So far there have been three "gimmick" seasons: "Family Edition" (Season 8), which expanded teams to four people (including kids) and limited itself to traveling North America "All-Stars" (Season 11), bringing back several previous racers and "Unfinished Business" (Season 18), a second All-Stars encompassing Seasons 12-17, but with the twist that none of the returning teams have won.
(Prior to this, non-elimination penalties involved confiscation of money and possibly possessions, or a time penalty on the next leg if they did not come in first.) Season 19 introduced a task called a Hazard, which is functionally similar but given to the team who finished last on the race's first task. The Speed Bumped team must complete the task before they are allowed to continue. Speed Bump - Also introduced in Season 12, the Speed Bump is a short penalty task assigned to teams that placed last in non-elimination legs of the race.There have been some variations on the U-Turn, such as the Blind U-Turn (Season 14), where the team using it can remain anonymous, and the Double U-Turn (Season 17 and beyond), where two teams can each hinder a group behind them. If the targeted team is already past the Yield or U-Turn at that point, it has no effect. The Yield (Seasons 5-11) makes the affected team wait for approximately 30 minutes before they're allowed to continue the race, while the U-Turn (Season 12 and onward) forces them to go back to the Detour they just finished and complete the other task. Yield/U-Turn - These allow one team to hinder the progress of another.The earliest seasons had Fast Forwards available on every leg, but due to the expense of setting them up they were only offered once or twice a race. Fast Forwards are only awarded to the first team to complete the task, and teams are limited to one Fast Forward per race. Fast Forward - A special task that allows a team to bypass all other tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop.As of Season 6, the rules specify that no individual racer can perform more than a set number of Roadblocks, meaning the tasks must be split between teammates somewhat fairly. Roadblock - A Roadblock is a task that only one team member can perform the choice must be made with only a vague clue to hint at the task.The producers have gotten better at this in recent seasons, and it's now uncommon to see all the teams choose the same Detour. However, up until about Season 12, the tasks were still unbalanced enough that teams could easily see that one was much faster than the other.
Starting with Season 5, it became more of a choice between two conflicting skill sets, such as Brains vs. For Seasons 1-4, one route was typically shorter but harder (or scarier) to use while the other was longer but relatively easier.
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