SONIC UNLEASHED

In this run, he used an extremely outdated route. No glitches were used in this run because none were known for this stage at the time. I also mention that they should use the vid only for the general route, meaning if they choose to use the route, they should do so at their own pace.

FYI, the last platforming section of the 3rd Werehog part (tubes excluded) can be completely skipped with not much effort. When you enter it from the tube, sprint to the bottom-left corner of the platform you got on from the tube, jump while sprinting, and press to use the Spinning Needle Attack. You might need to use your double jump to correct your positioning but it ain’t a hard shortcut to do consistently. Example can be found here: https://youtu.be/4terDQXG9b0?t=489

11 years on and I still can't beat this level without dying, haha

I would recommend not using speedrun strats though, you're far less likely to die and the required time is pretty generous

So 60fps and the reduced controller input lag on a Series X really helped me get there. After an hour of trying I beat one run, earning me the "eat all foods" achievement. So I've proven to myself that it's possible.

I actually had far more issues with Sonic's areas than warehogs. Main pain points for me are:

2nd Sonic area with the cart in the tube = lots of easy ways to fly off the side due to stupid controls. Unfortunately you just need to learn the quirks of the route and work around them - I particularly avoid boosting at the end where the cart crashes and instead using the homing attack on a few enemies before running onto the speed ramp.

3rd Sonic area with the pushy cubes that you have to jump on. Some cubes unfairly kill you the moment they go purple, sometimes the cubes move in a different pattern to normal (possible bug?) causing the faster route to be unaccessible/likely die trying to get to it. Just needed to remember which cubes were the "dodgy ones" and completely avoid them while they're purple, and if you see the timing of the fast route cubes are off, then it's best to just go the other way rather than die trying to get up there.

3rd Sonic area again, in the huge room where you navigate up the perimeter jumping on pushy cubes, springs and one time spawning enemies. No tips really, it's a shit area. You can't be slow as the floor disappears, and you do just need to rely on the homing attack to lock on correctly.

If I managed to get past those bits, then there's only one big jump as the warehog after that which takes a massive shortcut that's risky. Final area, big lava room, you normally navigate down the perimeter - you can jump from the start of that room right to the end - the camera does not help you with this so you have to take a rough guess as to where to point the analogue stick with your running jump.

I went carefully and was able to beat this in less than 20 minutes for the Lv 1 trial.