Hello everyone.

Not too long after I became mod, Sphinctus approached me about the current situation for speedrunning RCT Classic. At the moment, RCTC runs can be found on the RCT1 leaderboards under its own category. While I think that was a fine place to start, especially to gauge if there was any interest or not, I believe that it needs it's own game entry if it's going to continue to exist. The reasons are as follows:

1. RCTC is its own game. It's a remastered game. There are plenty other remastered titles on speedrun.com that have their own pages. Both RCT Deluxe AND RCT Classic are available for purchase on Steam. And neither one is definitively better than the other.

2. It's not just a remastered version of RCT1. It's a remastering of RCT 1 AND 2. It has scenarios that aren't included in RCT1. Because of this, the RCT1 leaderboards can't completely accommodate RCTC's scenarios. It also doesn't fit in RCT2 for the same reason.

3. RCTC features a fast-forward feature that isn't present in the original game. As a moderator for RCT1, I don't really know how to treat this feature since it is beyond the scope of the game I moderate.

4. I am generally unfamiliar with RCTC's differences and quirks. At the moment I can try my best to look at and verify runs, but the bottom line is I don't know much about the game. Sure, much of the actual core gameplay is the same, but there are many changes that I'm plainly not familiar with.

I'd like to hear what everyone thinks. Is my reasoning sound? Are there any major reasons I missed? Is there any reason RCTC should not get its own game entry? I'd especially like to hear from community moderators HotCoffee and yesimbill as I feel they should be involved in the final decision making.