Well, after watching several videos of Beat Zico, I am certain that it is not that hard. After 3 tries I am down to 31:00, so getting from there to 30:82 is easy if I just don't grind walls and such. It is tricky only because of the BR you have to do when you get on the overpass. 31:00 after oh 150 laps (half of which is making a lap just to get the speed boost, so technically, its 75 laps. Good music and some food is yer best friend here).

So what I'm saying, after a friend of mine quit trying to beat Zico is: Don't fret! I know it looks impossible, but people are still doing it, and none of them is superhuman. Hell, if I let such a small thing stop me from playing, I would've stopped playing racers when Gran Turismo came out!

Have faith racers!