World's Fastest Gamer

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The **World's Fastest Gamer** (sometimes shortened to **WFG**) is an online racing event held once every few years in Gear.Club: True Racing on mobile devices.

## Description

The World's Fastest Gamer has been held four times since it was first held in 2017. The event generally lasts a month and takes place in-game. Players race through two selected tracks to set the best time on both. All players use one car and are not permitted to use rewinds. The combined time from the two tracks is then put on a leaderboard. Players must have tickets to race, they regenerate over time or can be purchased with Gold. A player can have a maximum of five tickets at once.

Players must qualify at least 500th place in order to earn rewards. The rewards have five tiers depending on their place in the competition. Depending on their tier, players can exclusive cars (the same car they race as in the event) and paints, credits, and gold. The player who places first earns a large number of credits and gold, a car in an exclusive livery, and a contract with a racing team that can have a value of up to $1 million USD. The nature and conditions of the contract, as well as the team who provides it, changes each running of WFG.

Those who fall under 500th place earn nothing more than 100,000 credits. Additionally, since many players compete in the event for the sole purpose of earning the in-game currency and special edition vehicle, the car is often posted for an 80% discount for a month before it is hidden. The event cars that are used in the competition are often hypercars that have not been seen in the game previously, and usually taken from Gear.Club: Unlimited 2's larger car selection.

## World's Fastest Gamer 1

World's Fastest Gamer 1, at the time just World's Fastest Gamer, was the debut of WFG. It was held in summer 2017. Players were lent the McLaren 570S GT4, the racing variant of the McLaren 570S, for the race. Rudy van Buren, after a struggle with Danish surgeon Henrik Drue, won 1st place and earned himself a motorsport contract with the McLaren Formula 1 team.

Those who placed above 500th earned the 570S GT4 in multiple liveries for their game, as well as credits and gold. The 570S GT4 was not made available after the event and has since been hidden in the game

## World's Fastest Gamer 2

World's Fastest Gamer 2 was the second season of WFG. It was held from mid-July to mid-August of 2019 and lasted one month. The chosen event car was the W Motors Fenyr Supersport, freshly added to the game, along with two special edition paints, "Feral" and "Airborne". Along with the cars, participants could earn the usual credits and gold. The tracks chosen for WFG2 were Duchess Drive and Angus Domain.

The season was won by James Baldwin, narrowly beating out Riley Gerster. Baldwin earned a 12-day grand tour of California and a contract racing Aston Martins with R-Motorsport. After the event, the Fenyr Supersport was given a discount for a month, then was hidden from the game.

## World's Fastest Gamer 3

The third season, World's Fastest Gamer 3, was held for two weeks in May 2020. The brand-new Koenigsegg Agera RS (currently the world's fastest production car) was the focus car for the event. Players could race as the Agera RS WFG3, decked out in racing paint. The winners earned the car or it's special editions, "Honey", "Checker", and "Shadow", in addition to credits and gold. The courses used in WFG3 were Mittlack Ride and Roman Legacy.

The winner has yet to be announced, but it was likely won by Canadian Riley Gerster. For 1st place, the prize is a chance to earn a $1,000,000 racing contract. WFG3 was the most successful season to date. Eden Games reported a staggering 416% increase in downloads of True Racing from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store prior to the event. Additionally, included in the WFG3 update to the game, the Lupon Mountains region, a snow-covered mountain range from Gear.Club Unlimited 2, was opened up, hinting that the developers are planning to add the region to True Racing.

A second season of WFG3 ran from July 26 to August 16, with the McLaren 720S GT3 as the event car and the McLaren 720S as the prize car. The winner has yet to be announced, but it is believed to be previous winner James Baldwin.

## Future

Given the success of the past three WFG seasons, it is highly likely a fourth season or WFG4 will follow. Since previous events have taken place in the summer about one year apart, it is reasonable to assume that WFG4 will take place in the summer of 2021 or 2022.