2020 Halloween Update

The 2020 Halloween Update is the 44th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
BURN RUBBER IN THE GAUNTLET
Show off your power in the enthralling new competition with one-on-one races and a huge number of rewards! Challenge rival racers, set your personal record and win!
NEW CARS TO UNLOCK
Jaguar XKR-S GTs, Aston Martin Valhalla and a lot more speed machines!
The most frightful season is coming! HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL kicks off with the Dodge Tomahawk & Morgan Aero GT!
==New Vehicles==
* Class C
**Morgan Aero GT
* Class B
**Jaguar XKR-S GT
**BMW M4 GTS
* Class S
**Aston Martin Valhalla
**Dodge Tomahawk ()
The new cars will need the following cards:
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
* New Mode: Gauntlet
* The exclusive vehicles during October 16 - 29, 2020 are now permanently available in the Garage with their same during the mentioned sale.
Vehicle 	
Peugeot RCZ R 	
Lotus Elise Cup 260 	
1967 Chevrolet Impala 	
Porsche 959 	
Pontiac Solstice GXP 	
Alfa Romeo 4C 	
Infiniti Project Black S 	
Chrysler Firepower 	
DS E-Tense 	
Hyundai i30 N 	
Ariel Atom V8 	
Porsche 718 Boxster S 	
ED Design Torq 	
Vencer Sarthe 	
Equus Bass 770 	
McLaren M14A 	
Buick Riviera 	
Renault Trezor 	
Honda Civic Type R 	
Porsche Cayman GT4 	
Nissan 370Z Special Edition 	
Honda Integra Type-R 	
Renault Alpine Celebration 	
Sbarro Sparta 	
Porsche Taycan Turbo S 	
Maserati Alfieri 	
Pininfarina H2 Speed 	
Volkswagen I.D. R 	
Maserati MC12 	
Drako GTE 	
Peugeot SR1 	
Spyker C8 Preliator 	
ONUK Sazan LM 	
Ferrari F50 	
Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo 	
Porsche 911 GT3 RS 	
Aston Martin Vantage 2018 	
McLaren MP4/8 	
Lotus Evora Sport 410 	
BMW M2 Special Edition 	
BXR Bailey Blade GT1 	
Falcon F7 	
Apollo N 	
Mazda RX-8 Special Edition 	
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Black Series	
McLaren 570S 	
BMW i8 Coupe 	
SCG 003S 	
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 	
Lamborghini Huracán 	
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 	
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 	
Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 	
Zenvo ST1 	
McLaren 650S GT3 	
Bentley Continental GT3 	
Koenigsegg Agera R 	
Vanda Electronics Dendrobium 	
Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014	
SSC Ultimate Aero XT 	
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera 	
Lamborghini Egoista 	
Peugeot Onyx 	
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition 	
Bentley EXP10 Speed 6 	
Rezvani Beast Alpha 	
Ferrari SF90 Stradale 	
Italdesign Zerouno 	
Lotus Evija 	
McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 	
SIN R1 	
McLaren F1 XP-5 	
Aston Martin One-77 	
Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid 	
Rimac Concept S 	
McLaren 720S 	
Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach Package	
Ferrari F60 America 	
Porsche Carrera GT 	
Ferrari 812 Superfast 	
Weber Faster One 	
Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport 	
Rezvani Beast X 	
GT by CITROEN 	
Ford GT (2017) 	
Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita 	
BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage 	
Lamborghini Terzo Millennio 	
Mosler Super GT 	
Arrinera Hussarya GT 	
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 	
W Motors Fenyr Supersport 	
Rimac C_Two 	
Apollo Intensa Emozione 	
McLaren MP4-31 	
Zenvo TS1 GT 10th Anniversary Edition 	
Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli 	
Lamborghini Aventador SV 	
Ferrari 488 Pista 	
TORINO DESIGN Super Sport 	
Aspark Owl 	
2018 McLaren X2 	
Arash AF10 	
Pagani Huayra BC 	
McLaren 600LT 	
McLaren Senna 	
Lamborghini Centenario 	
Ferrari FXX K 	
Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 	
Koenigsegg Regera 	
* In the Daily Tasks menu, Gauntlet races can now be randomly selected for tasks that have traditionally been assigned to Multiplayer (Multiplayer League). As such, both Gauntlet and Multiplayer League tasks can show up in this section. Generally speaking, it is preferable to have Multiplayer League tasks rather than Gauntlet, due to the limitations of tickets in Gauntlet (Multiplayer League tickets are essentially infinite).
