I've just become the moderator of this community, and as far as I can tell there is a very small amount of people interested in running this game. That said, I am more than open to ideas if anybody wants to suggest things or get custom categories added. The previous moderator added the main score runs but if you want to do a specific track and get the best lap time or the best overall time just let me know and I will add it. I am going to start running the other tracks besides the Score 1000 and compete with TFisher.

Just some general thoughts from me from the start:

The arcade physics are much easier to handle in comparison to the realistic setting and I believe it would be really fun to divide the runs into two separate categories between arcade/realistic for those who want to try both. If the game grows in popularity this will definitely happen but for now, when we only have two runners, it doesn't seem necessary.

While the repair system is a fun idea and makes racing more interesting, it is hard for me to want to add it as a category due to the rather finicky helicopter that often fails to consistently arrive when it is requested to. Anybody who has done the Score 1000 with repair enabled can understand the frustration that comes from pulling up to the helicopter only to have it fly away before doing anything OR when you request it to land and the AI just bugs out and keeps flying away from you. If somebody we're to run this, there would be too much RNG in the helicopter AI to make it worthwhile.

If you can remember to do it, try to include the menu settings in your recording before the run starts, to make sure I can verify your physics settings if that becomes something worth considering down the line.

Your final time should be from the in game timer which displays after you've completed the track/track setlist to the right of your vehicle and name display.

My final thought is about the manual gearbox, which may or may not be faster than the automatic. This is something I've been experimenting with for a while and can't seem to get some positivity behind my results. That said, I am starting to believe that the manual gearbox has much faster acceleration than the automatic if you understand the RPM amounts that are needed between each shift. Somebody else should look into it and give their thoughts some day.

Well, as the other guy running this game, my idea is to put categories for other race modes, as current categories only cover one mode (the biggest one though).

Will flesh out the details later.

Alright, here's what I gather about the other modes. Modes:

1. Circuit Race 61 tracks. Laps options is between 2-14 laps, with default at 5 laps.
2. Rally Race 27 events. Can be raced as staged events or nonstop single run.
3. Hill Climb 7 tracks. Circuit event, fixed at 2 laps.
4. Open Class 9 challenges. Circuit event, fixed at 2 laps.
5. Free Roam 9 locales. Each locale has 5 "discovery" spots. The discovery message for a spot still appears if you "re-discover" it.

The "individual level" boards could be used for these, maybe with vehicle classes as categories. Could also add "All x" categories.

But I'm still not sure how to handle the Circuit Race with its Laps option.

I say we just leave the amount at the default 5 laps for circuit.

I'm also very doubtful we'll have anybody doing free roam speedruns since finding everything is a pain in the ass the first time through and it will consume too much time.

I leave it all up to you for categorizing. I only care about the Score 1000 race since its the most challenging race in the game, and maybe the other score type races that are super long. I probably won't run anything else.

For the All Events, are we doing 1st place, or just need a podium?

For All Events, currently it's "just finish".

But of course, if doing the New Game subcategory (fresh/reset career), you'd need to place enough to both buy the vehicles and unlock the events.

My interest for speedrunning this game is rising, i will probably do every run except the any%, unless i can get the routing down enough so i don't go insane while doing the run

Good luck my friend.

Thanks, im gonna need it, PS3 doesnt appear to have manual transmission which already frustrates the hell out of me

Look in game settings I believe its under controls

I think there should be a time trials category for trophy trucks.