I beat Kelecat a while before this. This run, I beat myself :)
Allowing HDD on Xbox was done to prevent issues that had arisen from playing on disc from getting out of hand. What was found to be the fastest disc drive had occasional slow loads and also burned rings in discs. In addition they made lag clips, an optimal strat at the time much more difficult and it was found that purposely smudging and even defacing your disc could make them easier, which was a slippery slope. Allowing HDD on Xbox was basically an easy way to mostly standardize loads and to avoid going down the disc-defacing rabbit hole. The other two consoles have no such issues with using a disc and thus there’s no reason to allow it, besides using HDD would still be slower than Xbox anyways. These videos explain it in more detail
This was entertaining. It sounds like you referenced my WR run to learn the path, glad to have that for you I like your stream vibe
This run might've had the best 2-tiki split ever. Sub 2 is crazy
Rather than more freeride levels, I think the medal events should be added, as I believe Tricky and 3 have the equivalents to that on their leaderboards. Times could be imported from the defunct Merq City boards