So in the hopes of tackling the IGT issue I did my best to investigate the runner.dcr file. I was somewhat successful, and made a few simple modifications to the game:

-Invulnerability -Increased fuel capacity -Items in different locations -All areas loaded at once (allows for a neat shortcut) -New text on end screen

Unfortunately, I was unable to see how the IGT worked at all, so it is likely buried in byte code that is indecipherable for me. Below is a """"speedrun"""" I did on my hacked game to showcase these changes.