Research & Development/Mazda RX-8 Special Edition

The Mazda RX-8 Special Edition's Research & Development event was released as the 37th R&D event as part of the 2018 Summer Update on July 19, 2018 after the Sbarro GT1 Championship.

Players have 4 days to start the event and have 4 labs spanning a total of 44 tests with a time limit of 9 days once the event is started.

The labs will unlock in the following schedule:
 * Lab 002: X days later or pay
 * Lab 003: X days later or pay
 * Lab 004: X days later or pay

Total Costs/Rewards: Test Count (by race mode):
 * cards from R&D Boxes
 * X R&D Basic Kit Box (Grants X cards)
 * X R&D Advanced Kit Box (Grants X cards)
 * 1 R&D Professional Kit Box (Grants X cards)
 * x Mazda RX-8 Special Edition Free Upgrades
 * Auto-Test:
 * Quality Checks (excluding Ultimate AI Challenges):
 * Minimum Number of Proto Keys Used:
 * Quality Checks (excluding Ultimate AI Challenges):
 * Minimum Number of Proto Keys Used:
 * Classic:
 * Time Attack:
 * Ultimate AI Challenge:
 * Gate Drift:
 * Elimination:
 * Infected:
 * Unplugged:
 * Flawless:
 * Knockdown:
 * Main goal as Beat time test:

Trivia

 * The Mazda RX-8 Special Edition's R&D event is similar to the Lotus Evora Sport 410's, so any player who has played through the Lotus Evora's event should be familiar with it.