The earlier runs were sloppy and ended input so early the in-game time (to the finish line) was significantly increased. There shouldn't be such a thing as bad game choice though, especially when the movie isn't very long.
I decided to collect the fuel, but kept that in mind: the fuel trucks are collected on the last frame possible and thus the movie can be easily edited (by delaying the collection inputs by one frame) to not collect them, if it's a problem.