Gangstar Season Update

The Gangstar Season Update is the 55th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
Vegas vibes in Asphalt 8! Jason joins your Avatar family & adventure. Meanwhile, Ramona, an exclusive car with a soul, bursts onto Asphalt 8's tracks. Are you ready to feel the mind-blowing atmosphere with the new Season Pass?
Gangstar Vegas Season Pass
Meet Gangstar Vegas's Ramona! You want to see her soul; don't miss it! And of course, Jason will be with you on this adventure. Feel the mind-blowing atmosphere with the new Season Pass in this Gangstar Vegas collaboration. New vehicles, new upgrades, and more rewards are waiting for you!
Upgrading is easy!
Upgrading your ride is now simpler and clearer than ever! Direct Upgrades will help you tune up your vehicle without worrying about cards or any currency! All Free Upgrades have been converted into Direct Upgrades automatically.
More ways to upgrade!
From now on, all cars will have the same system as Pro Kit cards, with individual cards for each. Look for Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary Cards-one per Class. Also, the same applies to Wild Cards. Owned cards will be converted to new ones automatically. Don't miss your legendary chance!
==New Vehicles==
All of these cars are festival-unlockable only, with the exception of the Gangstar Vegas Ramona - a season pass-unlockable car.
*Class B
**Gangstar Vegas Ramona
**Lotus Emira
*Class A
**Porsche 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design
*Class S
**W Motors Lykan Hypersport Halloween Edition
The new cars will need the following cards:
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*The following cars have been rebalanced:
**2015 Ford Mustang
*** + rank reduced from to .
****Fully upgraded top speed increased from 333.1 km/h to 292.6 km/h
****Fully upgraded nitro decreased from 37.5 km/h to 32.5 km/h
****Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
****Drift radius has been adjusted
****Nitro efficiency has been improved
**Maserati GranTurismo Sport
*** + rank increased from to .
****Fully upgraded top speed increased from 311.7 km/h to 335.8 km/h
****Fully upgraded nitro increased from 33.3 km/h to 37.3 km/h
****Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
****Drift radius has been adjusted
****Nitro efficiency has been improved
**Lamborghini Asterion
*** + rank reduced from to .
****Fully upgraded top speed decreased from 399 km/h to 357.6 km/h
****Fully upgraded nitro decreased from 43.4 km/h to 39.7 km/h
****Fully upgraded acceleration has been improved
****Drift radius has been adjusted
****Nitro efficiency has been improved
**The following performance changes were not mentioned in the official patch notes:
***2018 McLaren X2:
****Fully upgraded nitro decreased from 48.9 km/h to 44.8 km/h
****Total top speed decreased from 492.5 km/h to 488.4 km/h
***McLaren MP4-31:
****Fully upgraded nitro decreased from 49.5 km/h to 45.4 km/h
****Total top speed decreased from 490.9 km/h to 486.8 km/h
***McLaren 570S:
****Fully upgraded acceleration has been significantly improved (1.8 seconds to reach top speed when triple boosted)
***These changes were reverted on October 13.
*Upgrades
**Cars:
***All + cars now become only cars and use the hybrid-upgrade system used for Festival cars introduced in the 2021 Spring Update.
****This also means vehicle specific kit cards of these cars are now available for conversion.
****Any + car that had 4 or fewer levels prior to this update will now be treated as having 10 levels.
*****The only exceptions to this are the Dodge Dart GT and the Audi R8 e-tron, both of which have 7 levels.
***This system is also applied to any cars that have been upgraded by using only car-specific kit cards prior to this update.
***All upgrades now have the same cost for every level. The total upgrade costs are as follows:
****Dodge Dart GT and Audi R8 e-tron: ( per upgrade)
****From Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS () to Cadillac ATS (): ( per upgrade)
****From Cadillac XTS () to Ford F-150 (): ( per upgrade)
****From Mini Cooper S Roadster () to Renault DeZir (): ( per upgrade)
****From Camaro Z/28 () to Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary (): ( per upgrade)
****From Lotus Evora Enduro GT () to Porsche Cayman GT4 (): ( per upgrade)
****From Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS () to Peugeot SR1 (): ( per upgrade)
****From Ferrari F12berlinetta () to Nissan GT-R NISMO (): ( per upgrade)
****From Aston Martin DBS Superleggera () to GT by CITROEN (): ( per upgrade)
****All Class S cars: ( per upgrade)
****Note: The car ranges may be subjected to change depending on the update. Players can refer to the following page for more details.
