Z244 has a two-tile switching shortcut, which is illusrated by the attached diagram and Trueno lap. As per tradition (ZCT202, ZCT146, ZCT136, etc.), now it's that time in which we sit down and decide whether it should be forbidden.
My take: while this shortcut isn't as destructive as the ones seen in past cases (it affects less than half of the track, and might not even be advantageous with faster cars), I think it should be forbidden anyway (it is as ugly as any of those two-tile cuts, and ruins a perfectly good section of the track). For a more objective rationale, we might invoke the "it shouldn't be allowed to drive the same section of track in both directions" principle, originally suggested by afullo back in ZCT202.
My take: while this shortcut isn't as destructive as the ones seen in past cases (it affects less than half of the track, and might not even be advantageous with faster cars), I think it should be forbidden anyway (it is as ugly as any of those two-tile cuts, and ruins a perfectly good section of the track). For a more objective rationale, we might invoke the "it shouldn't be allowed to drive the same section of track in both directions" principle, originally suggested by afullo back in ZCT202.