2023 Lunar New Year Update

The 2023 Lunar New Year Update is the 59th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
TREASURE RUSH IS HERE AGAIN!
The brand-new Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition is the main treasure of this update! Win it first and become the best racer in Class A. Don't miss a free dice everyday in the event as well as in the Gauntlet and World Series Daily Rewards. Play everyday and fully upgrade your car! Good luck!
FORTUNE RABBIT SEASON PASS
New season, new opportunities! Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit and race to win tons of incredible prizes in the Season Pass! Pro Kit Cards, Direct and Ultimate Upgrades, Master Keys and a themed Avatar are already waiting!
==New Vehicles==
*Class B
**Zenvo TSR-S (Car Hunt)
*Class A
**Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition (Treasure Rush)
*Class S
**Naran Hyper Coupe (In-app purchase)
The new cars will need the following cards:
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*The following car has been rebalanced:
**Ferrari 458 Italia
*** rank increased from to .
***Fully upgraded top speed increased from 367.7 km/h to 379.0 km/h
***Fully upgraded nitro increased from 42 km/h to 42.1 km/h
***Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
***Drift radius has been adjusted
***Nitro efficiency has been improved
*Treasure Rush:
**The odds of winning the featured car in the Super Round has been increased from 0.017% to 3%.
**Completing both stages of the event now only requires 4,500 Treasure Points instead of 7,500.
**The points rewards in the Super Round have been increased to range from 200 to 2,000.
**The reward for Stage 1 is now 20 Direct Upgrades for the class the featured car is in and the Ultimate Upgrade is now a reward in the Super Round if the featured car has been obtained.
**The dice roll animation now can be skipped.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition were made available for conversion from January 22 onwards.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Zenvo TSR-S were made available for conversion from January 30 onwards.
*Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Naran Hyper Coupe were made available for conversion from February 3 onwards.
*On January 30, the reward for reaching Pro League in Classic World Series Season has been reduced from 4x , 4x to 1x , 1x .
*In February, the 1967 Chevrolet Impala's upgrade costs were reduced from per upgrade to per upgrade, in line with other vehicles of the same rank.
*Weekly VIP bundle now appears permanently in the Bundle Section instead of disappearing after the player claimed them. 
===Cosmetic Changes===
*New splash loading screen of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS YOTR, Black-Eared Hopper avatar, and the Lunar New Year version of Patagonia.
*New avatar: Black-Eared Hopper
*New profile icons: Fortune Rabbit Season, Black-Eared Hopper
*New profile background: Fortune Rabbit Season
*New avatar items:
**Cars On! Helmet
**Águila Negra Hoodie
**Super G Black Hoodie
*In the Garage, the class the player is in is now highlighted in blue instead of being darkened.
**The white progress bar for the number of vehicles owned in each class is no longer darkened if a brand or class filter is applied.
**The icons for the inbox, inventory, calendar, and upgrades are now darkened and colored in black if a server connection hasn't been established.
*Treasure Rush cosmetic changes:
**The girl mascot now speaks. These quotes are indicated via a speech bubble (text only). They are accompanied by a ringing bell sound.
***Whilst the player is spinning the dice and moving across the board, she says, "Awesome!", "Let's get these rewards!", "Let's look at which one we've got!", and "Great roll!"
***After the player has already used up all of their existing supply of Dice, she says, "Let's ROLL these dice! Rewards are waiting for you!" and "These dice work like a charm. Let's get more of them!"
***After the player collects their first batch of Treasure Points, she says, "These are the Treasure Points! Collect these to fill the Stages progress bar and collect your rewards!"
***After the player hits the reversal square, she says, "U-turn! Let's collect the rewards we've left behind!"
***When the player uses the Ultimate Dice to directly access the Super Round or to obtain another Ultimate Dice (whilst sacrificing the current one), she says, "Smart choice. I like it!", "Great thinking!", and "Amazing move!"
**The girl mascot is wearing a rabbit hat for the "Year of the Rabbit"-themed Treasure Rush. However, this rabbit hat is only showing up in the main screen of the Treasure Rush for some players, and not for others.
***This is fixed by restarting the game.
**The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is still shown as the example car in the information screen for the Treasure Rush, even though the same screen simultaneously says that the Porsche 911 Rabbit Edition is the main reward (which, it is).
