Italian Season Update

The Italian Season Update is the 18th update for Asphalt 9: Legends.
==Announcement==
Benvenuto! This latest Asphalt 9 update brings the new Italian Season, the finest Italian cars, and so much more.
ITALIAN SEASON STARTS
Celebrate the luxury and craftmanship of the finest Italian engineering. And don't forget to grab a Legend Pass to access exclusive events and benefits!
NEW CARS
Ride in 7 of the most breathtaking vehicles Italy has to offer, and experience the roaring excitement of tearing up the streets in one of these masterpieces.
LOADS OF NEW EVENTS!
Take part in new Special Events and other limited-time challenges to unleash those Italian stallions!
==New Vehicles==
*Class D
**Italdesign DaVinci 
*Class C
**ATS Automobili Corsa RRTurbo (Unleashed Event)
*Class B
**Ferrari Roma (Car Hunt)
**Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 Roadster (Legend Pass)
**Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 (Grand Prix)
*Class A
**Pagani Imola (Special Event)
*Class S
**Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli (Legend Pass Special Event)
==Game Changes==
===Gameplay Changes===
*New career season: Italian Season
*The Elite Class Time-Limited locations have been changed.
*The performance of the Bentley Continental GT3 and Ferrari SF90 Stradale had been adjusted and corrected.
*In multiplayer, if all of the opponents leave during the race, the race is immediately ended and the player wins the race on the basis of "Win by forfeit".
*Starting from April 23, the rewards for Ghost or Ghost Slipstream Multiplayer World Series were changed. Meanwhile, the rewards for Classic Multiplayer World Series remains the same.
** Porsche 911 Targa 4S replaced with Ginetta G60
** Acura NSX (2017) replaced with Maserati Alfieri
** Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren replaced with Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
** Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C7) replaced with Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV
** Zenvo TS1 GT 10th Anniversary Edition replaced with W Motors Fenyr SuperSport
*Bugs Fixed:
**The driver bug on the Infiniti Project Black S has been fixed.
** The tint glass on NIO EP9 has been fixed.
**An issue that was causing emojis to be displayed even if it was disabled previously has been fixed.
** The issue causing the graphics settings to be restarted automatically has been fixed.
**Windows: The mouse icon will now stop being displayed during races.
===Cosmetic Changes===
*Poland and Ukraine flags have been added to the game.
*A specific logo for Elite Grand Prix was added.
*The Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo's incorrect name of Ferrari 488 GTB Challenge Evo has been fixed.
==Events==
#Italian Season (April 8 - June 3, 2021)
#Pagani Imola Special Event (April 9 - May 7, 2021)
#Lamborghini SC18 Grand Prix (April 16 - May 2, 2021)
#Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO Elite Grand Prix (May 3 - May 14, 2021)
#Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli Special Event (May 7 - June 4, 2021)
#Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 Grand Prix (May 14 - May 30, 2021)
==Multiplayer Seasons==
Name 	Season Date 	Season Type 	Special Rules 	Featured Car(s)
Classic Series 	April 9 - 23, 2021 	World Series 	- 	All cars
Lamborghini SC18 	April 9 - 16, 2021 	Trial Series 	- 	Lamborghini SC18(Free Try, MAX)
Earth Day 	April 16 - 23, 2021 	Limited Series	Ghost Slipstream Mode	All electric cars(inc. Free Try of Italdesign DaVinci at MAX)
Ghost 	April 23 - May 7, 2021	World Series 	Ghost Mode 	All cars
Italian Season I 	April 23 - 30, 2021 	Limited Series	- 	All cars from Pagani Imola SE(Free Try, MAX)
Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	April 30 - May 7, 2021	Trial Series 	- 	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo(Free Try, MAX)
Classic Series 	May 7 - 21, 2021 	World Series 	- 	All cars
Crescent Moon 	May 7 - 14, 2021 	Trial Series 	Ghost Slipstream Mode	W Motors Lykan HyperSport(Free Try, Open Rank)
Ferrari Roma 	May 14 - 21, 2021 	Trial Series 	- 	Ferrari Roma(Free Try, MAX)
Ghost Slipstream 	May 21 - June 4, 2021 	World Series 	Ghost Slipstream Mode	All cars
Italian Season II 	May 21 - 28, 2021 	Limited Series	- 	All cars from Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli SE(Free Try, MAX)
Season Finale 	May 28 - June 4, 2021 	Limited Series	- 	All cars from Pagani Imola SE and Mazzanti Evantra Millecavalli SE
==Gifts==
===The Billion Km Prize Drive===
The Billion Km Prize Drive was a community event held between April 12-April 25, 2021 as part of the 1 Billion Downloads Celebration. Players would contribute to the event by participating in TLEs with every kilometer driven counting towards a community total. The event had 3 milestones with the following rewards:
*400 million km: + 5 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport BPs + 5 Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder BPs
*750 million km: + 5 McLaren P1™ BPs + 5 Lamborghini Aventador J BPs
*1 billion km: + + 5 Lamborghini Terzo Millennio BPs + 5 Koenigsegg Regera BPs + 5 Bugatti Chiron BPs
==Bugs and Glitches==
* On April 12, 2021, 11:00 GMT, the Special Event tab showed the rerun of the Lamborghini SC18's Grand Prix. However, it blocked out access to the Pagani Imola's Special Event. Hours later, the Pagani Imola's Special Event came back and the Grand Prix rerun was postponed.
==Post-Update Screen==
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==Trailer==
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Category:Updates (Asphalt 9)