Research & Development/Mazda RX-8 Special Edition

The Mazda RX-8 Special Edition's Research & Development event was released as the 37th R&D event as part of the 2018 Summer Update on July 19, 2018, after the Sbarro GT1 Championship.

The event has 4 labs spanning a total of 44 tests with a time limit of 9 days once the event is started.

The labs will unlock in the following schedule:

• Lab 002: 1 day later or pay  400
• Lab 003: 3 days later or pay  800
• Lab 004: 6 days later or pay  1,000

Test	Recm Rank	Track	Game mode	Required QC	Max QC	Primary Goal	Secondary Goal #1 (QC)	Secondary Goal #2 (QC)	Collectable QC on track	Auto-Test Price	Rewards
Lab .001.
.001.	901	The Secret Lab	Classic	5	12	Collect Quality Checks	Drift Distance: 800 (2 QC)	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 4 (3 QC)	6	40	1,750  5
.002.	909	Sector 8	Classic	5	12	Collect Quality Checks	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 4 (2 QC)	Total Air Time: 8 s (3 QC)	6	40	1,750 Free Upgrade
.003.	916	French Guiana	Classic	5	12	Finish at least Third	Flat Spins: 2 (2 QC)	No Wrecks (3 QC)	6	50	2,000 R&D Basic Kit Box
.004.	924	The Great Wall	Classic	6	12	Finish at least Third	Barrel Rolls: 3 (2 QC)	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 4 (3 QC)	6	50	2,000  10
.005.	931	Barcelona	Knockdown	6	12	Finish First	Knockdowns without Wreck: 3 (2 QC)	Knockdowns: 5 (3 QC)	6	60	2,250  5
.006.	939	The London Eye	Classic	13	12	Finish First	Perfect Runs: 2 (2 QC)	Flat Spins in One Jump: 2 (3 QC)	6	60	2,500  5
.007.	955 NS	Dragon Tree	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 1:49:011	- ( QC)	- ( QC)	-	200	2,750  15 R&D Basic Kit Box
Lab .002.
.008.	963	The River Fort	Classic	7	14	Finish First	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 5 (3 QC)	Barrel Rolls: 4 (3 QC)	7	70	3,000 Free Upgrade
.009.	975	Test Site: Omega	Classic	7	14	Finish First	Flat Spins in One Jump: 2 (3 QC)	Knockdowns: 5 (3 QC)	7	70	3,000  5
.010.	991	London	Gate Drift	8	14	Reach 9,000 points	Drift Distance: 1,400 (3 QC)	Drift Distance: 1,600 (3 QC)	7	80	3,500  20
.011.	1012 NSTK	Great Wall Rev.	Classic	8	14	Beat 2:59	Perfect Runs: 3 (3 QC)	Flat Spins: 4 (3 QC)	7	80	4,000 R&D Basic Kit B0x
.012.	1036	Fr. Guiana Rev.	Classic	8	14	Finish First	Total Air Time: 3 s (3 QC)	Knockdowns without Wreck: 4 (3 QC)	7	80	4,250  10
.013.	1047	Barcelona Reverse	Elimination	17	14	Finish First	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 5 (3 QC)	No Wrecks (3 QC)	7	90	4,500  10
.014.	1063	Azure Coast Reverse	Classic	17	14	Finish First	Drift Distance: 1,200 (3 QC)	Knockdowns without Wreck: 5 (3 QC)	7	90	4,500  5
.015.	1085 TK	Ipanema Showdown	Classic	17	14	Beat 2:43	Perfect Runs: 3 (3 QC)	Total Air Time: 3 s (3 QC)	7	95	4,750  5 R&D Basic Kit Box
.016.	1112	Cloud Nine	Infected	17	14	Finish First	Knockdowns: 5 (3 QC)	Barrel Rolls: 4 (3 QC)	7	95	5,250  10
.017.	1144 NSTK	Tokyo	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 2:04:212	- ( QC)	- ( QC)	-	450	5,500  40
Lab .003.
.018.	1158	Sector 8 Reverse	Classic	17	16	Finish First	Flat Spins in One Jump: 2 (3 QC)	No Wrecks (4 QC)	8	105	7,000  25 Free Upgrade
.019.	1168	Nevada	Classic	17	16	Finish First	Knockdowns without Wreck: 6 (3 QC)	Knockdowns: 8 (4 QC)	8	105	7,250 R&D Advanced Kit Box
.020.	1182 TK	The Rose of the Desert	Unplugged	18	14	Beat 2:27	Perfect Runs: 3 (3 QC)	Knockdowns without Wreck:4 (4 QC)	6	120	7,500  10
.021.	1198	The Dragon's Den	Classic	18	16	Finish First	Drift Distance: 1,400 (3 QC)	Barrel Rolls: 8 (4 QC)	8	120	8,000  10
.022.	1228	San Diego Harbor	Elimination	19	16	Finish First	No Wrecks (3 QC)	Flat Spins: 6 (4 QC)	8	125	8,250  5
.023.	1258 NSTK	Alps	Classic	19	16	Beat 2:19	Flat Spins: 4 (3 QC)	Total Air Time: 4 s (4 QC)	8	150	8,500  15 R&D Basic Kit Box
.024.	1280 NSTK	Westminster Bridge	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 1:07.716	- ( QC)	- ( QC)	-	800	8,750  30
.025.	1296	Dubai Reverse	Flawless	20	17	Finish First	Perfect Runs: 4 (4 QC)	Drift Distance: 1,500 (4 QC)	8	175	10,000  20
.026.	1321 NSTK	Oceanview Derby	Classic	22	17	Beat 2:20	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 6 (4 QC)	Barrel Rolls: 5 (4 QC)	8	200	10,500 R&D Advanced Kit Box
.027.	1353	Nevada Reverse	Infected	22	17	Finish First	Total Air Time: 3 s (4 QC)	Knockdowns without Wreck: 4 (4 QC)	8	225	11,000  15
.028.	1393 NSTK	Mount Teide	Classic	24	17	Beat 2:42	Knockdowns: 5 (4 QC)	Flat Spins in One Jump: 3 (4 QC)	8	250	11,250  10
.029.	1442 NSTK	Iceland Reverse	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 1:44.049	- ( QC)	- ( QC)	-	1,400	11,500  35
Lab .004.
.030.	1452	Route 375-1	Classic	12	18	Finish First	Barrel Rolls: 6 (4 QC)	Perfect Runs: 5 (4 QC)	8	275	11,750  5
.031.	1463 NSTK	Crystal Lake	Classic	25	18	Beat 2:52	Flat Spins: 6 (4 QC)	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 10 (5 QC)	8	300	12,250  10 R&D Basic Kit Box
.032.	1475	Venice Reverse	Elimination	13	18	Finish First	No Wrecks (4 QC)	Knockdowns: 5 (5 QC)	8	325	12,750  10
.033.	1487 NSTK	Sky Drop	Classic	26	18	Beat 2:32	No Wrecks (4 QC)	Flat Spins: 10 (5 QC)	8	325	14,000  50
.034.	1502	The Mirage	Unplugged	27	18	Finish First	Drift Distance: 1,800 (4 QC)	Perfect Runs: 4 (5 QC)	8	350	16,000  10
.035.	1516	Azure Coast	Knockdown	14	18	Knockdowns without Wreck: 10	Knockdowns without Wreck: 12 (4 QC)	Knockdowns without Wreck: 15 (5 QC)	8	350	16,750 R&D Advanced Kit Box
.036.	1531	Classified	Flawless	29	18	Finish First	Perfect Runs: 4 (4 QC)	Perfect Nitro Triggered: 10 (5 QC)	8	375	17,000  10
.037.	1548 NSTK	San Diego Harbor Rev.	Unplugged	31	18	Beat 1:57	Flat Spins in One Jump: 3 (5 QC)	Total Air Time: 10 s (5 QC)	8	400	17,250  5
.038.	1565 NSTKET	Wall Ascent	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 1:02:887	—	—	—	1,800	17,500  40
.039.	???	Iceland	Gate Drift	28	18	Reach 23,000 points	Drift Distance: 3,200 (5 QC)	Drift Distance: 3,600 (5 QC)	8		18,250  10
.040.	???	???	Flawless	—	18	???	—	—	8		20,000  50
.041.	???	???	???	—	18	???	—	—	8		22,500  10 R&D Professional Kit Box
.042.	???	Tokyo	Infected	—	18	???	—	—	8		24,250  15
.043.	???	???	???	—	18	???	—	—	8		26,000  30
.044.	???	Alps Reverse	Ultimate AI Challenge	-	-	Beat 0:51:315	- ( QC)	- ( QC)	-		29,000  100 Mazda RX-8 Special Edition

