The only guidelines we have for the No-Shortcut category is that you're allowed to cut cone sections. Is there a limit to how far you're allowed to do that? And what about other sections that may be less obvious, or other places where there's some fairly innocent (and potentially intended) cuts.

I uploaded a few example images here: https://imgur.com/a/Nlndomj.

Skipping Loops: Attic Trouble First Loop skip: From this jump, boost fly through the middle of the loop and land directly on its exit. Dangerous Perspectives First Loop skip: A less advanced version of the previous one - here, all you have to do is slow down and drive off the side of the track piece to land on the exit, rather than navigating the entire loop.

Swapping Branches: Attic Trouble has two examples of that. Taking the first branch left, there's plenty of ways to land off the big jump on the other branch and skipping what would otherwise be an unnecessary track extension. Taking the second branch right, the branches make parallel leaps towards the end, but the left side again has an unnecessary track extension that can be skipped by trivially jumping to the other branch instead.

Cone Cuts: How aggressively will those cuts be allowed? For example, Bridge Overtakes between CP2 and 3 has the cones go out for another few inches before cutting back, but the standard shortcut route through here is to just apex around the chair leg. Is that cut actually allowed for No-SC as well? Similarly, Ready, Set, Go! has a major cone corner that goes around another section of track, but that section is raised where you could just drive under it. Or you could potentially just jump across the other section of track since that's still kind of following the route the cones suggested.