Saints Row: The Third - Any% Hardcore, no DLC speedrun (4:40:26)

This is an Any% speedrun on Hardcore difficulty without any DLC. Completion time is 4:40:26 from starting a new game to the last input against Killbane during Gangstas in Space. Final in-game time was 4:23. I've done a LOT of challenge runs, but speedrun attempts for this game are still a little new to me. This is my fifth full attempt (fourth on PC), and I've never watched a full run, so keep in mind the routing is probably a bit rough. My driving is atrocious too, so you've been warned. As for the run, I might as well point a few things: - Character customization obviously wastes time, but I don't care. My initial setup menu was terrible though. - You can do the Professor Genki and Tank Mayhem activities before Pierce asks you to. I picked this up from someone else's run, but I'm not sure if it's really that much faster. It's neat at least. - The rocket launcher isn't available for purchase early on. However, if you manage to pick one up, you can buy ammo and upgrade it just fine. The best place I found to do this in a speedrun is during the last section of Party Time. This saves time in a few places because of brutes. (And yes, Party Time is muted thanks to Twitch VOD exporting.) - Warping to the bottom floor in Nyte Blade's Return is consistent from that particular couch. No idea why. If you're lucky, it's possible to skip a trigger and get the "Enter the elevator" objective right away. I don't know how that works though. - Ignore my comments about the difficulty during Gangstas in Space. I checked after the run and it was still set to Hardcore. I must have made it a default, because that's the only mode I play. :P Enjoy the run. It's certainly not perfect, but I don't know if I feel like trying to improve it right now.