# Glossary

> GTA and roleplay vocabulary in plain language.

- Published: 17 Sept 2026 (2026-09-17)
- Last verified: 17 Sept 2026 (2026-09-17)
- URL: https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/

- [Cfx.re](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/cfx-re/) — **Confirmed** — The team behind FiveM and RedM. Part of Rockstar Games since August 2023.
- [Fail RP](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/fail-rp/) — **Confirmed** — Behaviour that a real person in your character's position would never show, breaking the scene for everyone.
- [FiveM](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/fivem/) — **Confirmed** — The most widely used multiplayer modification for GTA V, which lets communities run custom servers.
- [GTA+](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/gta-plus/) — **Confirmed** — Rockstar's paid membership programme. Digital pre-orders of GTA 6 include a free month.
- [IC / OOC](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/ic-ooc/) — **Confirmed** — In character and out of character — the line between what your character knows and says and what you, the player, do.
- [Metagaming](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/metagaming/) — **Confirmed** — Using information your character could not know — from a stream, Discord or OOC chat — inside the roleplay.
- [New Life Rule (NLR)](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/new-life-rule/) — **Confirmed** — After your character is downed and respawns, they forget the events that led to it.
- [Powergaming](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/powergaming/) — **Confirmed** — Forcing an outcome on other players or doing things your character realistically could not.
- [RDM](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/rdm/) — **Confirmed** — Random deathmatch: attacking or killing another player's character without any roleplay reason.
- [Roleplay (RP)](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/roleplay/) — **Confirmed** — Playing GTA as a persistent character with a job, relationships and consequences, on a community-run multiplayer server.
- [VDM](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/vdm/) — **Confirmed** — Vehicle deathmatch: using a car as a weapon against players without a roleplay reason.
- [Whitelist](https://thecity.gg/en/glossary/whitelist/) — **Confirmed** — A server that only admits players who have been approved in advance, usually through a written application.