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The 2023 Spring Update is the 61st update of Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement[]

THE NEW SHOP

Who doesn't love shopping? The store in Asphalt 8 has become more convenient and modern! Everything is in its place, at a distance of just outstretched finger. Come in and see for yourself!

RACING PASS

In any race, the most important thing is SPEED! So, speed up the upgrading of your cars just by playing the game. Earn levels, unlock cool and valuable rewards -- it's simple.

MEET VOUCHERS

Asphalt 8 is introducing a new currency: Vouchers. With their help, you can purchase tons of in-game items and bundles more quickly and conveniently!

New Vehicles[]

All of these cars are Car Hunt-unlockable only, with the exception of the Pagani Utopia, an in-app purchasable only car.

The new cars will need the following kit cards:

Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta Kit Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta Kit – Last checked: May 8, 2023
Sale value: Fusion Coins 200
Rarity: Rare (Class B)
Vehicle: Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta (160 to upgrade)
Pagani Utopia Kit Pagani Utopia Kit – Last checked: Apr 24, 2023
Sale value: Fusion Coins 300
Rarity: Legendary (Class S)
Vehicle: Pagani Utopia (160 to upgrade)

Game Changes[]

Gameplay Changes[]

  • The following cars have been rebalanced:
    • Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
      • PRO rank increased from C1434 to C1500
      • Top speed increased from 342.3 km/h to 357.3 km/h
      • Nitro speed increased from 36.9 km/h to 39.7 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • Aston Martin V12 Vantage
      • PRO rank increased from C1477 to C1501
      • Top speed increased from 351.7 km/h to 357.4 km/h
      • Nitro speed increased from 39.2 km/h to 39.7 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • Sbarro GT1
      • PRO rank increased from C1545 to B1589
      • Top speed increased from 367.4 km/h to 378.7 km/h
      • Nitro speed increased from 41.6 km/h to 42.1 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • Ferrari FF
      • PRO rank increased from B1669 to B1679
      • Top speed increased from 397.3 km/h to 400.2 km/h
      • Nitro speed decreased from 44.8 km/h to 44.5 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • Ferrari F12berlinetta
      • PRO rank increased from B1603 to B1680
      • Top speed increased from 381.6 km/h to 400.5 km/h
      • Nitro speed increased from 42.7 km/h to 44.5 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • Jaguar XKR-S GT
      • PRO rank increased from B1660 to B1680
      • Top speed increased from 395.9 km/h to 400.7 km/h
      • Nitro speed increased from 44.0 km/h to 44.5 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • HTT Pléthore LC 750
      • PRO rank increased from S1839 to S1858
      • Top speed increased from 437.9 km/h to 443.3 km/h
      • Nitro speed decreased from 49.4 km/h to 49.3 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
    • McLaren MP4-31
      • PRO rank increased from S1853 to S1860
      • Top speed increased from 441.4 km/h to 443.8 km/h
      • Nitro speed decreased from 49.5 km/h to 49.3 km/h
      • Acceleration has been improved
      • Drift radius has been adjusted
  • The following cars have had their Season 9 race locations changed:
  • The Jaguar F-Type SVR and the NIO EP9 are now available through Master Key Conversion of their respective Master Key rarity.
  • The Store and Offers section have been redesigned.
    • "Offers" and "Hot Deal" have been moved to the "Offers" tab.
      • Tapping the "Offers" button directs to the "Deals" tab.
    • Three new tabs, called "Special Offers", "Car Hunt" and "Subscriptions" have been added.
    • The Gauntlet and World Series stores are now directly accessible.
      • Items are now placed in a horizontal order.
    • There is a new "i" icon that show the amount of items the player will receive after purchasing a bundle.
  • The VIP system has been removed.
    • This also means the amount of items the player can purchase with Multiplayer Badges or Gauntlet Badges has been reduced as if the player's level is at level 0.
    • Daily Free Bundles, Beginner Bundles, Advanced Bundles, Champion Bundles and Weekly VIP Bundles have been removed.
  • New currency: Voucher Voucher
    • Voucher Vouchers are now used to purchase Credits Credits, Fusion Coins Fusion Coins, Tokens Tokens and cars instead of microtransactions.
    • As Voucher Vouchers can only be purchased with real money, this makes it a premium currency.
  • New event type: Recharge Event
    • Similar to the VIP level system, this type of event requires the player to make an in-app purchase in order to reach a new Milestone.
  • A new Voucher-spending limit was added in the Advanced tab of the Option menu when the player spent the Voucher that exceeded the spending limit.
  • A new "Redeem Code" button has been added in the Info tab of the Option menu.
  • From April 24 onwards, the rewards in Classic World Series have been increased to:
  • The following vehicles now can be purchased for Gauntlet Badges Gauntlet Badges in the Gauntlet Store instead of Fusion Coins Fusion Coins:
  • The following vehicles now can be purchased for Multiplayer Badges Multiplayer Badges instead of Fusion Coins Fusion Coins in the World Series Store and each vehicle is available for 7 days:
  • Kit cards conversion limit has been increased to 15, the waiting time period remained the same.
  • Starting with the Zenvo TS1 GT 10th Anniversary Edition, vehicles that are featured in the Multiplayer Store and Gauntlet Store can be purchased with Vouchers and can be used in their dedicated time-limited events.
  • Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Pagani Utopia were made available for conversion from April 24 onwards.
  • Vehicle-specific kit cards for the Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta were made available for conversion from May 8 onwards.
  • Car Hunt changes:
    • From the W Motors Lykan HyperSport Car Hunt onwards, there is now a Car Hunt Cup that rewards Parts Cards, Kit Cards and Fusion Coins Fusion Coins in addition to the Car Hunt Coins Cup. This cup lasts for 6 days.
      • This Cup featured a PRO free-try car, thus making it easier for the player to finish in the top 5%.
  • The Season 9 race for the Rinspeed zaZen has been removed.

