Sector 8

Sector 8 is a new race track introduced in Asphalt 8: Airborne ' s Winter update.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
''Race in an exciting new location arriving from another dimension. The most difficult and challenging Asphalt level ever created launches this update.'' - in-game description

Sector 8 is designed as a futuristic race track set above the Atlantic Ocean, similar to some tracks from the WipEout futuristic racing series. This is further proven by the fact that when the player falls off the track, they may be greeted by a message that is shown whenever the player falls into water (e.g. “There's no time for swimming!”). It can be seen at the end of the Winter update trailer, showing a Tramontana XTR racing through the track.

The track tends to have lots of splitting and undulating paths combined with heavily banked curves, along with a 1000° spiral curve helix, as well as two pipe paths reminiscent of Nevada and Tokyo. The result is that the player has to drift extensively, unlike in other tracks. An innovative addition to a track in the game is the addition of various wormholes around the track that will teleport the player further ahead, a homage to the glitches in the San Diego Harbor tracks. Also, there are various obstacles, ranging from flames to moving walls, as well as lasers that appear in the tunnels; these increase the player's risk of wrecking. For these reasons, Sector 8 is labeled as being the most difficult track in the game. However, these additional obstacles seem to only exist in time-limited events.

Sector 8 has two variants:
 * Sector 8, the regular track.
 * Sector 8 Reverse, the reverse version of the regular track.

Glitch
Sector 8 was infamous for a glitch where if you made a 180° turn on the quarter ramp and flew off of it, you'd immediately finish the race. This was another homage to the glitches in the San Diego Harbor tracks. But be warned, as some players have been banned for using this glitch. Gameloft could possibly have banned players for doing this glitch as it not only offered a quick victory but it was also considered a way of farming Credits without having to do any actual racing.

These glitches have been fixed as of the Decals Update.

Trivia

 * The "8" in Sector 8's name may allude to Asphalt 8 being the eighth title in the Asphalt series.
 * Regardless of the number of racers, Sector 8 never has traffic, like with French Guiana. This is because Sector 8 is a futuristic race track set over an ocean, presumably the Atlantic Ocean, as shown in below trivia point.
 * Sector 8 is named "bermuda" in the game data files, which further indicates that Sector 8 may be set above the Bermuda Triangle (which is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances), where the real-life island of Bermuda is located in.