I think it's important to note for the guide here https://www.speedrun.com/gtav/guide/ubv35 that if you reset the timer during the race, it will force forfeit you from the race and it's kinda a hassle to unforfeit if you wish to keep going (at least in my experience, could be better now)
"technically the savestate is before the run begins."
Irrelevant. Saves state seed the RNG for that run, so if you have a good save, you'll always have the same RNG. This is cheating.
I mod GTA CW LB and noticed this happened if you used save states for that game, I banned it because it's unfair to runners on actual hardware who can't do save states. The thread shows a video of me getting a fast car every time I load the game.
Strat for the rocket rampage on staunton, if you don't get spawns from the roof. This is better than hoping you don't get screwed by everyone.
I guess it would be a good idea to pool the new strats in one thread so it is easier to find.
Button 31: https://gfycat.com/MeatyFlashyCero
Please note there is a rule change for any% and any% NSG. The real times you have submitted will be changing in the upcoming days to conform to these changes.
It's in the rules.
"Emulator runs are allowed, but anything proven not to work on console hardware is not allowed (ie: perma-pass glitch)"
Going from what LeakeChan said, longer load times show that using real time isn't the best idea anymore so I'd say move to IGT (still have real time but sort the runs using IGT). Future runners (hehe) should time each level and add them up. I've decided to time all the runs (that I can) using the IL time at the end of each level.
Karl: (Taken from his IL submitted times which he got the same time, I remember) 1: 57.36 2: 1:48.82 3: 1:55.81 Total: 4:41.99
Odyssic: 1: 58.94 2: 1:50.03 3: 1:56.62 Total: 4:45.59
LeakeClan: 1: 58.53 2: 1:47.15 3: 1:54.92 Total: 4:40.60
Benobram: 1: 1:00.01 2: 1:52.77 3: 1:58.98 Total: 4:51.76
Sirotae: 1: 59.89 2: 1:53.06 3: 1:59.23 Total: 4:52.18
ZombieSuel: no time
Those without times don't have a video anymore, up to the mods what you want to do with those runs.
Check KZ's guide if you want it written down https://www.speedrun.com/gtavc/guide/5p18x (listed under hit the courier)
or watch mh's tutorial
truecontrol, we're currently having a new vote to change the name of the category and it's very likely to change names (it might not change for the AGDQ run however which is a shame). Just wanted to say sorry if you were disappointed by the lack of actual ACE.
I'm going to vote for SSU because it fits the most, however if anyone in the future who wants to run the game is reading or just people who are kinda like "well i don't know". Don't let the name of a category turn you away from the game if you're interested in running it. If it does turn you away, it means you're not that interested in running or speedrunning in general, at the end of the day, it's just pressing buttons.
Welcome! Here is a link, make sure to check the rules. Bear in mind, this is a speedrunning discord, not modding/smalltalk/memes/vehicle talk in the game channels.
Would it be better to start timer on load for all segments or just LV segment? I did think mission starts was gonna be a grey area btw when I split desert and LV so everything you say is valid. I'll remove dupeless for desert.
@S I added desert as it's own category.
@Venbeer I've added dupeless saves, I don't want to ban duped route.
I am thinking though to include dupeless on the sheets that matter, for example LV has 2 different mission starts for the segment. NOE isn't done in current any% so people who wanted to dupeless would have a different mission start making it a grey area. Let me know what you guys want and I'll add it.
It would look like this 
