Eighth Anniversary Update

The Eighth Anniversary Update is the 49th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
Asphalt 8: Airborne is celebrating its 8th anniversary! To mark this momentous milestone, we've prepared an equally momentous update, with special time-limited events, fashionable new features, and a completely overhauled look for the game!
8th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
We want to thank all of the players who've made these 8 years as exhilirating and as fun as possible. So, we're hosting a series of 8th-Anniversary events and a special Festival where the prize is a limited-edition anniversary Bugatti Bolide!
RACER AVATARS ARRIVE
At last, players can create their own customisable Racer Avatar! There are loads of clothes, costumes and accessories to discover, so mix-and-match however you want to really let your unique style shine!
SHINY NEW UI
We've revamped the game inside and out, so a new user interface was essential. Enjoy the completely new look and feel, with even more improvements to come just 'round the bend.
==New Vehicles==
From this update onwards, cars that are unlocked through special events or giveaways have hybrid upgrades and double the amount of Fusion Coins to upgrade.
*Class D
**Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS (Gift) 
*Class B
**Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
**Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 
**Arrinera e-Hussarya 
*Class A
**Aston Martin Victor 
**Ford GT Mk II 
**Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport 
*Class S
**Automobili Pininfarina Battista (Postponed from 2019 Holiday Update)
The new cars will need the following cards:
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*The following cars have been rebalanced:
**Honda Integra Type-R
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 366.7 km/h to 270.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 40.5 km/h to 30.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Infiniti Project Black S
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 318.1 km/h to 271.3 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 35.3 km/h to 30.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Renault Trezor
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 361.5 km/h to 271.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 40.0 km/h to 30.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Mazda RX-8 Special Edition
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 397.7 km/h to 292.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 45.0 km/h to 32.5 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**TVR Sagaris
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 397.3 km/h to 314.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 42.8 km/h to 34.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**BMW i8 Coupe
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 399.5 km/h to 314.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 45.5 km/h to 34.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 400.5 km/h to 314.3 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 44.5 km/h to 34.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
**Rezvani Beast Alpha
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 422.0 km/h to 335.8 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 46.0 km/h to 37.3 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Rezvani Beast X
*** + car rank decreased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been decreased from 428.8 km/h to 357.6 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been decreased from 47.6 km/h to 39.7 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price decreased to 
**Spada Codatronca TSS
*** + car rank increased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been increased from 372.1 km/h to 422.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been increased from 40.1 km/h to 46.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price increased to 
**Pagani Zonda R
*** + car rank increased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been increased from 380.2 km/h to 422.2 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been increased from 41.7 km/h to 46.9 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price increased to 
**TRION NEMESIS
*** + car rank increased from to 
***Fully upgraded top speed has been increased from 449.4 km/h to 453.4 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro speed has been increased from 33.4 km/h to 39.5 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Car price increased to 
* The following cars have had their Season 9 race locations changed:
**Honda Integra Type-R: From Tokyo Reverse to Mount Teide
**Renault Trezor: From French Guiana to Barcelona
**Mazda RX-8 Special Edition: From Market Square to Tokyo Reverse
**BMW i8 Coupe: From Alps Reverse to Mosaic Motorway
**TVR Sagaris: From Wall Ascent to Nevada Reverse
**Rezvani Beast Alpha: From Mosaic Motorway to The River Fort
**Rezvani Beast X: From The Secret Lab to Citadel Clash
**Pagani Zonda R: From Barcelona to Alps Reverse
**Spada Codatronca TSS: From San Diego Harbor Rev. to Alps Reverse
**TRION NEMESIS: From Test Site: Omega to San Diego Harbor Rev.
*The following game modes / features have been removed:
**Car Mastery
**Collections
**Tag Racing
**Daily Tasks
**Asphalt Tracker
**Daily Ads (both the standard and milestone versions)
*The Free Daily Bundle now gives in addition to 1 of each Common rarity card.
*Festivals now have a new format used for cars that are obtained from the Premium Pass and have hybrid upgrades. This format has the following changes:
**The number of tiers is extended to 30 and the number of coins required to complete a tier has been increased.
**Coin packs will always give 8 coins.
**No additional reward cars or time-limited events for festival coins or kit cards.
*The Exclusive Metal Events are now available for Android and Windows PC players.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution, Onuk Sazan LM, KTM X-Bow GTX, McLaren Elva, Lamborghini SC20, Lamborghini Essenza SCV12, and the Bugatti Centodieci were made available for Wild Card conversion from September 24 onwards.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, Arrinera e-Hussarya, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport were made available for Wild Card conversion from October 28 onwards.