***Class and vehicle-specific upgrades are now called "Direct Upgrades" and can be used instead of spending Pro Kits resources. There are 5 types of Direct Upgrade corresponding to each Class:
****: for upgrading Class D vehicles
****: for upgrading Class C vehicles
****: for upgrading Class B vehicles
****: for upgrading Class A vehicles
****: for upgrading Class S vehicles
***Wild Card rarities are now class-specific and can be converted into different rarities.
**** now become and is used to upgrade Class S cars.
**** now become and is used to upgrade Class A cars.
**** now become and is used to upgrade Class B cars.
****Two new rarities have been added:
***** for upgrading Class D cars.
***** for upgrading Class C cars.
****The costs for exchanging Wild Cards to car-specific kit cards are as follows:
*****: 
*****: 
*****: 
*****: 
*****: 
****Players now have the option to downgrade Wild Cards of a higher rarity. The costs for conversion are as follows:
***** to : 
***** to : 
***** to : 
***** to : 
****The game will notify before converting Wild Cards into kit cards for a car that is available in the garage but the player doesn't own.
****Wild Cards cannot be converted into kit cards of cars that are unavailable in the garage or those at .
****New selling prices for Wild Card rarities:
*****: 
*****: 
***Missing Pro Kit cards can now be purchased and applied with . The cost is also significantly higher than the cost when the player has all the required Pro Kit cards.
**Bikes: 
***The upgrade cost for all bikes have also been significantly increased. All upgrades have the same cost for every level. The total upgrade costs are as follows:
****Suzuki GSX-R750 (): ( per level)
****Kawasaki Z800 (): ( per level)
****KTM 1290 Super Duke R (): ( per level)
****Ducati Monster 1200 () and Yamaha YZF-R6 (): ( per level)
****Ducati SuperSport S (), Yamaha FZ-10 () and MV Agusta F4 1000 R (): ( per level)
****Ducati XDiavel S (), BMW S 1000 RR () and Suzuki Hayabusa (): ( per level)
****Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 RR my2017 (): ( per level)
****Kawasaki Ninja H2R () and Lightning LS-218 (): ( per level)
*****This is due to these bikes only having 5x upgrades instead of 10.
*Season Pass: 
**A button for claiming all rewards in an unlocked page has been added.
**The 2x XP multiplier for completing a multiplayer race has been removed.
*A redirect button that goes to the upgrades screen when viewing car specific cards has been added.
*8 new tracks were added for the duration of the Gangstar Vegas Season:
**Menu:
***"The Mindset" - Derek Long, Jaron Takach & Nathan Bodiker
***"Get Dropped" - Brett Engel
***"Game On" - Martin Courcy
***"Anything Goes" - Carl Vaudrin
**"Gangstar Vegas" genre:
***"Bang it Out" - Pavlo Nikolaienko & Yevhen Tereshchuk
***"Blastwave" - Ryle
***"Hot Love" - Wally Gagel & Xandy Barry
***"Lightning" - Wally Gagel & Xandy Barry
*The rewards for the McLaren Elva Festival have been changed so that players who already owned the McLaren Elva, McLaren 650S GT3, McLaren Senna, McLaren Speedtail and the McLaren F1 XP-5 would have 8x  as compensation. Originally, it was 7x   instead.
*Vehicle specific kit cards for the Gangstar Vegas Ramona were made available for conversion from September 30 onwards.
*Vehicle specific kit cards for the Porsche 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design were made available for conversion from October 14 onwards.
*Vehicle specific kit cards for the W Motors Lykan Hypersport Halloween Edition were made available for conversion from October 24 onwards.
*Vehicle specific kit cards for the Lotus Emira were made available for conversion from November 4 onwards.
===Cosmetic Changes===
*New splash loading screen of the Gangstar Vegas Ramona and Jason with the default avatar and Dodge Challenger SRT8 in Rio de Janeiro.