**Festivals now also have Gauntlet-specific quests.
*Upon the launch of the update, vehicle-specific cards for the Bugatti Chiron, Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli and Chevrolet Corvette Stingray were made available for Wild Card (Optimal, Superb) conversion.
**At some point between November 9 and November 12, vehicle-specific cards for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 were made available for Wild Card (Prime) conversion.
**On December 9, vehicle-specific cards for the Morgan Aero GT and Jaguar XKR-S GT were made available for Wild Card (Optimal) conversion.
* Gauntlet Tickets (Golden) can now be won from certain TLEs (Multiplayer TLEs) and Daily Ads (1 ticket per week-long ad cycle).
*The performance statistics of the Rimac Nevera were buffed on December 9th. 
** + rank increased from to 
**Fully upgraded top speed has been increased from 439.0 km/h to 443.8 km/h
**Fully upgraded nitro speed has been increased from 48.8 km/h to 49.3 km/h
**Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved 
**This buff was preemptive for the BMW M4 GTS Festival, which has it as a Premium reward.
*On December 17, the permanent 7-day booster bundle (Nitro Starter, Tuning Kit and Extra Tank) was transferred from the Bundles section to the Offers section in the main game menu. The bundle retains the same price and contents.
===Cosmetic Changes===
* Gauntlet mode is now visible in the game mode menu. The Multiplayer League access button has been halved in size, with the Gauntlet access button taking up the remaining space. Gauntlet is placed above Multiplayer League. Both game mode buttons are placed along the left third of the screen.
*In Gauntlet mode, when retrying a "defense" race (home run), the retry button has a ticket symbol on it, indicating that a ticket will be consumed when doing so.
*Transylvania was reskinned to night-time for certain TLEs related to the Halloween Festival.
*Tokyo, Transylvania and Area 51 were littered with pumpkins (city havoc) for certain TLEs related to the Halloween Festival and the McLaren-exclusive car sale.
*Since December 14; Iceland, Tokyo and the Alps are decorated with Christmas scenery objects until February 2021.
== Patches ==
*The "Limited music selection" bug from the Seventh Anniversary Update has been fixed.
==Exclusive Vehicles==
*October 30 - November 2, 2020 thumb|McLaren sale
**McLaren M14A: 
**McLaren MP4/8: 
**McLaren 570S: 
**McLaren 650S GT3: 
**McLaren P1™ GTR: 
**2018 McLaren X2: 
*November 5 - 13, 2020 thumb|Singles' day sale|alt=
**Donkervoort D8 GTO: 
**Lamborghini Estoque: 
**W Motors Lykan HyperSport: 
**Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita: 
**TRION NEMESIS: 
**Devel Sixteen Prototype: 
*November 11 - 14, 2020
**Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640: (-50% off from )
**McLaren 650S GT3: (-50% off from )
**McLaren 720S: (-40% off from )
*November 26 - 30, 2020
**NanoFlowcell QUANTINO: (50% off)
**Buick Riviera: (29% off)
**McLaren F1 XP-5: (23% off)
**Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: (11% off)
**Lamborghini Aventador SV: (13% off)
*December 17 - 28, 2020 thumb|Christmas Sale
**Marussia B2: (50% off)
**BXR Bailey Blade GT1: (23% off)
**McLaren 570S: (22% off)
**Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014: (14% off)
**Arrinera Hussarya GT: (11% off)
**TRION NEMESIS: (11% off)
**W Motors Fenyr Supersport: (11% off)
==Events==
#Halloween Festival (October 30 - November 9, 2020)
#Fall Flash 4 Multiplayer Season (November 5 - 30, 2020)
#Jaguar XKR-S GT Festival (November 13 - 23, 2020)
#Aston Martin Valhalla Festival (November 27 - December 7, 2020)
#Holiday Rush 5 Multiplayer Season (December 3 - 28, 2020)
#BMW M4 GTS Festival (December 11 - 21, 2020)
==Thanksgiving Gifts==
Vencer Sarthe Thanksgiving FB a8.jpg|Facebook promo ad
Thanksgiving 2020 Day 1 a8.PNG|Promo image on Day 1
Thanksgiving 2020 Day 2(a) a8.PNG|Promo image on Day 2
Thanksgiving 2020 Day 2 a8.PNG|Promo image on Day 2 (if the Sarthe is already owned)
Vencer sarthe thanksgiving a8.png|Promo image on Day 3
Thanksgiving 2020 Day 3 a8.PNG|Promo image on Day 3 (if the Sarthe is alread owned)
The players received the following Thanksgiving gifts from Gameloft for logging in during November 26 - 28, 2020:
*Day 1: 1x , 1x and 1x Wild cards.
