I forgot where I heard this from and it's certainly not traditional, but if you are really short in time and want some good fried rice from freshly-cooked rice, put the freshly-cooked rice on a tray and have a fan blow over it to cool it down and dry it up. Mix it up periodically for even cooling and drying. Shouldn't take very long if you're starting from piping hot rice.
Once it's sufficiently cool and dry, you can proceed with it as if it's day-old rice.
Yea! Freshly cooked rice has a lot of moisture which makes a more mushy texture. Fried rice is better with more firm texture so good to remove the excess moisture. I spread my rice over a baking sheet and throw it in the fridge to evaporate the moisture quickly. Good to go after half an hour or so.