Neon Season Update

The Neon Season Update is the 53rd update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
NEON IS THE NEW BLACK
Make your experience neon bright thanks to the Neon Season. This thematic season will bring you the Season Pass, new event, cars, avatars, music, and much more! Buckle up and lost yourself in the neon lights of Asphalt 8.
DON'T PASS UP THIS SEASON PASS
Here's something really new to the game-the Season Pass, a new way of getting extra rewards while racing at your own pace! Race, improve your Season Pass level, and get top-notch rewards!
MEET THE ULTIMATE UPGRADE!
The awesome new Ultimate Upgrade is here! Instantly upgrade any of your vehicles to the fullest. Play more to get this exclusive item, and find the special icon in the Garage to max out your vehicles!
LOOK FOR MORE REWARDS
More rewards are coming! And it's never been easier to get them all! Look for the special icons throughout the game and get your rewards!
==New Vehicles==
All of these cars are festival-unlockable only, with the exception of the DMC DeLorean Neon Edition, which was a season pass-unlockable car.
*Class C
**DMC DeLorean Neon Edition
**Lotus E-R9
* Class A
**De Tomaso P72 (Postponed from the 2020 Christmas Update)
**Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4
**Chevrolet Camaro SS Independence Edition
*Class S
**Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro
The new cars will need the following cards:
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*New upgrade type: Ultimate Upgrade
**When used, a vehicle will be upgraded to its maximum rank. The game will ask for confirmation before it is used.
**In the Upgrades screen, the option to use it appears at the top of the list.
*New event type: Season Pass
*New event currency: Mileage Coins
*The following cars have been rebalanced:
**BMW M2
*** + rank reduced from to .
***Top speed reduced from 348.1 km/h to 271.0 km/h.
***Nitro speed reduced from 38.4 km/h to 30.1 km/h.
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved.
***Nitro efficiency has been improved. 
***Drift radius has been adjusted.
**McLaren M14A
*** rank reduced from to 
***Top speed reduced from 358.7 km/h to 293.1 km/h.
***Nitro speed reduced from 40.3 km/h to 32.6 km/h.
***Stock acceleration has been reduced.
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved.
***Nitro efficiency has been improved.
***Stability has been improved.
***Drift radius has been adjusted.
**Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS
*** + rank reduced from to .
***Top speed reduced from 429.9 km/h to 357.4 km/h.
***Nitro speed reduced from 47.4 km/h to 39.7 km/h.
***Stock acceleration has been reduced.
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved.
***Nitro efficiency has been improved.
***Drift radius has been significantly improved.
**Arrinera Hussarya GT
*** + rank reduced from to .
***Top speed reduced from 433.5 km/h to 379.1 km/h.
***Nitro speed reduced from 48.5 km/h to 42.1 km/h.
***Stock acceleration has been reduced.
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved.
***Nitro efficiency for Perfect Nitro and Triple Nitro has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted.
**Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning
*** + rank increased from to 
***Top speed increased from 426.6 km/h to 443.5 km/h.
***Nitro speed increased from 25.2 km/h to 49.3 km/h.
***Acceleration has been significantly improved.
***Nitro efficiency for Perfect Nitro has been significantly improved.
***Nitro efficiency for Triple Nitro has been reduced.
***Drift radius has been improved.
*The following cars have had their Season 9 race locations changed:
**Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS: From The Secret Lab to Iceland.
**McLaren M14A: From The London Eye to Alps Reverse.
**Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning: From Dubai Reverse to Venice.
*Upgrades for beginner cars now can be obtained by watching ads. Up to 10 ads can be watched each day. These include the following:
**Dodge Dart GT
**Audi R8 e-tron
**Ford F-150
**Volkswagen Beetle Turbo
**Cadillac ATS
**Renault Clio R.S. 200 EDC
**Nissan Juke NISMO
**Mini Cooper S Roadster
**Renault DeZir
**Citroën DS3 Racing
**Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS
**Cadillac XTS
**Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA
**Audi RS 3 Sportback
**Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive
**BMW M2
**Honda Integra Type-R
**Renault Trezor
**Infiniti Project Black S
**BMW M3 Sedan
**BMW M1
**Chevrolet Camaro GS
**Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG
**Infiniti FX50
**2015 Ford Mustang
**Honda S2000
**Honda Civic Type R
**Ferrari 308 GTS
**Acura NSX 2005
**Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition
**Mazda RX-8 Special Edition
**Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2016 Veloce
**Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary
**DS Survolt
**Aston Martin DB9 Coupé
**Maserati GranTurismo Sport
*Additional ads for storage slots are available. Up to 5 ads can be watched each day. Each ad gives 1 storage slot.
*Additional ads for and are available. Up to 5 ads can be watched each day and gives a progessively larger amount, going from 9,000, 13,500, 18,000, 22,500, to 27,000.
**This was changed on July 23 to 10 ads giving 10,000 each.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the DMC DeLorean Neon Edition, Peugeot 9X8, Aston Martin V12 Speedster, Genty Akylone, Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) Special Edition, Pagani Imola, Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4, Ajlani Drakuma, Aston Martin Valkyrie, Vision 1789, Pagani Huayra R, RAESR Tachyon Speed, Ultima RS and Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo were made available for conversion from June 22 onwards.