*Day 2: and .
*Day 3: Vencer Sarthe or if the car is already owned.
==Bugs / Glitches==
*Gauntlet Mode Bugs: When challenging opponent's time, the time to beat and the track doesn't match. This seems to be because opponent's ghost is driving another track rather than the track that player is driving.
**It is also possible for the game to give the player a second home track to set a time on immediately after a time has been set on the first track. The second track will have the first track's time and ghost to be beaten.
***These bugs have been fixed as of 9 November 2020.
*Memory access issues: Due to the game's increased use of video memory, players running the game on Windows with an integrated graphics card are extremely likely to experience memory access violations when loading a race, which results in a crash. Players on other platforms also report an increased likelihood of crashes after the Gameloft 20th Anniversary splash screen is shown. Windows users who have a dedicated graphics card (e.g. any Nvidia or AMD graphics card) may be able to work around this problem by changing the Graphics Adapter used by the game in the Sound & Display settings menu.
*Missing Festival Coins: Numerous players reported that the coins earned from a Festival Coins Cup on November 1, 2020 for the 2020 Halloween Festival were not being counted on November 4, 2020 onwards.
**This was fixed on November 6 with 300 coins being given as compensation and the items from the missing tiers being claimable for a second time.Asphalt 8: Airborne Discord server
*On November 5, the following cars were on sale with their wrong prices, which was fixed afterwards:
**Donkervoort D8 GTO: 
**Lamborghini Estoque: 
**W Motors Lykan HyperSport: 
**Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita: 
**TRION NEMESIS: 
**Devel Sixteen Prototype:
*The Golden Gauntlet Ticket rewards for the Multiplayer Cup during November 7 - 8, 2020 were not awarded. On November 10, the undelivered Tickets were awarded along with a compensation of .
*Shop access bug: Some players have reported that in-game purchases have been disabled completely. (Android, Windows)
**Workaround: Changing language option to English and restarting the game may solve this issue.
**This bug seems to be fixed on November 26.
*On Windows, there are no weather effects on the screen when racing. For example, rainy tracks such as Tokyo doesn't show any rain drops while snowy tracks such as Alps doesn't show any snow effects on the screen at all.
**This was fixed in the 2021 Lunar New Year Update.
*Some players can't race against other opponents when they want to compete in Gauntlet mode. It shows a grey loading circle and doesn't respond either temporary or until the Gauntlet season is over.
thumb|Compensation for the inconvenience in Tokens cup
*Tokens Cup on December 12, 2020 ended after a day instead of 2 days, even though the remaining duration in the weekly calendar was unchanged. On the other hand, was awarded for finishing the race instead of . However, players received as a compensation for the inconvenience.
==Post-update screen==
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A8_v5.4_screen_3.jpg|Android
==Trailer==
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==Trivia==
*This update is the last for Windows and Xbox players to login to Xbox Live. It will be mandatory for players to login to Facebook in order to continue playing with their saved data from the next update onwards.
**However, the next update seemingly retained the ability to sync/login by using Microsoft account instead of Xbox Live; both services typically uses the same login.
*Windows/Windows Phone 8.x will no longer be supported in the next update. Windows players using Windows 8.x are requested to upgrade their device before the next update to continue playing.
==References==