===v5.9.1===
A sub-update was released on October 5, 2021 and made the following changes:
*The milestone and standard versions of Daily Ads were reinstated. The icon for the milestone version was redesigned but the rewards remain unchanged.
*The "Replay" feature for multiplayer races first tested in the preceding update was made available again on October 11. It allows the player to immediately join another race lobby during the post-race screens without having to go back to the garage.
===Cosmetic Changes===
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Flawless Master profile icon a8.png
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*New player customization type: Avatars
**Avatars can be customized with outfit sets or individual items. Purchasing all 5 items in a set unlocks a profile icon.
**The avatar used for motorcycles now only appears during the race and color customization for the suit is not shown in the garage.
*The Garage and user interface have been redesigned.
**Career, World Series, Gauntlet, TLEs, and Moto Blitz are now listed in the "Play" screen in a vertical list.
**Event thumbnails now have a more squared aspect ratio and the overlays have been removed.
***The removal of the overlay means that the player has to check the leaderboard or participate in a race to determine if the event is ranked by lap time or points.
**Performance classes and decals are now in a vertical list and in descending order (i.e. the lowest tier / first decal are placed at the top of the list).
**Color customization is now shown in circles and are in ascending order (i.e. the first color is placed at the bottom of the list).
***Vehicles that do not have color customization now show the main color used.
**Scrolling through the garage now requires a vertical swipe. Swiping upwards goes to the right while swiping downwards goes to the left.
**The upgrade screen is now split into 2 sections. The left side shows all 4 stats while the right side is used to scroll vertically through the upgrades. Selecting an upgrade highlights the stats it improves.
**The stat bars have been condensed into a single bar that only shows upgrade progess in relation to the vehicle's maximum rank.
**The unit of speed used is now placed before the number itself.
**The recommended rank listing has been moved from the top right corner to be above the "Start Race" button.
**The Tuning Kit and its boosted stats are no longer shown in the garage.
**Before a vehicle reaches its fully upgraded rank, the game will show it as "current rank / final rank". When it reaches its final rank, only that rank is shown with the "/" being removed.
*New pre and post-race custscenes that shows 2 other drivers and the race's podium winners.
*New splash loading screen of a Koenigsegg Jesko in The Great Wall with a player avatar.
*The calendar, inbox, inventory, and garage icons have been moved to the bottom left of the screen.
*Helmets for Belgium, Chile, Czechia, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Vietnam have been added.
*New profile icon of "Anniversary 8". It is unlocked by participating in the Anniversary Mayhem events available between September 10-20. 
*A green dot is shown to indicate new events and currency offers.
*In races that have a class restriction, the game now defaults to the lowest vehicle in that class whenever the selection screen is entered.
**In TLEs, the game defaults to the highest vehicle the player has.
*On September 14, the zoom magnification when viewing a vehicle was decreased. When the update was launched, it was possible to get the camera to show the inside of cars that were sufficiently long or tall and viewing a motorcycle at full magnification would have the bottom of the screen clip through the floor. With the decreased magnification, the Cadillac 16 Concept was the only car long enough to get the camera to clip into it.
**The magnification was later further decreased with camera clipping no longer possible with any car.
**Until October 8, update v5.9.1 had the increased zoom magnification enabled.
*New songs added to the Electronic radio station:
**DotEXE - Battle Cry
**Deadmau5 - Channel 43 (Night / MOVES Remix) (with Wolfgang Gartner)
**Muzzy - Horsepower
**Notaker - Stratus
**Bad Computer - Somewhere New
**Opiuo - Apocalypse Honey (with Vorso)
**State of Mind - Nyx (with Neonlight)
**KLOUD - Disconnect (No Mana Remix)
**Document One - Hands Up
**BLK RSE - Silence (KAAZE Mix)
**Droptek - Sentinent (Joe Ford Remix)
**SaberZ - The Other Side
**Document One - Care For Me (with Joe Ford)
*iOS Replaykit is now only accessible from the pause menu during a race.
*On October 29, Halloween themed decals were added for the Arash AF10, Bugatti La Voiture Noire, Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ and Pagani Huayra BC. The decals are currently only obtainable for the AF10 and Huayra BC.
