Fast Lane Update

The Fast Lane Update (a.k.a. "The FLU") is the 31st update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement
Fast-Lane Festival

Welcome to the first FESTIVAL event of 2019! Test your driving skills against our new challenges and earn top rewards!

NEW SPECIAL EVENTS

Rev those engines for 2019's first R&D racing challenge! Complete three events to earn three amazing cars: the BMW i8 Coupe, Ferrari F60 America, and Zeus Twelve Sigma.

WELCOME THE PANAMERA

Join us in welcoming the new Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo to Asphalt 8! Be sure to keep an eye out, because it's pulling in soon!

FINISH LINE BOXES

See that special icon in the game-mode menus? It's a Finish Line Box, which means if you complete the highlighted race, you will receive a guaranteed gift! But they're in short supply, so turn up the Nitro and collect your prize!

NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENTS

Starting with this update, you'll notice some improvements we've made to the game. We're introducing an Inventory icon to help you manage your items more easily, and we're reintroducing the VIP icon to help you access your VIP Bonuses. We hope you enjoy the changes!

Class B

 * BMW i8 Coupe

Class A

 * Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo

Class S
The new cars will need the following Engine Cards:
 * Ferrari F60 America
 * Zeus Twelve Sigma
 * BMW i8 Coupe (x72)
 * Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo (x28)
 * Ferrari F60 America (x64)
 * Zeus Twelve Sigma (x92)
 * Ferrari F60 America (x64)
 * Zeus Twelve Sigma (x92)
 * Zeus Twelve Sigma (x92)
 * Zeus Twelve Sigma (x92)

Gameplay Changes

 * Upgrade costs, Pro Kits, and Mastery rewards are rebalanced.
 * Pro Kits for previous vehicles now require more cards and Credits.
 * A rare exception to this is the Lightning LS-218, which had its Pro Kits cost reduced.
 * The Hyundai i30 N now requires less i4 Engine cards for its Pro Kit upgrades.
 * Significant changes have been made for Car Mastery:
 * Completed Mastery races can no longer be replayed.
 * The base payouts for completing challenges in Mastery have been lowered.
 * are awarded only after completing the 12th challenge.
 * Some Class S vehicles now give an increased number of Licenses.
 * The 15th challenge of each vehicle now awards (50 for Class D and 100 for Class C-S vehicles).
 * At the 4th challenge, a Specialist Kit box is now awarded for Class D, C & some B and a Champion Kit box is now awarded for Class B-S.
 * The 8th Challenge now awards an Engine Box.
 * The credit reward for each challange are now multiples of.
 * The free upgrades are now optional with credit or token upgrades:
 * Credits-only upgrade → Pay Credits or apply free upgrade
 * Tokens-only upgrade → Pay Tokens or apply free upgrade
 * Credits or Tokens upgrade → Pay Credits or apply free upgrade
 * New Pro Kit Boxes: Finish Line Box and Daily Kit Box.
 * The Daily Kit Box replaces the Super Racer Kit Box.
 * New engine card:.
 * The ranks for the following 54 vehicles have been changed:
 * The LaFerrari's price was increased from to.

Cosmetic Changes

 * The VIP System icon has been brought back into the menu UI.
 * An Inventory icon has been added to allow easier access to the Pro Kit Inventory.
 * New app icon of a BMW i8 Coupe.
 * Pro Kit Inventory is now only accessible by its icon on the top bar of the screen.
 * A "home" icon has been added to the top bar of the screen. Pressing this icon at any time will bring back the player to the main menu.
 * A biohazard symbol is now added beside the infection timer in Infected.

Events
TBA
 * 1) BMW i8 Coupe R&amp;D February 14, 2019
 * 2) McLaren M14A championship February 22, 2019
 * 3) Asphalt Moments Series February 22, 2019 - 31 days limit (only for VIP players)
 * 4) VIP level 1
 * 5) Alfa Romeo 4C R&D
 * 6) Peugeot RCR Z
 * 7) VIP level 2
 * 8) Ranault Alpine Celebration
 * 9) VIP level 3
 * 10) Peugeot SR!
 * 11)  Lotus Evora Sport 410 R&amp;D0
 * 12) VIP level 4
 * 13) McLaren 650S GT3
 * 14) GT by Citroen
 * 15) VIP level 5
 * 16) Pagani Huyara BC
 * 17) Zenvo TS1 GT R&amp;D
 * 1) Zeus Twelve Sigma R&amp;D
 * 2) Ferrari F60 America R&amp;D​​​​​
 * 3) Fast Lane Festival

Bugs / Glitches
The following bugs have been fixed:
 * Incorrect Mastery Box Reward: Claiming the reward for the 4th Mastery race could give a Champion Kit Box instead of the Specialist Kit Box.
 * This has since been fixed.
 * Incorrect Mastery Required Rank: The 15th Mastery challenge for the BMW S 1000 RR still requires the original MAX+PRO rank of 1670.
 * Unexplained game crashes
 * TVR Sagaris SE speed reduction: The total speed of the TVR Sagaris SE was unintentionally reduced to 466km/h from 481km/h as the rank of the vehicle was adjusted.
 * This was later fixed after a hotfix update.
 * The following glitches still persist from the Holiday Update
 * No out of bounds messages
 * Occasional missing pop-up notifications, such as Blueprint progress when a blueprint is obtained or when a Daily Task has been refreshed or completed
 * The following glitches still persist from the Halloween Update:
 * Collection notification reset issue for Old School if all cars are owned (including Acura NSX 2005 and Toyota Supra RZ (Mark IV).