*New avatars: Jason, Porsche Design Driver, and Urban Ghost
*New profile and background: Gangstar Vegas
*Wild Cards and Vehicle-specific kit cards have been redesigned.
*The song bar for Gangstar Vegas tracks has a purple to pink gradient.
*A majority of the vehicles with a black license plate have been replaced with new logo plates.
**The following cars still use the previous logo:
***Mazda RX-8
***Chevrolet Corvette C3
***Honda Civic Type R
***Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition
***Donkervoort D8 GTO
***Peugeot RCZ R
***1967 Chevrolet Impala
***Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2016 Veloce (front only)
***TVR Sagaris
***BMW M2 Special Edition
***Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition
***Chrysler Firepower
***Porsche 718 Boxster S
***Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe
***Toyota Supra RZ (Mark IV)
***Sbarro Sparta (front only)
***Peugeot SR1
***Mercedes-AMG GT3
***Bentley Continental Supersports (front only)
***Falcon F7
***Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
***Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo
***Genty Akylone
***Techrules AT96 Track Version
***NanoFlowcell QUANT FE
***Bentley Continental GT3
***Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014
***Jaguar XJ220S
***2015 GTA Spano
***Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach Package
***Apollo N
***GT by CITROEN (front only)
***Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro
***Lamborghini Sián FKP 37
***Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo
*An overlay on the upgrade type now shows how much each performance aspect is improved by.
*Kit cards are now placed between the engine and tech cards of their class.
*Ads for inventory slots are now indicated with a red dot.
*The Rimac Concept One was renamed to "Rimac Concept_One".
*In the upgrades screen, the cards required for levels 1-5 now overlap each other while the cards for levels 6-10 are spaced further apart.
==Events==
#Gangstar Vegas Season (September 30 - November 9, 2022)
#McLaren Elva Festival (October 3 - 13, 2022)
#Porsche 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design Festival (October 14 - 24, 2022)
#W Motors Lykan Hypersport Halloween Edition Festival (October 24 - November 3, 2022)
#Lotus Emira Festival (November 4 - 14, 2022)
==Gifts==
* Players who had any of the following cars that had a performance reduction were given a complementary gift that was available from September 28 to October X.
**2015 Ford Mustang
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**Lamborghini Asterion
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
*Starting on October 5, 2 reward codes could be claimed from the YouTube channel "Cars On!".
**1 link rewarded the following:
***1967 Chevrolet Impala
***
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
***2x 
***3x 
***4x 
***5x 
***Note: If the player already has the Impala, claiming the code will reset it to stock until the game is relaunched.
**1 link rewarded the following:
***
***1x 
***1x 
***1x 
**17 links released on October 6 rewarded the following:
***
***3x 
***3x 
***3x 
**1 link released on October 6 rewarded the following:
***5x 
***10x 
***15x 
***15x 
***15x 
**1 link released on October 6 rewarded the following:
***
***
**1 link released on October 6 rewarded the following:
***3x 
***3x 
***3x 
**17 links released on November 7 rewarded the following:
***
***3x 
***3x 
***3x 
==Bugs / Glitches==
*The following bugs have been fixed:
**Resolved an issue with crashing on Android device.
**Resolved an issue with the World Series logo overlap with the Thematic Season logo.
**Resolved a glitch display 0x Ultimate Upgrade under certain situations.
**Resolved an issue with not receiving the new Season Pass event for certain players.
**Resolved an issue with the amount of Mileage Coins received.
*Performance of Windows devices has been improved with an added x64 architecture.
*The game is now compatible with devices that have 16:10 screen ratio.
*Incorrect Kit Card Model: The kit card for the Cadillac ATS depicts a Cadillac ATS-V Coupe.
*Bugs continuing from previous updates:
**The TVR Sagaris Special Edition is still missing its left mirror.
*Duplicate Upgrade Costs: If the player has an Arrinera e-Hussarya that was partially upgraded prior to downloading the update, it is possible for the game to use the same kit card requirements as the previous level after the update is installed. This results in the level 10 upgrade only requiring 9 cards of each type instead of 10.
==Trivia==
*This update was not mandatory to continue playing until September 30, 2022.
==Post-update screen==
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==Trailer==
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