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Gumball in real life

The Gumball 3000 rally was founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper. It is a 3,000 mile (4,800 kilometre) international road rally which takes place on public roads and every year sees a different route. 120 cars enter each year, mostly exotic cars or sports cars. There are no prizes for being the fastest and there is no timekeeping of any sort. The Gumball 3000 is a "road trip adventure" and not a race.

This year's Gumball was its 16th anniversary. It started in Miami on June 5th and concluded in Ibiza on June 11th.


Our take on the infamous rally

[TC] & Team [GLOW] have been running the Gumball since 2009 meaning this year is our 6th rally.

Our rally consists of the following:

14 Day Distance Challenge
The main event of the Gumball is a 14 day distance challenge and it's quite simple. The person that drives the furthest on [TC] servers over the Gumball fortnight wins. This year, the top 15 drivers will get prizes (7 more than in previous years) and we have added 2 more special awards. More prizes and a better distribution of prize money means that the competition should be more exciting than ever. At 11:59PM on August 1st, every driver in the rally will be entered into a separate statistics system where they will start with 0km. At 11:59PM on 15th August, the driver with the most kilometres will be crowned Gumball 2014 champion and will join an elite club of 5 drivers who have previously won the rally. Although you are not required to drive the same car for the entire 14 day period, we do encourage people to do so because in the real Gumball you are stuck with the car you start with.

Basically, stick to the same car, drive as far and as fast as possible for 2 weeks and have fun!

Pedal to the metal award
The person that maintains the highest average speed over the duration of the rally wins the pedal to the metal award. You must drive at least 2000km to be in with a chance of winning this award but there's usually a lot of competition for this award.

Spirit of the Gumball award
This award is given to the person who made the Gumball extra-special. It might be the person who made the best public skin pack, or given to someone who was the best company on TS or the servers. You can nominate someone for this award at the end of the rally. The winner will be voted on by the community.

Skinning Competition
The skinning competition allows anyone to enter up to 2 skins for the public to vote on. The skin that gets the most votes wins, simple. The winner and runner-up of this competition get prizes. You do not need to be entered into the rally to enter the skin competition. You may submit your skin at any point during the rally but the deadline is August 8th at 11:59PM. Voting will commence shortly afterwards and will last for one week.

Emergency Response Award *NEW*
This is a new prize for this year and will be awarded to the driver who proved themselves to be the best or most helpful TOW/MED/RES during the 14 day distance challenge. You are not required to be entered into the rally to be eligible for this award. Nominations and voting for this award will open on August 15th.

DJ Award *NEW*
Last year, the CityDriving radio presence was immense and so by introducing this award, we will be listening to a lot more CityDriving radio during the rally this year. The best DJ will be voted on after the rally on August 15th. Every DJ who did a show will be automatically entered. You do not need to be signed up to the rally to be eligible for this award.


Rules

The rules of the Gumball are simple. Follow the usual server rules and do not think you have priority over people who aren't competing.


Entry Fee

This year's entry fee will be €10,000

You do not need to pay an entry fee to be entered into the skinning competition or to be eligible for the emergency response or DJ awards.


Prizes

The prize pool will be funded by entry fees and donations.

The breakdown of prize distribution is as follows:

14 Day Distance Challenge
1st: 20.00%
2nd: 15.00%
3rd: 10.00%
4th: 5.00%
5th: 4.75%
6th: 4.50%
7th: 4.25%
8th: 4.00%
9th: 3.75% *NEW*
10th: 3.50% *NEW*
11th: 3.25% *NEW*
12th: 3.00% *NEW*
13th: 2.75% *NEW*
14th: 2.50% *NEW*
15th: 2.25% *NEW*

Special Awards
Pedal to the metal Award: 2.50%
Skin Competition Winner: 2.00%
Skin Competition Runner-Up: 1.00%
Spirit of the Gumball Award: 2.00%
Emergency Response Award: 2.00% *NEW*
DJ Award: 2.00% *NEW*


In-Game Naming Convention

So that other players know who's competing in the Gumball, we advise that you add one of two tags to your name whilst you are on the CityDriving servers:

Generic Gumball Tag
eg: [TC]►Pete◄[GB3K]

Driver Number
eg: [TC]►Pete◄ #82

You are free to use whichever tag you prefer, or neither!

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The Gumball is [TC]'s biggest event of the year so don't miss out! Even if you don't think you'll do very well, enter anyway!

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