potent tinsel
I like that there are different speed settings and I personally have mine set to 2, but there's definitely something to be said for the slower speed of 1 when it comes to understanding how certain synergies are combining during the scoring of a hand. So why not give us the best of both worlds?
In some Nintendo games and various RPGs etc, you can hold a button to temporarily speed up character dialogue appearing or other actions. When you stop holding the button, the speed returns to normal.
So I'd love to see this in Balatro. The default behaviour would be the speed you're currently on (for example, this could be on Speed 1 to understand a synergy's scoring) but then you could hold a button to increase it by 1 speed level (or beyond, if there's a more detailed option for that) when you want something to happen more quickly. For example, this could be when you are familiar with a mechanic or want a certain action to happen faster than the rest of the game. This would allow you to keep the scoring slow, but then speed up the end of the hand and the deal of new cards by holding the button, that kind of thing.
I think this would be a useful addition to the game by giving us the ability to speed up the inbetween bits of runs while keeping important info delivered more slowly, and have this all in our control by holding a button.