Car Mastery Update

The Car Mastery Update, also known as the Hot Summer Update or Mastery Update for short, is the v2.0.0 update of Asphalt 8: Airborne, which was released on July 13, 2015 for iOS, July 27, 2015 for Android, and August 10, 2015 for Windows and Windows Mobile. It added the Car Mastery game mode.
== Announcement ==
The following text was published on the Apple Store:
: Crank up the AC, because the summer wind's blowing a hot new update your way!
: What's new:
* CAR MASTERY: Take on a series of over 1,500 special challenges to win exclusive & iconic cars!
* 8 NEW CARS: Spark a fire in your soul with the McLaren P1™ GTR, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, McLaren 675LT, and more.
* NEW DECALS: Because you can never have too many customization options!
== New Cars ==
*Class D
**Camaro Z/28 ()
**Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X ( car) – postponed to Research & Development Update
*Class C
**Datsun 280Z ()
**AC 378 GT Z
*Class B
**Shelby Cobra 427 ()
**Chevrolet SS
*Class A
**McLaren 675LT
*Class S
**McLaren P1™ GTR ( car)
The new cars will need the following engine cards:
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**Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (x8)
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**Camaro Z/28 (x20)
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**AC 378 GT Z (x8)
**Shelby Cobra 427 (x28)
**Chevrolet SS (x12)
**McLaren 675LT (x16)
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**McLaren P1™ GTR (x60)
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**Datsun 280Z (x20)
== Game Changes ==
* New game mode: Car Mastery
* After a race, in the screen Race Reward where you see the credits earned, a new button was introduced to Replay the current race. When farming credits, this is useful to avoid loading the race overview and selecting the same race again, which results in a gain of approximately 10 seconds per race, depending of your device.
* Metal Effects now available for Windows mobile devices/PCs. Graphics setting should be set to "Extreme" in order for the Metal Effects to show, but the "Extreme" graphics setting is available only on high-end devices/PCs.
* The Citroën Survolt was renamed to DS Survolt.
** Citroën has been changed to DS Automobiles. Despite this, cars with the DS Automobiles badge still show Citroën badges.
* The logos for Geely and Chevrolet have been updated to match their current logos.
* New engine card: i6 Engine.
== Trivia ==
* The app icon still features the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4; however, it has changed from yellow to red color with a racing stripes decal available for .
* An advertisment stating that legendary engine cards such as the Forced-Induction V8 Engine, F6 Engine, V10 Engine, and V12 Engine cards would appear more frequently in Pro Boxes started to appear in-game. Some users reported that they saw an increase in such cards with the various pro kit boxes.
* The Geely GC9 was released in this update instead.
* First update since the Daily Bonus Update to introduce a new car with its own Speed Modification (in this case, the McLaren P1™ GTR has 95.90%).
* This is also the last update where San Diego Harbor, Sector 8, and Tenerife were unselectable in Quick Solo Race.
== Bugs / Glitches ==
* Abnormally Wide McLaren P1™ GTR Drift Radius: The McLaren P1™ GTR's drift handling was bugged, with a drift radius only slightly sharper than that of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Coupé Final Edition. After numerous complaints about this issue, the drift handling bug was finally fixed in the Research & Development Update.
* Distorted Mastery Overlay (iOS): On the iOS version of the game, there was a glitch with the pre-race screen in Car Mastery regarding the layer that shows the Challenge number and car name: it was distorted. Since the Research & Development Update, this has been fixed.
* Audi R8 LMS Ultra price decrease: The Audi R8 LMS Ultra's price on August 21, 2015 was temporarily glitched and reduced to from . This was fixed a few hours/days later, with the price being reverted back to the original price.
**The R8 LMS was later changed to a Token-only car, with a token price of for accounts made after November 13, 2017, and was later changed to on March 23, 2018.
The following bug has been fixed from the Tenerife Update:
* Aventador for Veneno Race Events
** However, any ghosts set in the Veneno's Season 9 race using the Aventador may stay, especially if the Aventador is MAX+PRO (A1758 vs the Veneno's S1680).