2019 Halloween Update

The 2019 Halloween Update, also known as the Phantom Ride Update, is the 36th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement
Join in for a spooky night ride across Transylvania! The Halloween update is here!

TRICK OR TREAT

Celebrate this frightful season by participating in our Halloween Festival! Collect special Festival Coins to get sweet rewards, including the Ferrari FXX K!

NEW TRANSYLVANIA LOCATION

Night has fallen on Transylvania lands! Race on a limited-time night version of this track just for Halloween!

NEW CARDS AND SPECIAL EVENTS!

Take a look at the brand-new additions to our car collection! The Ferrari 812 Superfast, Aston Martin DBS Superleggera and more are coming in dedicated special events!

MORE EXCITING BONUSES!

In the brand-new AD REWARDS section, you can not only play ads to receive bonuses, but also progress through major milestones with even more exciting rewards!

ASSEMBLY MODIFICATIONS

From this update onward, vehicles from Class B and Class A will no longer require blueprints. They can now be obtained in special events or in the shop. You'll get a discount if you have any blueprints for these vehicles!

EXCLUSIVE DEALS SECTION REMOVED

With this update, the Exclusive Deals section will not be available in the game.

New Vehicles

 * Class D
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (Championship)
 * Class C
 * Volkswagen I.D. R (Festival, postponed from Sixth Anniversary Update)
 * Class A
 * Aston Martin DBS Superleggera (R&D)
 * Ferrari 812 Superfast (R&D)
 * Class S
 * Ferrari FXX K (Festival)

The new cars will need the following engine cards:
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (x40)
 * Aston Martin DBS Superleggera (x56)
 * Ferrari 812 Superfast (x56)
 * Volkswagen I.D. R (x220)
 * Ferrari FXX K (x220)
 * Volkswagen I.D. R (x220)
 * Ferrari FXX K (x220)
 * Ferrari FXX K (x220)

Gameplay Changes

 * The Exclusive Deals section was removed.
 * The Tuning Kit value was changed from an integer and absolute number to a percentage for quite a few vehicles. See the patch notes for details.
 * The Tuning Kit bonus officially ceased to be added to the vehicle rank for matchmaking purposes, thus discarding the experimental criterion that formally started Jul 30, 2019 and surreptitiously ended Oct 14.
 * Showdown mode changes:
 * The Comet now flies faster to chase down its target.
 * The Pulsewave now pulsates 6 times instead of 5.
 * The teleport glitch on the King's Highway track was patched, with a barrier being added on the left in the first fork of the track.
 * The following vehicles are no longer 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:
 * Marussia B2:
 * Lucra L148:
 * Bentley EXP10 Speed 6:
 * McLaren 570S:
 * Sbarro Alcador:
 * Aston Martin One-77:
 * Ducati Supersport S:
 * BMW S 1000 RR:
 * Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition:
 * Zenvo ST1:
 * McLaren 720S:
 * Maserati MC12:
 * Ferrari F50:
 * ONUK Sazan LM:
 * Peugeot SR1:
 * Holden Coupe 60:
 * Honda Integra Type-R:
 * BXR Bailey Blade GT1:
 * Porsche Cayman GT4:
 * Yamaha FZ-10:
 * Note: The aforementioned prices are the full prices of these vehicles.
 * BPs still in boxes and fused BPs are not counted into the discount.
 * Discount percentages are range-based, i. e. not exactly equal to percentage of owned BPs.
 * The game might need a restart in order to see the re-calculated discount after opening BPs from boxes.
 * Pro Kit Boxes:
 * The and the  have been reintroduced after being unavailable for several updates.
 * During the 2019 Halloween Festival, they replaced the and the  in Daily ads.
 * As the Lamborghini Huracán is the only remaining Blueprint car with blueprints, the Compact Boxes (that have a hidden blueprint guarantee and grant common cards) are now guaranteed to grant 2 Huracán blueprints per box. Players collecting for the Huracán may consider opening their Compact Boxes before the next update. See box pages for details.
 * Contrary to its description, the now also grants rare:0:0 cards. See box page for details.
 * and have been removed from the permanent offers in the shop. Both boxes are now only obtainable from some Mastery races.
 * have been removed from Division Cups. This is likely due to the removal of the Blueprints since the Showdown Update.
 * The speed modifiers for the following cars were removed:
 * Mosler GT3
 * Falcon F7
 * Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid
 * McLaren 720S
 * Renault Sport R.S. 01
 * McLaren MP4-31
 * 2018 McLaren X2
 * HTT Pléthore LC 750
 * The acceleration value for the following vehicles were reduced:
 * Suzuki GSX-R750
 * Ariel Atom V8
 * Mazda 6
 * Donkervoort D8 GTO
 * KTM 1290 Super Duke R
 * Yamaha YZF-R6
 * ED Design Torq
 * Renault Trezor
 * McLaren MP4/8
 * Mazda RX-8 Special Edition
 * Rezvani Beast Alpha
 * McLaren Mercedes MP4-25
 * Rezvani Beast X
 * Ford GT 2017
 * 2018 McLaren X2
 * A time-limited special version of Daily ads was introduced.

