Project P.I.T.T. Height Countdown
The official Project P.I.T.T. hint for disabling the five-second height countdown, separated from unverified solution details.

The official FAQ confirms that the five-second height countdown can be disabled and gives a direct hint: look at the pillars around the map. It does not publish the complete release-build solution, so this page does not pretend the missing steps are known.
Start with the official hint
Use the pillars as the first investigation target. The important release-day answer is that the timer is not necessarily permanent; the FAQ explicitly says it can be disabled.
Do not turn a hint into a walkthrough
The source does not identify every trigger, location, or condition. This site keeps an unknown solution unknown until it can be sourced or reproducibly verified.
Primary source: Official Steam Community launch FAQ ↗. Scope: demo.