==Events==
#Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Festival (September 13 - September 23, 2021)
#Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Festival (September 24 - October 4, 2021)
#Arrinera e-Hussarya Festival (October 6 - October 16, 2021)
#Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Festival (October 18 - October 28, 2021)
#2021 Halloween Festival (October 29 - November 8, 2021)
#Aston Martin Victor Festival (November 11 - November 21, 2021)
#Ford GT Mk II Festival (November 22 - December 2, 2021)
==Gifts==
*Players who had any of the 9 cars that had a performance reduction were given a complementary gift that was available from September 6 onwards during the 2021 Summer Update.
**Infiniti Project Black S
***Different players received different rewards as compensation for this car. This is likely due to a human error from the developers.
****Reward Type 1:
*****
*****1x 
*****1x 
*****1x 
****Reward Type 2:
***** ( + )
*****1x 
*****1x 
*****1x 
*****1x 
*****1x 
*****1x 
**** These results suggest that the developers had increased the rewards of the Infiniti Project Black S by a small margin but then accidentally rewarded the original rewards as double-ups to certain players. This discrepancy explains the unpredictable reward totals that have been reported by various players.
**Renault Trezor
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Honda Integra Type-R
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Mazda RX-8 Special Edition
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**TVR Sagaris
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**BMW i8
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Rezvani Beast Alpha
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Rezvani Beast X
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
*Depending on how many the player had prior to the update, the following compensation amounts were given:
**1-75 licenses:
***
***
***5x 
***5x 
***5x 
***"Proved Master" profile icon
**76-2500 licenses:
***
***
***5x 
***5x 
***5x 
***"Proved Master" profile icon
***"Season Master" profile icon
**2,501+ licenses:
***
***
***5x 
***5x 
***5x 
***"Proved Master" profile icon
***"Season Master" profile icon
***"Flawless Master" profile icon
* was given on September 14 as compensation for game optimization in response to player feedback.
*Between September 11-18, a reward was given for each day that the player logged into the game. The rewards consisted of the following items:
**Day 1: 8x 
**Day 2: 
**Day 3: 8x 
**Day 4: 8x 
**Day 5: 8x 
**Day 6: 
**Day 7: 8x 
**Day 8: Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS
==Bugs / Glitches==
*The new pre-race cutscene shows Azure Coast's original name. It still displays "Monaco" before the race countdown.
*If the player quickly scrolls through the the upgrade screen from one end to the other for a vehicle that has not been fully upgraded, the yellow backing that is used when a performance aspect is fully upgraded can be briefly seen.
*If the player quickly scrolls through the garage, the game will only cycle between the names of the first 2 vehicles shown until the player stops.
*
**The decals are still visible for cars that had them equipped before player downloads the update. However, after the player downloads the update, these equipped exclusive decals become "ephemeral" and cannot be reequipped once unequipped.
*Poor Device Optimization: Severe lag, even with high performing devices, is present, making it almost impossible to play normally.
**This has been fixed and players were given compensation of .
*Missing / Reshuffled inventory:
**If the game is booted up with a weak / no internet connection, the inventory will show a capacity of 0 with only the boosters being shown while kit cards and upgrades are not. This is fixed when a stable connection to the servers has been established.
**If the inventory is viewed before the game has a stable connection to the servers, it will place vehicle-specific kit cards at the bottom of the list while regular kit cards are grouped by type and in ascending rarity instead of just rarity. Wild Cards retain their placement at the top of the inventory but do not show the time remaining until they are usable again. All items will have a value of .
*Unachievable Career Star: The fourth and fifth star requirements for the Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition's Season 9 race are impossible to achieve.
*Incorrect Ad Reward: On October 8, it was possible for Nitro Starter, Milestone, and Multi-Credits ads to give instead of the intended reward.
*Inconsistent Post-Race Options: During the post-race screens of a multiplayer race, the replay option and Multi-Credits prompt may not always appear.
*Festivals do not appear in the calendar until it has started.
*The following bugs have been fixed:
**Unrendered decals
***This bug arose in the 2021 Spring Update with the game not showing the decal if a different color for the same decal was selected.
*Bugs that still persist:
**Game crashes are still frequent on Windows PC.
**Players losing some or all in-game data on multiple platforms.
==Post-update screen==
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==Trailers==
A8 - Update 49 - Official Teaser
A8 - Avatars Update - Official Trailer
==Trivia==
*This update was not mandatory until September 14, 2021.
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