User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with the Fifth Anniversary Update/@comment-28856025-20180919233321

I will be replying to each section of this blog post, so here goes (WARNING: Long comment ahead):

Section 1

The Anniversary Cup? I didn't really care about the race times, only getting the Honda Civic '16 BPs. And no, I don't think this game will be able to last 10 years or longer. Eventually, it will have to be closed for good.

Section 2

I haven't even experienced this since I haven't touched MP in a very long time.

Section 3

Looks like I won't even be touching A9. And yes, I actually beat the A9 Championship without a single credit spent and no secondary or tertiary goals completed.

Section 4

I gave up on the World Tour partly due to the difficulty spike and the lack of resources.

Section 5

The traffic returning is definitely a curse for those who hate London and Iceland, and the latter track could very well be a nightmare again like it was in the past, especially for R&Ds (looking at you, GT by CITROEN and 911 GT3 RS '16 R&Ds).

Section 6

Nothing to say about this.

Section 7

It was too much of a grind, so I stopped.

Sections 8 - 10

I actually do appreciate that they finally added a spending cap for tokens. As for the new rides, I already see the SCG 003S as not being worth anything, but the Alfieri is definitely the new Class C king (except on Dubai and Sector 8). I haven't seen the new mini-game, but it does look fun. And finally, regarding the Tuning button bug, I'm on iOS, so I never know.

Section 12


 * 1) I don't really see Asphalt 8 as having a really long lifespan. After all, the car manufacturers may as well stop having their cars added to this game, and games aren't supposed to last forever.
 * 2) As for new players, they may want to not even play it altogether.
 * 3) I doubt they will do away with token-only upgrades. As for the Mythic rare cars (the cars that are true limited edition, as in no BPs), some of them should eventually pop up for limited time sales. Regarding "permanently exiled former favorites", the chances of them returning are literally none. Toyota still hates racing games, but as for RUF, take a look at The Crew 2. It actually has both Porsches and RUFs available at launch, and it's good that Ivory Tower has bucked the trend of removing imitation Porsches in favor of real Porsches by actually including both in the game at launch.