2019 Holiday Update

The 2019 Holiday Update is the 37th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement
Ho, ho, ho! A coldsnap is blowing in at top speed. Are you prepared to warm things up with some holiday heat!

WINTER FESTIVAL Celebrate the season with 2 weeks of cheerful challenges and great gifts. This event will star not one, but two amazing cars: the Lotus Elise Cup 260 and the mighty Koenigsegg Jesko!

ULTIMATE VEHICLES A new vehicle type just rolled up! Ultimate cars don't require any upgrades; they're already perfect for dominating the track.

UNWRAP NEW CARS Dashing through the snow, over the fields you go, with the pure power of the Italdesign Zerouno, Pininfarina Battista, and the Ferrari SF90 Stradale!

ASSEMBLY MODIFICATIONS Class-S vehicles no longer require Blueprints to acquire. They now can be obtained in special events or in the Shop. However, you can still use Blueprints for a discount when buying the corresponding vehicle!

GET MORE RARE PARTS! Fusing spare cards now produces Fusion Coins, a valuable new currency that allows you to apply Pro Kit upgrades!

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New vehicles

 * Class D
 * Lotus Elise Cup 260 (Festival)
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (Championship, postponed from 2019 Halloween Update)
 * Class A
 * Italdesign Zerouno (Festival)
 * Class S
 * Koenigsegg Jesko (Festival, )
 * TBA
 * Pininfarina Battista
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale

The new cars will need the following engine cards:
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (x40)
 * Lotus Elise Cup 260 (x220)
 * Italdesign Zerouno (x220)
 * To be confirmed
 * Pininfarina Battista
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale
 * Pininfarina Battista
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale

Gameplay changes

 * New currency:.
 * Fusion Coins replace the former and are automatically exchanged ( = ).
 * They work like the former Fusion Points, but are now also required for Pro upgrades.
 * Pro upgrades cannot be applied with any longer.
 * Fusion Coins can also be purchased for real money as Fusion Packs in the store.
 * See Currencies in Asphalt 8: Airborne § Fusion Coins for more details.
 * Exchange rates:


 * The former "Buy & Apply" feature has been extended to all vehicles. Players who don't have enough Pro Kit or Vehicle Kit cards can buy and apply the missing cards with directly in the pro upgrade section. This can be seen as a hidden introduction of Token prices for Pro upgrades.
 * The new feature hides the Fusion coin upgrade prices when cards are missing.
 * VIP Players get discounts according to their VIP level, for example 50 % off for VIP levels 10 and above.
 * The Token prices are inconsistent and not proportional to the Fusion Coin exchange rates. For example, while a Class S Part card gives 3 times the amount of Fusion Coins for a Class D Part card, it costs ~4.5 times the amount of Tokens of a Class D Part card.
 * Exchange rates:


 * Pro upgrade prices:
 * Cards:
 * Festival vehicles need the same amount of Kit cards than before.
 * Pro Kit vehicles often need slightly less cards than before, notably Mid-Tech cards.
 * Credits to Fusion Coins:
 * The conversion from Credit to Fusion Coin prices follows different patterns.
 * Festival vehicles have roughly the same total upgrade costs in Fusion Coins than in Credits, but the progression is different. While the increase per level in Credits was continuous, the Fusion Coin progression usually starts at a lower price for level 1, but has several jumps at levels 6, 8, and 10 where the price nearly doubles.
 * The upgrade prices for Pro Kit vehicles have exploded in many cases. For example, pro upgrades costs for the Shelby Cobra 427 were at before the update and are now.


 * Pro Kit Boxes:
 * The and  now grant all kinds of  Blueprints again, which is useless except for fusing them. However, the boxes are still useful because they also grant bike-specific cards.
 * As of December 27, 2019, the Daily ads streak icon a8.png streak version of daily ads now grants the and  instead of  and, despite the simulated horizontal wheel of fortune still displaying the green Compact Boxes. The wrong display has been corrected on December 30, 2019.
 * There is a new . It replaces the three former Fusion Boxes and can be bought for  in the "Get Boxes" section.
 * Exchange rates and drop rates:


