I'm a very new runner (console) so my opinion may be completely invalid, however:

I'm sort of on the fence about this, you're right, it's not an even playing field. But we're far from the only community this affects.

Secondly, console runners have gotten over this. We don't particularly care about the discrepancy and we go against each other with our own races, our own community golds and all that stuff.

The one thing I will say is that I'm new to this, and you can't possibly deny this, because I have experienced first-hand a superior attitude from a very small minority of PC players. Statements such as "just get a PC" have been said to me also.

Another thing that sort of annoys me is when I try really hard at a category and finally make progress, I'll get shut down by other people saying "there is no such thing as a record on a console, this isn't a record, don't make the mistake of thinking there is any record here".

But at the same time, I don't really care! I know when I'm proud of a run, I don't need anyone else to tell me that I shouldn't be proud of a run because of what platform I did it on.

Oh and btw all my current runs are awaiting verification, so I have no leg to stand on when I say that :(