**The misspelt "More Dices" button has been corrected to "More Dice".
**There is now a 2D dice symbol over World Series (Classic Season, daily reward #3) and Gauntlet (daily reward #5), to indicate that Dice can be won here.
== Exclusive vehicles ==
Between January 18 and February 1*, four of the historical Lunar New Year Special Edition cars were on sale (normally hidden):
* Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition: (50% off)
* Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition: (50% off)
* Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition: (50% off)**
* TVR Sagaris Special Edition: (50% off)
*The final date is not precisely known.
**For some reason, the SLK SE's default price is lower than the PBS SE's default price, even though the SLK SE is higher-ranked by one point.
The Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) Special Edition and BXR Bailey Blade GT1 Special Edition were instead sold in the Offers section for real money, at US $10 and US $20, respectively.
The SLK SE appeared as a main reward for reaching Tier 50 in the Free Section in the Acura NSX GT3 Evo Car Hunt.
On February 4, a sale was launched for one vehicle:
* Cadillac 16 Concept: (50% off)
The Mazzanti Evantra () and the Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli () are now available in the garage from February 4 - 11, 2023, for and , respectively. Previously, these cars were removed in the Golden Season Update due to potential licensing issues, as they cannot be unlocked with a corresponding Master Key.
== Events ==
#Fortune Rabbit Season (January 20 - March 1, 2023)
#Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition Treasure Rush (January 22 - February 4, 2023)
#Acura NSX GT3 Evo Car Hunt (January 23 - 30, 2023)
#Zenvo TSR-S Car Hunt (January 30 - February 6, 2023)
#Ford GT MK II Car Hunt (February 6 - 13, 2023)
#Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C7) Car Hunt (February 13 - 20, 2023)
#Valentine's Day Series (February 14 - 21, 2023)
#Ferrari 599XX Evo Car Hunt (February 20 - 27, 2023)
==Gifts==
*On January 24 and 25, the gift codes for the Content Creator avatar items were released:
**Cars On!
**Águila Negra
**Super Goku Black
***On Windows, time-limited event(s) will be held in March with the item(s) as rewards.
*On February 4, players were gifted:
**A decal for the Cadillac 16 Concept, namely "#01", worth 
***This decal is an old one. The gift coincides with the concurrent exclusive sale for the 16 Concept.
**1x 
**1x 
**1x 
==Bugs/Glitches==
* On Windows PC, control inputs stopped working properly since January 21. The steering would either turn off or become locked in place mid-race. There were also errors with navigating through the main menu with the keyboard controls and the cursor.
**This issue has gone away for some players, only to come back at a later point. Whereas, for other players, it has never gone away. The issue still exists as of February 1.
*On January 27 and 28, a prodigious cloud-save corruption issue arose, resulting in players either losing most or all of their progress after claiming TLE rewards from days preceding January 27, and in extreme cases, from simply opening the game. The non-exhaustive list of issues on all three major platforms (Windows, iOS, and Android) includes, but is not limited to:
**All of the player's owned and upgraded vehicles being reset to stock ranks (excluding most motorcycles, which use MAX upgrades, and vehicles); i.e. this only pertains to PRO upgrades.
**All boosters being cleared from the Inventory except for the new ones that are claimed.
**VIP levels being reset to 1 or 0.
**Credits and Fusion Coins balance becoming negative.
***This seems to be a more common phenomenon (than negative Tokens).
***The free daily dice in the Treasure Rush cannot be claimed with negative Fusion Coins.
****Because of this, on February 1, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition Treasure Rush's duration was extended by 3 days.
**Tokens balance becoming negative.
***This seems to be a rarer phenomenon (than negative Credits and Fusion Coins).
***Free Daily Bundles from the Shop cannot be claimed if the player's Tokens balance is 0 or negative.
**In some cases, ownership of some vehicles is completely lost, and those affected vehicles are displayed as "for sale" again in the Garage, or they go missing entirely in the case of certain vehicles that were previously hidden to non-owners during the course of prior Updates. This occurs in addition to the issue mentioned above.
**These issues were fixed for a random pool of players on February 2: 
***The issues were fixed for various players at various times, randomly selected from the populations of all of the major platforms. Some players had their progress restored on February 3. As of February 4, there are still some accounts that have not been fixed yet.
***Account progress was reset to January 27/28, with everything that was obtained between those dates being wiped out (including Gauntlet season rewards). 
