I just can't say anything without the devs wanting to prove me wrong, eh? Happy to be wrong again. Oh, that was a clever move, posting it on the 9th, as well.
Yeah, I think the rally mode will be for a 0.34.x update - with how big the Nine is, it's not surprising to me that it ended up being the only major piece of vehicle content in 0.34 (but what a piece it is!). The only thing that I'm a bit miffed about with the Nine (as of right now - haven't been able to play with it yet) is that it didn't get a straight-eight - but to be fair, getting sounds for that probably would've been too difficult.
Yeah, it's meant to be kinda hidden, for a soft-release, since it's still in extremely early stages. We were THIS close to delaying it to next year!
Fall fountain is getting so repetitive... why's that the pretty much the only gabester's track being used at this point?
Because it's the one iconic BeamNG track and since they've used it for so long, people can instantly recognize it as such. As @simsimw said, it's part of the games identity at this point. Also, I personally do not find it to be repetitive at all, I love hearing it in the videos and it they'd ever stop using it, a part of BeamNG would die with it, but that's just my two cents.