yeah the key is further in that area with the gears, which you get to with the platinum key. i couldnt find a way in, but i found the platinum time decently easy with the right route, my first and only successful attempt was a 40s (2nd on the leaderboard as i write this, wow) time and anything below 60 is plat

ill describe my route to hopefully cut down your time:

move to the train platform as normal, get slide boosts down slopes etc
go under the carriages at the far side of the rail bridge
jump up onto the carriage in the far corner and go through the pipe
follow the track straight ahead, target is upstairs directly ahead
use a rocket jump to get to the upstairs level
kill the target and keep running straight to exfil

just following this again with new items i have and wow i managed to get 1st even with a terrible run lol, 34s no sweat. use items like the stargazer robe, browser helm (if you have it) and the unease thought

neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mind i got a platinum time (i was so confused as to what the canon past the silver seal was for, turns out its for an extremely easy platinum! also as of writing im in the top 20 of the world on this level lol)

Originally posted by pichuvan:

neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mind i got a platinum time (i was so confused as to what the canon past the silver seal was for, turns out its for an extremely easy platinum! also as of writing im in the top 20 of the world on this level lol)

ngl i find getting to the cannon takes much more time than using the shortcut under the train carriages across the bridge

Where is the gear area? The only gears I could find were in the elevator shafts. I though I saw gears exploring outside the map but I couldn't figure out how to get to that location from the inside.