Opening Restructure

• • Combined all Rex material and childhood scenes into a single opening montage. Rescored.

  • Added the text “Eight Years Ago” during the montage.

  • Added “Present Day” when the film transitions to adult Speed. 

  • The title card now appears after the first race.

Thunderhead & Early Flashbacks

• • Removed the original Rex flashback from Thunderhead. 

  • Removed Spritle and Chim Chim's binocular moment. 

  • Removed Trixie’s childhood flashback. 

  • Removed the shot of Racer X predicting Speed’s future.

Breakfast & Royalton introduction

• • Removed Spritle and Chim Chim "fight" and Spritle answering the phone.

  • The scene now begins with Sparky reading the newspaper the next day.

  • Cut the German lines from E.P. Royalton about “pancakes are love,” kept the English line.

  • Removed E.P. Royalton guessing ingredients and trying to buy the recipe.

  • Removed E.P. Royalton’s “meet my family” invitation.

  • Scene now ends on his “...to help” line.

Plane ride & Royalton tour

• • Removed Spritle’s candy 'choir gag' on the plane.

  • Trimmed Royalton’s facility tour.

  • Removed Pops being asked how long he takes to build a car.

  • Removed long driver-training section.

  • Kept only the transponder demo.

Togokahn & Mafia Sequence

• • Trimmed the interrogation buildup.

  • Trimmed parts of Racer X fighting with the goons.

  • Removed the piranha finger gag.

Speed & Trixie Scene

• • Rescored the car conversation with Tokyo Nights by Digital Farm Animals (instrumental emphasis).

  • Replaced Speed’s kiss-setup line with a new line that closes the scene cleanly.

  • No Spritle interruption. 

Royalton Monologue

• • Removed all history lessons and fixed race exposition.

  • Removed every reference to Burns, Dugazi, and the ‘43 Prix.

  • Kept only Royalton’s Iodyne engine worldview.

  • Removed Spritle/Chim Chim candy escapades in the tower.

  • Removed Royalton’s litigation speech and Speed confronting Burns.

  • Removed the entire Spritle-caught-by-guards section.

  • After the Racers are served, scene cuts directly to next morning with Sparky reading the news.

Mom & Speed Scene

• • Removed Speed ripping Burn's poster.

  • Rescored Mom/Speed scene with Promises (Nils Frahm Rework) by The Presets (slowed + reverb).

  • Removed the full Speed/Rex flashback. Kept only a shot of Rex’s embarrassed reaction.

Inspector Detector & Racer X visit

• • Removed Spritle opening the door and the Harbinger chaos.

  • Now Pops opens the door instead.

  • Retained Racer X’s quiet “This is a bad idea” line.

Mach 5 upgrades briefing & Casa Cristo Race

• • Trimmed Inspector Detector’s rundown.

  • Kept the mention that modifications were done.

  • Removed the visual demo of each upgrade to avoid early spoilers.

  • Removed Snake Oiler’s sidebar about being promised wins and whining.

  • Trimmed part of the Speed vs. headhunters scene where they play with a blade and a shield.

  • Removed Speed saying, “This race is full of cheaters" and "has no one read the rule book?” He should already know that. This is Casa Cristo.

Casa Cristo 2nd leg

• • When Speed tells Racer X about how they made a good team replaced Racer X’s response with something more still and revealing.

  • Removed the entire ninja fight scene. 

  • Now it transitions from Togokahn being poisoned to all of them converging.

  • Removed all the comical fight scene during the rendezvous when Trixie and Togokahn switch spots.

  • Removed Trixie asking Sparky if the cave was where Rex died. 

Post Casa Cristo Race Changes

• • Removed Sparky’s “So the whole race was for nothing.”

  • Rescored Speed and Racer X’s Thunderhead scene with Solar Sailer by Daft Punk (slowed and reverbed).

  • Rescored Pops/Speed scene with Mercury from Sunshine OST (slowed and reverbed).

  • Removed Speed telling Pops the Burns race was fixed (since no fixed races are mentioned).

  • Removed Pops saying to Speed “What do you think of that, Mr. It’s always fixed?”

Grand Prix prep & mid race additions

• • Removed the announcer line asking the makeup artist if she was there the year before.

  • Rescored Speed’s entrance with Sirius by The Alan Parsons Project (slowed and reverb)

  • Removed the part where EP is tells his driver to take Speed out.

  • Removed Speed's trek through the locker room.

  • The race remains as is.

  • Added Rex Racer ADR “Racing is in our blood, Speed!” line during Speed’s final racing montage.

  • Rescored the Racer X reveal of Rex Racer scene.

  • Added explosion sfx as Rex blows up his car during flashback. 

  • Removed Spritle interrupting the kiss.

End Credits

• • Replaced end credits with new footage and credits. 

  • Scored with Days of Thunder by The Midnight.