Cosmetic Changes[]

  • New avatars: Super Charge, Kitsune
  • New profile icon: Kitsune
  • Multiplayer Badges and Gauntlet Badges balances now appear when their respective store is viewed.
  • When a microtransaction is made, a green confirmation box now appears at the bottom of the screen.
  • Added a more precise performance and visualization configuration in the Options menu.
  • Kit cards for the following cars have been redesigned:
  • A new decal for the Rimac Nevera called "Green Game Jam" was added on June 1, 2023. It features leopard spots. It was available from the 22-day-long Green Game Jam event. On some (but not all) accounts, it was also available as an offer for US $7 during the same period.
  • A new decal called "Cherry Blossom" was added on June 5, 2023. This decal can be obtained by purchasing a bundle containing the featured car and the decal itself, or finishing in the top 50 or above in the "Cherry Blossom Cup" multiplayer event available between June 5 - 18. 2023. This decal cannot be purchased separately. This includes the following cars:
  • A new decal called "Robo" was added on June 8, 2023. This decal can be obtained by purchasing a bundle containing the Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS and the decal itself, or finishing within the top 5% in the "Robo Cup" event available between June 8 - 12, 2023. This decal cannot be purchased separately

Exclusive vehicles[]

Events[]

  1. Savage Rivale GTR Car Hunt (April 24 - May 1, 2023)
  2. Racing Pass 2 (April 27 - May 25, 2023)
  3. McLaren P1™ GTR Car Hunt (1) (May 1 - 8, 2023)
  4. Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta Car Hunt (May 8 - 15, 2023)
  5. W Motors Lykan HyperSport Car Hunt (May 15 - 22, 2023)
  6. Ferrari FF Car Hunt (May 22 - 29, 2023)
  7. Racing Pass 3 (May 25 - June 22, 2023)
  8. Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 Car Hunt (May 29 - June 5, 2023)
  9. Arrinera Hussarya GT Car Hunt (June 5 - 12, 2023)
  10. Weber Faster One Car Hunt (June 12 - 19, 2023)

Gifts[]

  • Depending on the player's VIP level prior to the update, the following items were given as compensation for the removal of the VIP system:

Bugs/Glitches[]

