User blog comment:Spudanky/Spudanky’s Guide to Playing Asphalt 8/@comment-128.77.113.134-20180112205754/@comment-31544835-20180117194524

“GL’s blinded by greed” is perhaps a better explanation. Around the time of ticketed MP races and then Elite cars, Vivendi obviously was trying to wall of aspects of A8 to try to change this game into more of a “games as a service” platform by limiting enjoyable gameplay, and your right, this ultimately means I’m playing the game less and less as they push in this idiotic direction, and I’m certainly not spending ANY money on GL’s products ever as they continue to remain shady.

I agree with ALL you in-game suggestions. In general, being able to have full control of the way you access and then customize your A8 experience (down to cosmetics) would help me re-immerse myself into a game I once was fully immersed into.