Sorry if the answer to this question is obvious, I just wanted hard clarification.

I understand that on each new run for this category, the rules state that you must restart the NV client. I was curious that if a run crashes for this category, is run dead due to the "Single Segment" clause, or can we immediately reload with timer and everything still active and the run still be valid?

Maybe it's just my own unlucky frustration, but it's such a feels bad to be on a solid run and have it just immediately be lost to a crash. Likewise I have a friend that whenever he runs, his game crashes immediately upon enter the Ultra Luxe, which would bar him from ever running this category if all of his runs will consistently crash this way.

Any clarification would greatly be appreciated.

If the game crashes, then yes the run is dead. However glitchless runs do not often crash if you have the 4gb patch and the ini fixes :)

Ah, completely fair.

Yes, while for me-- it definitely doesn't crash all that often; pretty much unpredictable. But I've done maybe six runs, and every one of those runs were PB pace (mostly because I finally have stop hopping down / better movement; trying to get sub 27), but I've crashed on each of those attempts. It's been a little tilting! hahaha

But I completely understand, it is a short run so it's completely manageable. Thanks for the feedback.