  • Bugs in this update:
    • Voucher icon disappeared after updating the game for some players.
      • This was fixed on May 1
    • The stats with a Tuning Kit of the TORINO DESIGN Super Sport is incorrectly displayed.
    • Some players reported after the Racing Pass 1 has been finished, no Fusion Coins Fusion Coins were rewarded as a compensation for not purchasing items in the Racing Pass pages.
    • There's been reports about progress rollback issue regarding Season Pass error mentioned above. Gameloft didn't announced any official announcements so far.
    • In the Arrinera Hussarya GT Car Hunt, the Car Hunt Coins Cup that featured the Hussarya GT itself was not shown up, thus currently the only way for the player to reach the final tier is to purchase the Festival Coins Car Hunt Coin Packs with microtransactions.
    • Players have reported that after playing the "Cherry Blossom Multiplayer Cup", either all of their points accumulated in the cup have been reset or they are sent to a completely different leaderboard. Also, for some players, the rewards from other TLEs are lost if they claimed it after playing the aforementioned cup.
  • Bugs still persist from previous updates:
    • As of the time of writing, there are players who haven't had their progress being restored due to a reset bug.
    • The Lunar New Year paint color of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS Year of the Rabbit Edition hasn't been restored.
    • Calendar, Car Hunt events, Season Pass events are still inaccessible for some players.
  • The following bugs/ glitches have been fixed:
    • Fixed and improved collisions for Lucky Dog Avatar with some costume details.
    • Fixed readability of text on the Welcome Car Hunt popup, on the “Check It” button.
    • Fixed visual issue with the gloves of Airborne Mark II Avatar.
    • Fixed issue with unresponsiveness of the info button of Gauntlet in the Play Menu.
    • Fixed issue with unresponsiveness of the info button of World Series in the Play Menu.

Post-update screen[]

Updates for Asphalt 8: Airborne
2013 Original Release (v1.0.0) • Free to Play Update (v1.1.0)
2014 Daily Bonus Update (v1.2.0) • The Great Wall Update (v1.3.0)
Fuel Events Update (v1.4.0) • Dubai Update (v1.5.0)
San Diego Harbor Update (v1.6.0) • Winter Update (v1.7.0)
2015 Decals Update (v1.8.0) • More Than 300 Decals Update (v1.8.1)
Tenerife Update (v1.9.0) • Car Mastery Update (v2.0.0)
Research & Development Update (v2.1.0) • Santa's Gift Update (v2.2.0)
2016 Lunar New Year Update (v2.3.0) • Elite Cars Update (v2.4.0)
Enduro Update (v2.5.0) • Rio de Janeiro Update (v2.6.0)
Multiplayer League Update (v2.7.0) • Championship Update (v2.8.0)
2017 Lunar New Year 2017 Update (v2.9.0) • Car Blueprints Update (v3.0.0)
Porsche Update (v3.1.0) • Motorcycles Update (v3.2.0)
Munich Update (v3.3.0) • Hot Wheels Update (v3.4.0)
2018 Fall Out Boy Update (v3.5.0) • 2018 Spring Update (v3.6.0)
Asphalt Moments Update (v3.7.0) • Fifth Anniversary Update (v3.8.0)
Halloween Update (v3.9.0) • Holiday Update (v4.0.0)
2019 Fast Lane Update (v4.1.0) • 2019 Spring Update (v4.2.0)
Showdown Update (v4.3.0) • Sixth Anniversary Mini Update (v4.4.0)
Sixth Anniversary Update (v4.5.0) • 2019 Halloween Update (v4.6.0)
2019 Holiday Update (v4.7.0)
2020 2020 Lunar New Year Update (v4.8.0) • 2020 Spring Update (v4.9.0)
Formula E Update (v4.9.1) • Fifteenth Anniversary Update (v5.0.0)
Wild Cards Update (v5.1.0) • 2020 Summer Update (v5.2.0)
Seventh Anniversary Update (v5.3.0) • 2020 Halloween Update (v5.4.0)
2020 Christmas Update (v5.5.0)
2021 2021 Lunar New Year Update (v5.6.0) • 2021 Spring Update (v5.7.0)
2021 Summer Update (v5.8.0) • Eighth Anniversary Update (v5.9.0)
2021 Holiday Update (v6.0.0) • 2021 Christmas Update (v6.1.0)
2022 2022 Lunar New Year Update (v6.2.0) • Neon Season Update (v6.3.0)
Ninth Anniversary Update (v6.4.0) • Gangstar Season Update (v6.5.0)
Golden Season Update (v6.6.0) • Golden Season Mini Update (v6.7.0)
Hot Winter Season Update (v6.8.0)
2023 2023 Lunar New Year Update (v6.9.0) • Garage Life Season Update (v7.0.0)
2023 Spring Update (v7.1.0) • 2023 Summer Update (v7.2.0)
Tenth Anniversary Update (v7.3.0) • 2023 Halloween Update (v7.4.0)
2023 Holiday Update (v7.5.0)
2024 2024 Spring Update (v7.6.0) • Mercedes Season Update (v7.7.0) • 2024 Summer Update (v7.8.0) • Eleventh Anniversary Update (v7.9.0)• 2024 Halloween Update (v8.0.0)
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