Im just wondering this and sorry if its a dumb question I am a noob to speedrunning. Is it a rule that you have to start at a new game? Like say on GTA 4 for example, to get the "All flying rats" category. There are ones on the other islands, would I be allowed to submit the run on a save file that already had the islands unlocked? Or do I need to include unlocking of the islands in the speedrun? Thank you -naz

yes no no (but only because you can get all the rats without unlocking islands, your submission video still needs to include starting a new game)