Shanghai

Shanghai(上海)
Information
Location	Shanghai, China
Track Length	Medium length track
Asphalt appearances	Asphalt Legends Unite Asphalt 9: Legends Asphalt 7: Heat Asphalt Injection Asphalt 6: Adrenaline Asphalt 4: Elite Racing

Shanghai (上海) is the second largest city in China by population, with more than 24 million people living there. Shanghai lies on the south edge of the Yangtze estuary. Shanghai borders Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south, and west and the East China Sea to the east. Because of favorable port locations and economic potential, Shanghai grew to importance in the 19th century. Shanghai has the world's busiest container port, which is located in the Yangtze River Delta.

Overview

Asphalt 4: Elite Racing

The track having the most twisty curves in the gameplay. It consists a U bend before crossing the bridge , a variety of sharp curves appeared before reaching the finish line. No shortcuts avaliable and cash pickups were seen on the curves.

Races

Night race: control your speed; throttle and brake properly.

Types	Catch	Beat'em All	Race	Cash Attack
Unlock at	5	6	9	31

Asphalt 6: Adrenaline

“	You'll get more than one surprise racing through the narrow twisting streets of Shanghai. Cities don't get much bigger than this one and racetracks don't get much more ferocious. Oh, and try not to lose your noodles when you hit the corkscrew jump. You'll see what we mean.	”
Narrator

Considered as the most difficult track in the game, Shanghai is a technical track with an immediate sharp corner before a 270° spiral and jump. 2 more sharp corners have to be navigated before the first shortcut while the main path has 2 medium corners. The next section of the track has 2 more sharp corners and an S-bend. The shortcut of the S-bend has 3 cash pickups while the main path has 1 cash pickup and nitro bottles. The last section starts with 2 more sharp corners before a straightaway with fixed obstacles and a medium corner.

Asphalt 7: Heat

Similar to its previous rendition, Shanghai has multiple sharp corners but uses a different layout and does not have a spiral.

Asphalt Legends Unite (formerly Asphalt 9: Legends)

Shanghai now has a more simplistic layout than previous versions and has multiple shortcuts, straightaways and changes in elevation. In the China version, this track has been renamed as Port Pearl (明珠港口).

Variants

30" Variants ^CR

• Double Roundabout
• Paris of the East

60" Variants ^CR

• Future Road
• Reach for the Sky

90" Variants ^CR

• The Pearl of the Orient
• Nanjing Stroll
• Pudong Rise
• Shen City

120" Variants ^CR

• Shopping Spree
• People's Square Dash

^CR = Available in Club Races

Recommendations

Asphalt 4 / Asphalt 6 / Asphalt 7

• Cars with excellent handling and drifting capabilities are recommended.

Asphalt 9

• Cars with decent acceleration and top speed are needed in order to take advantage of the many straightaways of the track.
• However, there are also many wide sweeping curves where the player must drift, so good handling is also needed.

Gallery

• Asphalt 4
• Asphalt 6
• Asphalt 7
• Asphalt 9
• Asphalt 9 [Soft Launch]

The temple section.

An RUF RGT approach the tunnel after crossing the streets

Starting line

Traditional chinese streets,which is a part of the race track and the dangerous section (Traffics).

A Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera crossing the spiral curve

Puddles may seen on the track while a Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera crossover

Track Emblem

A Nissan 370Z Nismo crossing a pedestrian tunnel (人民广场) in the Paris of the East layout.

City Center

Blue laser highway on the right, similar to Asphalt 7

Old town street

Lanterns with Lotus light

Ships on Huangpujiang

The bund 1

The bund 2

Road Sign

A Chinese bus as traffic obstacle

Nanjing Road

Gameloft Shanghai Centre (Probably)

The Huangpujiang 1

The Huangpujiang 2

Roundabout

Tunnel Section

Road Sign written by Chinese

Bus Stop

Shanghai Metro on the pedestrian tunnel

The start line background for a Grand Prix Event (Stage 4)

Exhibit Version

Old Shanghai

Comparation Old vs New Shanghai

Track Layouts

• The Pearl of the Orient
• Nanjing Stroll
• Pudong Rise
• Shen City
• Double Roundabout
• Paris of the East
• Reach for the Sky
• Future Road
• Shopping Spree
• People's Square Dash

1/10

Trivia

Asphalt 4

• Shanghai and Paris are the only tracks set at night.
• The Bund, Oriental Pearl Tower, Port of Huangpu Jiang, Nanjing Street and Shanghai Yangtze Bridge can be seen.

Asphalt 6

• There are no variations in time of day on this track, regardless of whether the variant is regular or reverse.

Asphalt 7

• London, New Orleans, Tokyo and Shanghai are the only tracks set at night.

Asphalt 9

• