Hot Winter Season Update

The Hot Winter Season Update is the 58th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.
==Announcement==
TRY YOUR LUCK IN TREASURE RUSH
Ride into the new year with a new event! Meet Treasure Rush! A brand-new event where you can try your luck and the ultimate Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut with unrivaled performance! Just roll your dice, get upgrade items and move towards the main goal! And yes -- everyone can participate for free!
HOT WINTER SEASON PASS
It's time for the holidays! Celebrate this magical part of the year with us! The amazing new Hot Winter Season will delight you with cool cars, Ultimate Upgrades, a variety of game resources and, of course, a great themed avatar. By the way, come to the game and check out the wonderful gifts! See you on the track and be careful with drifting on ice!
ON THE SAME WAVE AS THE COMMUNITY
The deal is simple -- you give us cool concepts, and we give you cool content! A Fan Art decal for the Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro and Fan Art Avatar are already in the game! You created them! Thank you all!
==New Vehicles==
The following vehicle is Treasure-Rush-unlockable only
*Class S
**Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut ()
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*A total of 107 cars have been rebalanced.
**While the patch notes mentioned 97, 10 were omitted, those being the Audi R8 e-tron, Tesla Model S, Cadillac ATS, Scion FR-S, 1967 Chevrolet Impala, Hot Wheels Bone Shaker™, Toyota Supra RZ (Mark IV), Marussia B2, Rinspeed zaZen and the Infiniti Vision GT.
*The Ariel Atom V8 is now correctly placed in Class C.
*The Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS's kit card rarity has been corrected.
*New event type: Treasure Rush
**Completing 6 races in Classic Season (in any league) now awards 1 Normal Dice that is used in the ongoing Treasure Rush.
**Compelting 5 races in Gauntlet (in any league) now awards 1 Normal Dice that is used in the ongoing Treasure Rush.
*The conversion limit has been adjusted with each Wild Card rarity now having its own wait period and exchange limits:
**: 40 per 24 hours
**: 20 per 24 hours
**: 15 per 24 hours
**: 10 per 24 hours
**: 10 per 24 hours
**Kit cards still use the 10 item exchange limit and 12 hour wait period.
*The number of Gauntlet Tickets has been reduced from 10 to 5.
**At the same time, a bug in Gauntlet mode that added 1 extra hour per week (ongoing for several months) has been fixed.
**This was reverted on December 26.
*On December 22, the Classic Multiplayer rank bracket for the Dodge Dart GT was changed from to . This occurred after the Audi R8 e-tron was secretly rebalanced to , which caused it to be matched against the rank bracket. The change to the rank bracket allows the e-tron to be matched against the Dart.
===Cosmetic Changes===
*New avatars: Glacier, Urban Sport
*New profile icon: Hot Winter Season, Glacier, Urban Sport
*New profile background: Hot Winter Season
**This was awarded on December 27.
*New decals for the Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro and Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut were added.
**The decal for the Tushek Pro was obtainable from the 2022-12-19 Car Design Fan Art Cup and could also be obtained with an in-app purchase bundled with the Tushek Pro itself.
***As the in-app purchase is based around the car, the decal is not able to be purchased by those that already have the car.
**The Jesko Absolut's decal was a premium reward from its Treasure Rush event, obtainable only after the car itself had been obtained.
***The Jesko Absolut's decal's availability is extremely exclusive. Even players who have obtained the Jesko Absolut in the event itself have reported having difficulty pushing further through the event to obtain the decal. Currently, the decal is owned by Content Creator "Cars On!" and can be viewed at his YouTube channel. The decal can be described as a "gold, black, and silver livery". It is similar to, albeit distinct, from the Golden Season decals of the previous update.
**Gameloft also claimed that they had added new decals for the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV and Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, but these were actually old decals from the Raesr Tachyon Speed Festival. The Aventador SV's decal was obtainable with an in-app purchase (either by itself or in a bundle with the Aventador SV) available between December 21–28. The Sián's decal was also obtainable with an IAP (either by itself or in a bundle with the Sián) between December 28–January 4.
***The Sián's decal currently looks slightly different from its original iteration. The texture of the dots on the side has been altered. It is unknown exactly when this modification occurred. The Aventador SV's decal was also modified (in the selectable paint colours); this occurred almost immediately after the decal was originally released.
***The Lamborghini Centenario's decal was also originally available along with the Aventador SV and the Sián but has been made unavailable for purchasing. It is the only decal that haven't been officially released. 
**The Porsche Taycan Turbo S's "Porsche Design 50 Years" decal, which was originally available from a TLE in late 2022, was released as an Offer (either by itself or with the car) between January 4–11.
**The Porsche 718 Boxster S's "Golden Season" decal, which was originally created in the previous update, was publicly released for the first time in an Offer (either by itself or with the car) between January 11–18.
**The Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution's "Porsche Design 50 Years" decal, which was originally available from a TLE in late 2022, was released as an Offer (either by itself or with the car) between January 18–25.
*The splash loading screen of a Bugatti Bolide and Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo in the Alps is used again.
*The screen for Wild Card conversion has been updated.
*Wild Cards now have a description of "Convert Wild Cards into unique Kits to upgrade your cars!" when selected.
*Except for vehicle-specific kit cards, all kit cards now show the class they are used for.
*The buttons to use or sell an inventory item now have a shadow around the borders.
*The play button for the milestone daily ads is now in orange instead of green.
*The green and orange selection buttons are now in a darker shade of color.