 * New medal for driving distance with nitro active. The game tracks the distance covered in a single chain during gameplay.
 * The following vehicles are no longer be Blueprint-buildable and are instead purchasable from the garage or obtainable through special events. Players who own some BPs of these vehicles get a discount off the garage cost that varies depending on the number of BPs owned:
 * Arrinera Hussarya GT:
 * Ferrari Enzo Ferrari:
 * GT by CITROEN:
 * Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV:
 * Lamborghini Egoista:
 * Lamborghini Huracán:
 * McLaren F1 XP-5:
 * Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition:
 * Mosler Super GT:
 * Pagani Huayra BC:
 * Peugeot Onyx:
 * Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach Package:
 * Suzuki Hayabusa:
 * W Motors Fenyr Supersport:
 * The following dual-currency vehicles' prices were changed:
 * Suzuki GSX-R750: (removed )
 * Mazda RX-8 (removed )
 * Buick Avista Concept (removed ), increased to )
 * Acura NSX 2005 (removed, increased to )
 * Felino cB7 (removed )
 * Lamborghini Miura (removed, increased to )
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse (removed, increased to )
 * Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG Racing Series (removed )
 * Ducati Monster 1200 (removed )
 * Chevrolet SS (removed )
 * 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports (removed )
 * TVR Sagaris (removed )
 * Ferrari GTC4Lusso (removed )
 * Jaguar XJ220S (removed )
 * Mosler GT3 (removed )
 * Mosler Land Shark (removed )
 * TRION NEMESIS (removed, increased to )
 * Renault Sport R.S. 01 (removed )
 * Devel Sixteen Prototype (removed )
 * The speed modifiers for the following cars were removed:
 * 2015 GTA Spano
 * 9FF GT9 VMAX
 * Arash AF10
 * Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse
 * Chrysler ME412
 * Devel Sixteen Prototype
 * Ferrari Enzo Ferrari
 * Ferrari FXX Evoluzione
 * GTA Spano
 * Hennessey Venom GT
 * Koenigsegg Agera R
 * Koenigsegg One:1
 * Lamborghini Egoista
 * McLaren F1 XP-5
 * McLaren P1™ GTR
 * Mercedes-Benz Silver Lightning
 * Mosler Land Shark
 * Mosler Super GT
 * Pagani Huayra
 * Peugeot Onyx
 * RUF CTR 3
 * SSC Tuatara
 * SSC Ultimate Aero XT
 * TRION NEMESIS
 * W Motors Fenyr Supersport
 * W Motors Lykan HyperSport
 * Weber Faster One
 * All S-class cars have been rebalanced with the 10 kmh / 6.2 mph nitro stat and have a higher stock top speed. Most S-class cars now have a smaller nitro stat compared to lower classes.
 * The following cars have the new status. Any  and Pro Kits spent on upgrading these cars (excluding the Jesko) will be refunded:
 * Arash AF10
 * Hennessey Venom GT
 * Koenigsegg Agera R
 * Koenigsegg Jesko
 * SSC Tuatara
 * SSC Ultimate Aero XT
 * Compensation for the change to Ultimate status can consist of up to:
 * (Given in increments of for each day of logging in.)
 * 144x
 * 216x
 * 110x
 * 110x
 * 110x
 * 110x
 * 92x
 * 104x
 * 104x

Cosmetic changes

 * New app icon of a Koenigsegg Jesko.
 * New loading splash screen of a Koenigsegg Jesko on Patagonia.
 * Iceland, Tokyo, and the Alps are decorated with Christmas scenery objects once again until January 2020.
 * Fusion Coins are now displayed at the top of the screen as a currency.
 * Pro Kit Boxes:
 * The rarity of Kit Cards in Festival Boxes has been changed from "Legendary" to a new fictitious "Festival".
 * The three former Fusion Boxes have been renamed.
 * Starter Box &rarr; Starter Fusion Box
 * Extra Box &rarr; Extra Fusion Box
 * Ultra Box &rarr; Ultra Fusion Box
 * As of December 28, 2019, the word "cards" in the descriptions of the four Fusion Boxes has been changed to "non-Festival cards". It can be expected that the descriptions of other boxes will follow.

Exclusive vehicles

 * December 25-28, 2019
 * BXR Bailey Blade GT1:
 * Ferrari F50:
 * McLaren 570S:
 * McLaren 720S:
 * GT by CITROEN:
 * Mosler Super GT:
 * Arrinera Hussarya GT:
 * W Motors Fenyr SuperSport:
 * December 28, 2019 - January 1, 2020
 * BXR Bailey Blade GT1:
 * McLaren 570S:
 * Lamborghini Huracán:
 * Peugeot Onyx:
 * Ferrari Enzo Ferrari:
 * Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach Package:

Events

 * 1) Winter Festival December 19, 2019
 * 2) Apollo Intensa Emozione R&amp;D December 30, 2019

Bugs/glitches
The Required Ranks of the NanoFlowcell QUANTINO's Mastery were swapped with those of the QUANT FE, thus making it impossible to progress through even with a MAX PRO QUANTINO if its mastery had not already been completed. This has since been fixed.

Trivia

 * This update was not mandatory to continue playing on Windows until December 28, 2019.
 * This is the first update to feature a new splash screen.