*6 new tracks were added for the duration of the Neon Season:
**Menu:
***"New Sky" (with Florian Maeteling) - Andreas Zoeller
**"Neon" genre:
***"Professor Falken" (with Tristan Calder) - Barnaby Robertson
***"Cybernetic Ballroom" (with Lost Home) - Charles Sergei Forster Hall
***"Cyber Punk Funk" (with Gordon Johnsson) - John Brooklyn
***"The Game" (with Eden Neville) - Alex Koste
***"Murder At The Gym" - Jean-François Berger
===Cosmetic Changes===
*The camera angle in the main menu is now static and can be manually adjusted. The previous camera angles are now used as a screensaver after 30 seconds of inactivity.
*New profile icons, avatar outfits and profile backgrounds:
**
***Mist Pilot
***Enduro
***Violet Sunset
***Pro Suit USA
**
***DJ Synth
**
***Freeway
**
***VR.DR1V3R
*A collection of new decals has been added for various cars, themed around the "Vaporwave" aesthetic.
**The neon decals that can be obtained via legitimate means include:
***BMW M1 - one variant (available from a TLE)
***Acura NSX 2005 - one variant (available from a TLE)
***Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary - one variant (available from the premium rewards of the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 Festival)
***TRION NEMESIS - one variant (available from a TLE; purchasable in a bundle together with the car for a limited period)
***Pagani Huayra BC - one variant (available from a TLE)
***W Motors Fenyr SuperSport - one variant (available from the premium rewards of the Neon Season)
***Pininfarina Battista - one variant (available from a TLE; purchasable in a bundle together with the car for a limited period)
**Other neon decals exist that can only be obtained via hacks. These include:
***Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ - one variant
***Bugatti Bolide - three variants
*New splash loading screen of a DMC DeLorean Neon Edition with a player avatar in Tokyo.
*New app icon of the DMC DeLorean Neon Edition.
*The player's ID is now shown with 20 characters.
*The De Tomaso brand filter has been removed.
**This has since been restored on July 29 with a newer logo.
*Each upgrade type now shows enlarged symbols of which performance aspects are improved.
*New engine sound: "Corvette Stingray 427 V8" (v8_427) which is used by the De Tomaso P72.
*The song bar for Neon tracks has a blue to pink gradient.
*On iOS devices, there is an option to delete your account on the in-game settings.
==Events==
#Neon Season (June 24 - August 20, 2022)
#Chevrolet Camaro SS Independence Edition Festival (July 1 - 11, 2022)
#Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 Festival (July 11 - 21, 2022)
#Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro Festival (July 22 - August 1, 2022)
#Lotus E-R9 Festival (August 1 - 11, 2022)
#De Tomaso P72 Festival (August 12-22, 2022)
==Gifts==
*Players who had any of the 4 cars that had a performance reduction were given a complementary gift that was available from June 16 onwards.
**BMW M2
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**McLaren M14A
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Arrinera Hussarya GT
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
==Bugs/ Glitches==
*The following bugs were fixed:
**Resolved an issue which prevented users from log in via Discord or Facebook on Android devices under certain circumstances. 
**Resolved an issue which triggered incorrect behavior when accessing Festival Quests section after launching the game offline. 
**Resolved an issue when visually wheels of certain cars were spinning in the wrong direction in 60 FPS settings.
*On the Android platform, some relatively high to mid-end devices that were capable of supporting the game using the "High/Very High" graphics settings and the "Higher Frame Rate" option prior to the Neon Season Update are currently unable to do so. Manually changing the graphics to anything higher than "Medium" and restarting the game does not fix this problem.
**Additionally, although the graphics settings are locked to "Medium", the visual appearance during regular gameplay (when racing outside of the Garage) has the fidelity of the "Low/Very Low" settings, depending on the device.
**As a result of the "High Frame Rate" feature being inactive and inaccessible, the game has varying levels of playability, being progressively worse with plenty of frame rate stuttering and severe input lag on less powerful devices.
**These problems were fixed on July 11 and players were given the following items as compensation:
***5x 
***5x 
***3x 
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
***
***
*Bugs that still persist:
** Game crashes are still frequent on Windows PC.
***This has now worsened when game crashes occur after only 1-2 races.
*Equipping items on the avatar can cause the camera's position to be substantially lowered, causing it to clip into the floor and show underneath it.
*On June 30, an over-the-air update rebalanced the ranks of the following cars:
**Audi RS 3 Sportback
*** + rank reduced from to .
**Nissan 370Z
*** + rank reduced from to .
**Chevrolet Camaro GS
*** + rank reduced from to .
**Donkervoort D8 GTO
*** + rank reduced from to .
**No compensation was given for the rebalancing and was reverted on July 1.
**These changes were eventually carried over to the Ninth Anniversary Update.
*If the player is in a timezone that has 0:00 UTC occuring before local time midnight, the game will give additional currency ads at midnight even if all 5 have been watched.
==Post-update screen==
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==Trailer==
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