Would an LSPDFR "speedrun" be feasible?

AdoReno · January 8, 2022

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this. This isn't, like, a 100% serious suggestion or whatnot, I just had this shitty idea after watching Summoning Salt all day.

So, LSPDFR. It's an open world police simulator. Unlike GTA V, there's no plot or goal to LSPDFR; you just chase and arrest peds. So it's impossible to speedrun by its inherent nature, right?

Anyways, hear me out:

So, you install a relatively popular, supported, and functioning callout pack. Then you hop in game and start forcing those callouts in any order, the goal being to complete all of the callouts in the pack in the fastest time possible. There'd be different strategies for these too, such as "standard%" (complete the callout the way it's meant to be finished), "lethal%" (complete using only lethal force), "pacifist%" (complete using only less-lethal force, any kill is an immediate fail), and probably even "force%" (force end all the callouts as fast as you can; hey, there's literally a Minecraft speedrun category for dyeing sheep certain colors).

Obviously, these wouldn't ever become formal speedruns. Different mods can interfere with certain functionalities, and even something like having StopThePed or a slightly newer version of a specific callout pack or LSPDFR would probably require a whole new category. Plus, having to manage all the runs and whatnot, even with magically streamlined categories, would be a nightmare.

But I think the idea of an informal LSPDFR "speedrun" would be fun, to get through callouts like that quickly and efficiently. It'd be unique, at the very least.

Ricky001 · January 23, 2022

Just taking your idea forward (if that is feasible at all, like you say), LSPDFR may introduce a police ranking system in-game based on the the performance and efficiency as you go around responding to calls and cleaning up scenes (yes, cleaning up the mess should add merit points if you ask me). Maybe responding to calls quickly one after the other would be a bit tiresome, but even if there's a bit of cooldown added in between, the idea sounds kinda fun!

Either way, I've been looking for a ranking system based on how good/ efficient an LEO you are since ages now. Coming across your idea seemed to be a perfect reason for such a system as well.