***It is possible that any new cars obtained during this period, such as the Porsche 911 Rabbit Edition, are also removed, although this isn't confirmed yet. 
***On February 3, players were given the following items as a compensation:
****1x 
****1x 
****1x 
****5x Normal Dice
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***The progress the player made in special events during this period, such as reaching a new tier in a Car Hunt event, cell position in a Treasure Rush event remained, but any rewards gotten in this period are lost. For some players, any Treasure Points accumulated during this period are reset.
***On February 4, players received additional compensation, presumably pertaining to items that they had obtained during the days immediately after the progress bug occurred.
**After restoration (on February 2), some players reported that:
*** World Series Store screen shows nothing when viewing
*** Gauntlet screen shows "No active seasons" with a timer
***The Calendar button is blacked out (i.e. inaccessible)
****These three issues seem to have been fixed for most players on February 6, with the arrival of the new week starting on Monday.
**The Treasure Rush icon was entirely disappeared for certain players in the three-day extension period immediately following the restoration on February 2 (which probably didn't affect profiles that were restored on subsequent days). This bug coincided with the various other server-related bugs detailed immediately above. For the players that couldn't access the Treasure Rush during this period, this means that the event effectively ended for them on February 1, as opposed to on February 4 for other players.
***Other players have reported that while the Treasure Rush icon was also disappeared in the three-day extension period, if they finished the 6th daily race in Classic World Series Season or the 5th daily race in Gauntlet mode (the races that awarded the dice), the icon reappeared. Attempting to open the game again would cause the icon to be disappeared again until they complete the above races again in the next day, regardless whether they rolled any dice or not. If they already finished these two races and closed the game but didn't roll any dice in the last day, those dice will be wasted as the Treasure Rush icon would be disappeared when attempting to open the game again.
*Sometimes, the image of the rabbit in the Fortune Rabbit Season pop-up on the main menu disappears, for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, on Windows PC and iOS (iMac), the image of the Porsche 911 Rabbit Edition on the Treasure Rush pop-up disappears when you resize the bottom of the game screen.
*If the player created a new account after February 3, the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage Car Hunt event was launched instead of the current Car Hunt event. This event has the following:
**Tier 1 with the premium upgrade: BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage
**Tier 50: Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS
*At an unknown point, possibly starting from this update, the upgrades discount coupon of the KTM X-Bow GTX began displaying the image of the KTM X-Bow GT4.
*Android players reported being banned for playing the YouTuber’s Cup.
=== Fixed bugs from previous updates: ===
* The TVR Sagaris Special Edition's missing left mirror was restored in this update. This issue began in the 2021 Holiday Update (November), taking place at the same time that the Sagaris SE was rebalanced from Class A to Class C.
**The missing mirror was not entirely fixed. There used to be a little bolt on the underside of the mirror, which is still missing, even though the main portion of the mirror has been restored. This bolt can be seen on the Sagaris SE's right mirror as well as on both mirrors of the original TVR Sagaris.
*For several months (exact starting point unknown), the Ultima RS's upgrades discount coupon was displaying the image of the Peugeot 9X8 instead. At an unknown point, probably at the launch of this update, the image was fixed.
=== Bugs continuing from previous updates: ===
* The BXR Bailey Blade GT1 Special Edition is still being advertised with "fins" in the grills (seen in artworks), despite not actually possessing them. The BXR Bailey Blade GT1 possesses these fins, but they were never present on the special edition.
* Decals that are bundled together in the Offers section with corresponding vehicles are being removed from purchase (possibly intentionally); this includes both and decals. This phenomenon has been going on for over a year, beginning approximately with the 2021 Halloween Patch (part of the Eighth Anniversary Update), when decals were first re-introduced after a long hiatus. The decals are also pushed to the top of the decal selection menu when they are removed.
** The Arrinera Hussarya's "stars" decal was removed at the launch of this update, although it had been bundled with the Hussarya several weeks earlier (during the Hot Winter Season Update). The Hussarya has also been sold at an earlier time in a bundle alongside its "flames" decal, and this one was removed as soon as it was bundled. So, it can be seen that the removals don't always happen immediately, but they always happen eventually. Both of these two Hussarya decals were originally Credits-purchasable (but now, they are effectively exclusive).
==Post-update screen==