Kangarou

In Sonic R, there's a track with an explicit "trap hole", and a long winding path to climb back up. If you just don't climb back up and explore the map, you'll find yourself back at the track's beginning, and it'll count as a full lap. Cuts the laptime in half.

The high bar of accessibility settings in Insomniac and Naughty Dog games. I’m not even handicapped, but these things are such nice features to know they’re there.