The podium hold asks whether there is a podium

RP412PODIUM=0 promises "straight to the results" and delivered eleven
seconds of black screen first: the winners' circle hold was applied
unconditionally at the buzzer, and the timer never asked whether there
was a stand to hold the mission open FOR. Found by the -egg harness,
which could reach the end of a race unattended and noticed the promise
not being kept.

With the podium off, the hold now stands aside and the base 3-second
race fade runs the show. With it on, RP412PODIUMHOLD tunes the length
(1-60 seconds, default the same 11 as always) - eleven seconds of one
parked pod is a long look in single player, and that is now a choice
rather than a constant. The decision point logs which path it took and
the value it applied, verified all three ways:

  podium off - the race fade stands (3s) and the results come straight up
  holding the mission open 5s for the stand
  holding the mission open 11s for the stand

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

RP_L4/RPL4ENVIRON.cpp

@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ namespace
 "#RP412PODIUMFADEIN=0.45\n"
 "#RP412PODIUMCAM=1\n"
 "\n"
+"# How long the podium holds before the results screen, in seconds\n"
+"# (1-60). The stand is worth a look but eleven seconds of one parked\n"
+"# pod is a long look in single player. With RP412PODIUM=0 there is no\n"
+"# hold at all - straight to the results, as that option promises.\n"
+"#RP412PODIUMHOLD=11\n"
+"\n"
 "# Override the game length the menu picked, in seconds. The shortest the\n"
 "# menu offers is 3:00, which is a long wait when what you are testing is\n"
 "# what happens at the buzzer. Unset = use the menu's choice.\n"