Sorry it took so long for a response, I haven't been on the site in like a year or so. It's great that someone finally found CG skip, I tried but never got close so great stuff.

Also here's an updated Discord link if you're still interested in joining - https://discord.gg/3jHfQVZbX9

In my opinion this should've been done a long time ago.

I had an interest in running this game but there's no real guides or anything I could find. I just need some explanation of some of the major tricks (if any), the route, optimizations etc.

Is or a huge difference or tiny. I play on PC and I get about the same if not better load times. It's probably a platform thing to be honest.