The Great Wall

The Great Wall, also known as The Great Wall of China (Traditional Chinese: 長城 or 萬里長城; Simplified Chinese: 长城 or 万里长城), is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. It also serves as one of the several tracks in the Asphalt series.
== Asphalt 8: Airborne ==
=== Overview ===
The Great Wall is the first location in the game to be added in an update; in this case, The Great Wall Update.
There are six tracks in The Great Wall:
The Great Wall 		The regular track.
Great Wall Rev. 		The reverse variant of The Great Wall.
The Dragon's Den 		Variant 1. Accessible in Gate Drift.
Buddha's Teachings		The reverse variant of The Dragon's Den.
Temple Drive 		Variant 2. Accessible in Gate Drift.
Wall Ascent 		The reverse variant of Temple Drive.
The Great Wall tracks are 3.311 mi (5.327 km) long and run through caves, a town, up the wall, and through a festival area. Paper dragons can be seen flying around, and fireworks also go off if fireworks boxes are destroyed.
The following vehicles have their banners depicted in The Great Wall:
* Ford F-150
* Scion FR-S
*Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition
*Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition
* Datsun 280Z
* SRT 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8
*TVR Sagaris Special Edition
*Marussia B2
* Apollo N
*Savage Rivale GTR
*McLaren P1™
*Onuk Sazan LM
*Techrules AT96 Track Version
* SCG 003S
* Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) Special Edition
*SSC Tuatara
* SSC Ultimate Aero XT
=== Recommendations ===
* The Great Wall tracks tend to be twisty, especially The Dragon's Den and Buddha's Teachings, so use a car with great handling.
** Specifically, on the Dragon's Den variant, the three consecutive tight curves can be "turned into" two tight curves, if the first curve is taken very wide. This trick makes navigating the track faster for any given car and can offer an advantage in TLEs or Multiplayer.
*In Great Wall Rev. and Wall Ascent, if a player attempts a barrel roll on the split straightaway but knows that it will end with a Wreck, steering into the middle divider for an out-of-bounds reset will be faster than waiting for the screen overlay to finish.
* In Great Wall Rev. and Wall Ascent, there is a shortcut that can be pulled off, but is hard to do so.
**Two rock pillars were added in the Porsche Update to further block the wide-jump shortcut exploit.
** The Munich Update patched the exploit and now respawns the player at where they left off.
=== Trivia ===
* Together with Nevada in Asphalt Nitro, The Great Wall is the track with the most derivatives in the entire Asphalt series, with six.
* The natural rock arch on the track is based on Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie, China.
* In the Lunar New Year 2017 Update, attempting to play Temple Drive would instead bring up Buddha's Teachings as soon as the countdown starts.
** Gate Drift races would also show no gates in that track. Because of this, it was advisable to completely avoid any and all Gate Drift challenges on Temple Drive, especially during Enduro Double Down, as attempting such races on this track would result in immediate challenge failure and the loss of all Enduro Points being banked.
** This has been fixed as of Car Blueprints Update.
* There are no variations in time of day on this track, regardless of the selected track variant.
* The Great Wall is a commonly used track for testing the handling and drifting capabilities of a car. The S-curve at the beginning is used for steering capacity and the following set of curves (on the left route) is used for drifting radius.
* The Great Wall tracks' internal names are:
** The Great Wall: Chn 1
** The Dragon's Den: Chn 2
** Temple Drive: Chn 3
** Great Wall Rev.: Chn 1 Reverse
** Buddha's Teachings: Chn 2 Reverse
** Wall Ascent: Chn 3 Reverse
* There are a number of yellow road signs across different parts of the track(s) which caution drivers with messages such as "Don't Drive When Tired", "Rear-End Collision: Keep Space" and "Don't Drink and Drive".
* There are numerous green signs across different parts of the track, one most notably near the red-roofed bridge leading toward the ancient city that reads "Qiaochang Lu (Chinese: 侨场路; lit: Qiaochang Road)". This indicates that a portion of the track is located in Yangdong County, a district in Guangdong Province. Below this is a white sign with an image of a traffic officer that reads 'Don't Exceed Speed Limit'.
=== Gallery ===
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|-| The Great Wall =
The Great Wall banner a8.png|Banner
A8TheGreatWall.PNG |Track layout
The Great Wall pre-race.png |Pre-race screen
The Great Wall festive area.png |A Koenigsegg One:1 in The Great Wall's fireworks festival area.
Screenshot_2018-06-30-21-01-40.png|The yellow sign reads 'Rear End Collision - Keep Space'.
Screenshot_2018-06-30-21-03-00.png|The green sign reads 'Qiaochang Lu (Chinese : 侨场路)' which translates to 'Qiaochang Road'. The white sign has an image of a traffic officer and the text reads 'Don't Exceed Speed Limit'.
Screenshot_2018-07-21-18-32-13.png|The yellow sign reads 'Don't Drink and Drive'. The green sign reads 'South'. The white sign reads 'Slow Down: Pedestrians Crossing'.
|-| Great Wall Rev. =
Great Wall Rev. banner a8.png|Banner
A8GreatWallRev..PNG |Track layout
Great Wall Rev pre-race.png |Pre-race screen
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images5.png|Pre race screen
|-| The Dragon's Den =
The Dragon's Den banner a8.png|Banner
A8TheDragon'sDen.PNG |Track layout
The Dragon's Den pre-race.png |Pre-race screen
Screenshot 2014-07-27-20-55-26.png |Two Hennessey Venom GTs in The Dragon's Den.
The Dragon's Den dragon.png |A McLaren P1 next to the dragon in The Dragon's Den.
The Dragon's Den post-race.png |A Holden Coupe 60 after a race in The Dragon's Den.
Screenshot_2017-12-22-01-05-12.png|One of the dragons that can be found flying around various parts of the track.
|-| Buddha's Teachings = 
Buddha's Teachings banner a8.png|Banner
A8Buddha'sTeachings.PNG | Track layout
Buddha's Teachings pre-race.png | Pre-race screen
Buddha's Teachings start line.png | Start of race in Buddha's Teachings with two McLaren P1s.
Buddha's Teachings dragon.png | The dragon from The Dragon's Den returns in Buddha's Teachings.
Asphalt 8 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG Elimination win.png | A Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG having won an Elimination event in Buddha's Teachings.
|-| Temple Drive =
Temple Drive banner a8.png|Banner
TempleDrive.PNG | Track layout
Temple Drive pre-race.png | Pre-race screen
Temple Drive start line.png | Start of race in Temple Drive with a Chevrolet Camaro GS.
|-| Wall Ascent =
Wall Ascent banner a8.png|Banner
A8WallAscent.PNG | Track layout
Wall Ascent pre-race.png|Pre-race screen
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== See also ==
* China
* Shanghai
Category:Locations
Category:Asia
Category:China
Category:Asphalt 8: Airborne
Category:Asphalt 8 Race Tracks
Category:The Great Wall Update