Cosmetic Changes

 * New song added: DJ Gontran - I See You (Electronic)
 * This song is played when the 2019 Halloween Festival menu is accessed.
 * New app icon of a Ferrari FXX K.
 * New icon for ads during its special time-limited version.
 * The scrolling speed when redeeming multiple rewards at once (such as from Events) has been reduced.

Exclusive Vehicles

 * October 31 - November 5, 2019
 * Aston Martin Vantage 2018:
 * BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage:
 * Ford GT (2017):
 * 2018 McLaren X2:
 * Koenigsegg Regera:


 * November 8 - 12, 2019
 * Equus Bass 770:
 * Pininfarina H2 Speed:
 * BXR Bailey Blade GT1:
 * Porsche 911 GT3 RS:
 * Aston Martin One-77:
 * Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita:
 * Apollo Intensa Emozione:


 * November 15 - 19, 2019
 * Ariel Atom V8:
 * McLaren M14A:
 * McLaren MP4/8:
 * McLaren Mercedes MP4-25:
 * McLaren MP4-31:
 * 2018 McLaren X2:

Events

 * 2019 Halloween Festival October 30, 2019
 * Hyundai i30 N R&amp;D November 9, 2019
 * Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 Championship November 14, 2019
 * Ferrari F60 America R&amp;D​​​​ November 14, 2019
 * Night Sky Multiplayer Season November 18, 2019

Bugs/Glitches

 * Daily ads not working: The new daily ads milestone system only shows a greyed out Play ad! button. Some players can watch no daily ads at all, some only one until the button is deactivated. Apart from this, Multi-Credits, opening boxes, shop and other server-based transfer options appear erratically or not at all.
 * The following bugs/glitches still persist from the preceding updates:
 * Falken_Tyres_ad.pngFalken Tyres ad blocking Tuning Kits (since Sixth Anniversary Update, v4.5.0, Oct 16, 2019): For German players, the Tuning Kit panel on the pre-race screen is replaced with an ad by Falken Tyres which deletes the Play ad! button, so players lose 5 Tuning Kits per day. Combined with the persisting "Unavailable Nitro Starter ads" bug (see below), German Android players cannot watch Nitro Starter ads either, which lets them lose 5 Nitro Starters per day.
 * On Nov 11, 2019, Falken Tyres has ordered Gameloft to remove the ad. Official statement follows.
 * Unavailable Nitro Starter ads (since 2019 Spring Update, v4.2.0): Some Android players experience a vanished Play ad! button for Nitro Starters when starting races while the Tuning Kit button is still displayed. Workaround: Playing a Tuning Kit ad first lets the Nitro Starter button reappear.
 * Bike Physics: (Fixed during Fall Out Boy update and returned in this update) Due to the different handling physics of the motorcycles, unexpected crashes and change in riding direction are frequent. In addition, the tunnel / raised sections of Nevada, Tokyo, The Great Wall, Sector 8 and Tenerife are much harder to navigate with the motorcycle providing no steering response. Hard and / or sudden steering inputs will also cause the motorcycle to drastically change its direction, often perpendicular or in reverse of the track's direction.