Very good run for your first time in a while, all I would say is go back and review the latest runs on this game by myself, SF5109, Dare, or Sammy Saikou to see the updated strats and methods, because I will say right now you don't need the cien to get to the City champs, getting rid of that alone will cut down some decent time.
This was a great run! You did really good, the parts of the run where you were just hopping the Scirreco had me laughing lmao. You did have some mistakes, you messed up a few times on pico, there was a few bad crashes in the cop car, and yeah you def messed up on Downtown Dub lmao. But all in all, this was a great run, using the race editor and arcade race selection as a means of teleportation is so clever, the fact you remember what races to use to land near where you need to be is goated. In total, this was a well earned W, and I think you should try to further the time down, I think with a perfect run, you can probably get a sub 3:30 for sure.
That's fair, very fair, I been trying to get an automatic catagory for the runs but supposedly there isn't enough demand for automatic runs 😔. As well, I did a run on my phone of San Diego (yes you heard that right, my phone lmao) where I played with a switch controller and I got a 35 lmao. There's some lag and there's also bad garage times (slow PS2 garage speed lol) so that greatly nerfed my time lol. But it was fun to see what I can do on limited hardware, considering I don't have my PC or anything as of right now.
Legit run! Really impressed with your cop dodging skills and recovery, alot of close calls for races but you stuck in there and pulled through. Also your Phil RNG was really good, no Renegade! That's a hard one to skip. One question though, why automatic for the run? Lol.