Stormy Ascent now being free to download (or available from the start on non-PS4), the category was deemed unnecessary. Likewise, Crash 3 105% has actually been made impossible with the update including Future Tense, and as such can no longer be run. The category will remain as a reference point until a sufficient amount of 108% runs that properly show off the capabilities of the category have been submitted and verified, at which point the category will be removed. The elimination of 105% also made 312% impossible; however, because it is a misc. category comprised of three other categories, archiving 312% was deemed unnecessary.

-An FPS cap of 60 for PC runners has been implemented. This is because that’s how much the game is natively meant to support, and the game actually can run faster if FPS goes above 60. As such, exceeding the FPS cap is banned - this is enforced by having an FPS counter displayed at all times (for example the Steam internal one; for more information on that check the actual rules and the embedded links) for any PC runs.

-Expanding off of the above point, we have added Individual Level (IL) Leaderboards. The FPS thing has appeared to screw over the official Crash leaderboards, so for the sake of accuracy we have chosen to start up our own, as IL runs of NST have proven quite popular.

-And finally, all submitted full game runs must now have LiveSplit running the loadless timer visible on screen at all times. Failure to do this will result in the submission being rejected. I will create a separate forum post going into detail later about why we did this, but it is to address concerns involving PS4 direct streamed submissions missing video footage, as well as the laziness on part of some submitters who expected us to time their runs for them.

I know this is a lot to take in, but we believe all the changes will benefit NST as a whole, and none of these decisions were made lightly. Be sure to read up on everything before submitting runs, and I hope you all have fun with the new update and multiplatform release!

~Riko