xl has lots of shortcuts, but none that cut off that much of the track length, some are longer due to bad landings. I think these shortcuts are awesome. I watched those fzero videos GX. Awful to see a pretty fun game made to not even play like a racing game. I haven't played HD enough to know more than the simplest of shortcuts like Chen reverse or amphesium rev, but if the shortcut does'nt cut off half the track, AND it is actually possible to do it evertime if you play enough, I would love them I think. It sounds like a couple of them cut off a significant amount of space.
QUESTION: on sebenco foward, is there a shortcut like this? I was wondering how people were getting 1:48, although I haven't played that track for a while.