Total Costs/Rewards:

• 
• 
• 77 cards from R&D Boxes
  • 6 R&D Basic Kit Box (Grants 5 cards)
  • 3 R&D Advanced Kit Box (Grants 10 cards)
  • 1 R&D Professional Kit Box (Grants 17 cards)
• 3 Mazda RX-8 Special Edition Free Upgrades
• Auto-Test:  
• Quality Checks (excluding Ultimate AI Challenges):
• Minimum Number of Proto Keys Used:

Test Count (by race mode):

• Classic:
• Time Attack:
• Ultimate AI Challenge: 6
• Gate Drift:
• Elimination:
• Infected:
• Unplugged:
• Flawless: 3
• Knockdown:
• Main goal as Beat time test:

Tips / Warnings

• As the RX-8 Special Edition has superb drifting and handling at stock, handling upgrades aren't necessary for a minimum tune.
• There are 3 free upgrades given in the R&D. (2, 8, 18)
  • Before attempting Test 8, install Top Speed Level 2 and use the free upgrade on Top Speed Level 3 (Token-only upgrade).
  • Before attempting Test 18, install Nitro Level 3 and use the free upgrade on Nitro Level 4 (Token-only upgrade).
• The minimum tune needed to complete the event is [5505 2050]
  • This requires 10 Rotary engines. As the R&D boxes give a total of 8 engine cards, 2 have to be acquired by other means.
• As this R&D event is based on the one for the Lotus Evora Sport 410, many of the same tips and warnings for that event apply here:
  • In Test .026., be careful of taking the cave shortcut route, as infected AIs tend to take the long route faster than the player can take the cave shortcut route.
  • The time limit for Test .042. can be difficult to keep track of as Infected races do not show the player's race time until the post-race results. The traffic and infected AI racers also increase the chances of a Wreck (especially with Infection Overload), making Test .042. very perilous.

Quotes

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Trivia

• The event is similar to the Lotus Evora Sport 410's, so any player who has played through the Lotus Evora's event should be familiar with it.