Time Attack

"Cross the finish line before the timer runs out!"

- Game description, Asphalt 7: Heat.

Time Attack, also known as Auto-start and Old-School Arcade, is a commonly recurring race mode in the Asphalt series, dating as far back as 2010's Asphalt 6: Adrenaline. It has branched off into new modes in later renditions of the series, becoming Auto-start in Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Overview
In Time Attack, the player must reach the finish line before the timer runs out. In Asphalt 7: Heat, the player receives bonus stars if they complete the race with a certain amount of seconds remaining.

In Asphalt 8: Airborne, Time Attack returns as part of the Championships introduced in the Winter 2016 Update, known as Auto-start. In this mode, the player already starts driving on a certain portion of the track; countdowns have been eliminated altogether. The goal of Time Attack is to reach the end of the designated track before the timer runs out. Should the player pass the Time Attack race and retry it, they can face off against their own ghost, but beating the ghost is not required.