Ad

An ad (short for advertisement) is a video clip that is shown to players as part of the "freemium" concept of the Asphalt games.

Random ads are shown to non-VIP players at various moments during the game. They are deactivated for players with a VIP status who have paid real money for an in-game purchase. This does not affect ads that can be watched intentionally in order to obtain extra features.

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Android and iOS players can watch all of the following ad types independently from each other. According to players on the Gameloft Forum, Windows players can only watch 2 ads per day in total.

Daily ads

Players can watch 10 ads per day by tapping on the red and yellow box icon in the upper right corner of the main screen.

Daily ads rewards May 30, 2019 – Mar 4, 2020
1 Double Credits	0	0.00 %
1 Nitro Starter	302	13.25 %
1 Tuning Kit	328	14.39 %
1 Extra Tank	0	0.00 %
1 Optimal Shuffle Box	263	11.54 %
1 Optimal Split Box	301	13.20 %
Tokens	474	20.79 %
Credits	612	26.84 %
1 Asterion or  150,000	0	0.00 %

Possible rewards:

• 1 Lamborghini Egoista Blueprint
• 1 Nitro Starter
• 1 Tuning Kit
• 1 Extra Tank
• 3 Season Tickets
• 1 Optimal Shuffle Box
• 1 Optimal Split Box
•  8
•  1,250
• Lamborghini Asterion or Double Credits if a player already owns the car

The 2019 Spring Update has reduced the Credits reward from  1,500 to  1,250.

Pro Kit Box extra cards

Since the 2019 Spring Update, players are given the option to watch an ad after opening a Pro Kit Box to get an extra card twice per day. There has to be a free additional slot in the player's inventory to enable the ad option. For boxes that only grant one specific card, the extra card will be of the same kind, so players have the possibility to increase their number of rare Pro Kits by using the ad option only for these boxes.

Boosters

Before starting a race, players can watch an ad to get a free Nitro Starter or Tuning Kit. This can be repeated 5 times per day and booster.

Ad boosters are different from bought/free boosters: While the latter ones last for a certain period of time (Nitro Starter: 10 min., Tuning Kit: 15 min.), ad boosters are active for 1 race and can be accumulated, no matter when a race is started or how long it is. This can be useful and effective for races with 2 or 3 laps as well as in situations when players have to wait for competitors in Multiplayer races.

Double Credits

After a race, players are given the option to watch an ad in order to double their earned Credits twice per day. It is recommended to reserve this option for races with a high Credits output, namely Season 9, McLaren Legends Season or long Multiplayer races.

There is an upper limit of around  6,000 for Career Mode races up to which the double Credits option is offered. If a player earns more Credits than this limit, the option is not displayed.

Elite cars timer

Players can watch up to 10 ads per day to reduce the waiting time when tuning up Elite Cars.

Championship tires

During Championships, players can watch 3 ads per day to get an extra tire.

References

The statistical data on this page is part of WikiProject Statistics. It contains original research which may be incomplete, incorrect or biased.