*In time-limited events, the synchronization status of the player's lap time is now in dark blue instead of white.
**This was reverted back to white in the 2023 Lunar New Year Update.
*Tapping the "Play" button now direct the player to the "Single Player" mode instead of the "Events" mode. 
**This is reverted from the Golden Season Update, where Tapping the "Play" button directed the player to the "Events" mode.
==Events==
#BMW M4 GTS Car Hunt (December 19 - 26, 2022)
#Hot Winter Season (December 23, 2022 - January 19, 2023)
#Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Treasure Rush (December 23, 2022 - January 2, 2023)
#Techrules AT96 Track Version Car Hunt (December 26, 2022 - January 2, 2023)
#Ferrari F8 Tributo Car Hunt (January 2 - 9, 2023)
#Italdesign Zerouno Car Hunt (1) (January 9 - 16, 2023)
#Rimac Concept One Car Hunt (January 16 - 23, 2023)
==Gifts==
*Players who had a car in any of the groups that had a performance reduction were given a complementary gift that was available from December 19-31. Having multiple cars in a group does not award additional gifts.
**Group 1:
***1x 
***50x 
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**Group 2:
***1x 
***50x 
***
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**Group 3:
***1x 
***50x 
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**Group 4:
***1x 
***50x 
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**Group 5:
***1x 
***50x 
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*Between December 23, 2022 - January 1, 2023, a reward was given for each day that the player logged into the game. The rewards consisted of the following items:
**Day 1: 7x 
**Day 2: 5x 
**Day 3: Nissan GT-R (R35) (5x Class C Direct Upgrade if the player already has the R35)
**Day 4: 5x 
**Day 5: 
**Day 6: 5x Class C Direct Upgrade
**Day 7: 5x 
**Day 8: 
**Day 9: 3x 
**Day 10: 
==Bugs/Glitches==
*Missing rewards: Some players reported missing rewards from time-limited events after claiming it. Even if the player only claims 1 item if they have multiple in the inbox, all items will be removed as if the player had claimed all at once.
**This was mostly fixed on December 29. Any TLE rewards that had not been claimed by this point became properly claimable. A small percentage of rewards was reportedly lost by some players in the process.
**On December 30, Gameloft reimbursed most of the rewards that had been lost, including hundreds-of-thousands of Credits, hundreds-of-thousands of Fusion Coins, hundreds of boosters, hundreds of pro kit cards, and up to two upgrading discount coupons (for the Porsche Carrera GT and Audi R8 e-tron, respectively). Subsequently, a smaller batch of rewards was given out to all players. Some players have reported that, although they gained a significant number of items, the items that they received were not a 100% match with the items that they had lost.
***The smaller batch consisted of the following items:
****1x 
****1x 
****1x 
****5x 
****4x 
****3x 
****2x 
****1x 
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**On December 31, Gameloft reimbursed the Tushek TS 900 Racer Pro "#12" decal and the Urban Sport avatar suit to those players who had legitimately placed within the top 1% in each respective TLE. These rewards had been delayed an extra day.
**Many players reported receiving the decal and avatar suit even though they had not genuinely finished within the top 1%. If the decal and avatar suit had been claimed before the issue was fixed, then these items would have eventually disappeared. However, if the items had been claimed after the issue had been fixed (i.e. on December 29), then these items seem to have remained in players' inventories.
*Incorrect decal: In multiplayer, it is possible for the game to give the player's car a different decal at the start of a race. In the garage, re-equipping the selected decal will still show the glitched one. This is fixed by rebooting the game.
*Christmas Gifts: Several players have received both the Nissan GT-R (R35) and 5x Class C Direct Upgrades from the Christmas Gifts, even though the latter is supposed to be compensation for those who already own the car.
**It is also possible for the game to not register that the player has logged in after midnight at UTC or local time until several hours later and/or not give the Direct Upgrades for both days.
**Similar to the reward code for a 1967 Chevrolet Impala in the Gangstar Season Update, the game will reset the player's GT-R to stock if they already had upgrades installed. This is fixed by rebooting the game.
=== Bugs continuing from previous updates: ===
* Missing image files for certain decals: Starting in August 2022 with the Ninth Anniversary Update, approximately forty decals for a variety of cars had missing image files, which were replaced with a red, black, or inverse-colour "X" placeholder. Some of these missing image files included the "skull racer" in the "#95 Thunder" decal for the Dodge Dart GT, and the lightning bolts in "Halloween" decal for the Pagani Zonda R.
** Note: User MMS spotted the issue on August 20, 2022, although they did not report the issue to the Asphalt Team until December 20, 2022. The issue was fixed a short while after being reported, on January 13, 2023.
*Broken elements of certain cars: Some cars have broken elements, which are errors continuing from several updates ago. These include the TVR Sagaris Special Edition, which, perhaps worst of all, is still missing its left mirror. Meanwhile, the Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli's nameplate at the rear is still broken after more than two years. Furthermore, the Pagani Huayra BC's "central stripes" built-in decal still has broken textures, which has been an issue ever since the Huayra BC received "Halloween" decals in the 2021 Halloween Patch (part of the Eighth Anniversary Update).
**The Sagaris SE's missing mirror was restored in the 2023 Lunar New Year Update.
==Trivia==
*This update was not mandatory to continue playing until December 19, 2022.
*This update is tied with the Fifteenth Anniversary Update and the Golden Season Update for the lowest count of new vehicle, with only 1.
==Post-update screen==