It seems that if done well, all tracks it is possible to win the lap trial this way. The old way takes longer, making you waste more than 5 to 10 seconds walking on the wall.

So far I've only been able to do this on two tracks and both using RC.

As this is not allowed in individual races, in character towers this greatly reduces the time.

Since this is the second time I've achieved this, I can test ways to make this work consistently.

what is the second track you were able to pull it off with start boost?

and from what i'm seeing it's essentially the same trick i found years ago but i didn't know that there is other track than pizza planet where you can get lineup where you just hit a wall to get lap skip. Hopefully you manage to figure out setup/line up since i could have never been asked to do it myself back then.

The first race track where I did this was with RC at the mall. The video was cut from an already existing one from 2022. It is below.

And of course, this shortcut seems to work on all tracks. I haven't tested it on all of them, but from the little I managed to do, I can say yes. Below are other examples in video.

The way to do it is almost the same, but it is quite a matter of luck. The most practical way to use it is to try in the first race of the first tower challenge. If it fails, just restart and try again until you succeed. If it works, finish the race normally.

so its essentially the regular lap skip but with precise movement you can hit the trigger without wiggling. Its nice to know that it is possible outside of pizza planet reverse.