2020 Lunar New Year Update

The 2020 Lunar New Year Update is the 38th update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement
The following text was published on the Gameloft forum :

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Special Edition red-and-gold cars, a ton of rewarding events and a Lunar New Year-themed limited-time track!

PARTY IN PATAGONIA

Patagonia has been re-skinned in honor of the Lunar New Year! Find this special version of the track for a limited time in the Events section!

LUNAR NEW YEAR COLLECTION

You can finally get your hands on the previously released Lunar New Year car designs, including the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition, Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition and the TVR Sagaris Special Edition!

Play in the Lunar New Year event to win the Special Edition of the Infiniti Project Black S and finally complete your collection of Lunar New Year cars!

NEW WAY OF OBTAINING KIT CARDS

This new feature will allow you to collect Kit cards from previously released Festival cars like the Terzo Millenio! Coming soon after the Lunar New Year Festival is over!!

NEW SHOP SECTION

The "Get Boxes" section has been replaced with "Bundles", a new tab full of promotions, hot deals and free offers!

New Vehicles

 * Class D
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (postponed from the 2019 Halloween Update)
 * Class A
 * Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition (Festival)
 * Class S
 * McLaren Senna (Festival)
 * TBA
 * Lotus Evija
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale (Festival)
 * Pininfarina Battista

The new cars will need the following engine cards:
 * KTM X-Bow GT4 (x40)
 * Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition (x220)
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale (x220)
 * McLaren Senna (x220)
 * Ferrari SF90 Stradale (x220)
 * McLaren Senna (x220)

Gameplay Changes

 * The "Get Boxes" menu in the Shop has been replaced with a new "Bundles" menu that consists of four Daily Bundles&mdash;Free, Beginner, Master and Champion&mdash;with the latter three costing real money to purchase. Unlike the Daily Kit Box, where the timer was only reset when it was claimed, the Free Daily Bundle's timer counts down to 0:00 UTC.
 * A Festival Special simulating a wheel of furtune has been added after the Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition Festival.
 * Pro Kit Boxes:
 * Due to the replacement of the "Get Boxes" section, the and the  are no longer obtainable.
 * As a further consequence, all seasonal and time-limited boxes are practically discontinued, for example, , etc.
 * Pass Subscriptions have been added.

Cosmetic Changes

 * New app icon of an Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition
 * New loading screen of an Infiniti Project Black S Special Edition in Patagonia with Lunar New Year decorations.
 * New icon type for the which approaches the design of Card Packs in Asphalt 9: Legends.
 * New "Nitro Pickup" sign on the HUD to let the player know that a nitro bottle has just been picked up.
 * There is also a medal relating to nitro bottles picked up in a race.
 * A Lunar New Year version of Patagonia, called Snowy Spring Festival, was added with a modified route and is only accessible during certain Time-Limited Events.

Exclusive Vehicles

 * Lamborghini Aventador Coupé:
 * Audi R8 LMS Ultra:
 * Mercedes-AMG GT3:
 * SCG 003S:
 * Koenigsegg Regera:

Events

 * New Year Festival January 23, 2020
 * Pininfarina H2 Speed R&amp;D February 1, 2020
 * Nissan 370Z Special Edition R&amp;D
 * Ford GT 2017 R&amp;D

Bugs/Glitches

 * Pro kit issues: On Windows, the following issues were encountered with regards to Pro Kits. All of these were fixed 3-5 days after the update was released.
 * Selling a pro kit part for causes the game to crash.
 * The Cards inventory does not update when an entire stack of - or Rare:0:0-rarity pro kits is sold for.
 * The game now shows a "We are trying to connect to the server." message whenever a pro kit part is sold for regardless of the server's actual status.
 * Applying any pro kit upgrade causes the game to crash.
 * Weekly Sprint Tournament: On Android, the Koenigsegg Jesko, which can be used with great effect for every daily test, does not appear on the eligible vehicles lists.
 * Bogus prices: On iOS, the Audi R8 e-tron SE and TVR Sagaris SE appear as costing and, on suitably grayed-out "buy now" buttons, in this Tag Race vehicle selection screen.