Starfield speedrunners discover a new skip in the humblest of places
techradar.comStarfield's speedrunning community has been turned on its head thanks to a humble YouTube comment.
Speedrunners have been giving sci-fi RPG Starfield their best shot since its release back in September, with the current 'Glitchless' record standing at 115 minutes and 53 seconds. However, it looks like a new timesaving technique has been discovered by YouTube commenter Foxtrot_67, which allows players to skip the cutscene that occurs when they use the public transit system in New Atlantis (via GamesRadar).
«I hadn't watched any Starfield speedruns before but I'm surprised you didn't skip the train leaving the station animation[.] I found out how to do that accidentally while playing and thought for sure it would be used in speedruns,» read Foxtrot_67's comment, which was later <a data-analytics-id=«inline-link» href=«https://twitter.com/tomatoanus/status/1736034412674920685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1736034412674920685%7Ctwgr%5E9590761d84f7552041da73f2b1a04056e8e78b5a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Fstarfield-speedrunners-in-shambles-after-random-commenter-unwittingly-shares-a-time-saving-tip-everyone-missed%2F» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/tomatoanus/status/1736034412674920685?ref_src=» https:>reposted to Twitter
.Starfield speedrunning has a new timesave thanks to a YouTube commenter. pic.twitter.com/w5hPKIRBT2December 16, 2023
This revelation will help speedrunners of all kinds shave precious seconds off of their completion times. Foxtrot_67 herself was shocked at the extent of her contribution, saying in a Tweet «I'm still so happy I could share knowledge of a skip that wasn't known before. I almost didn't leave the comment because I was certain this
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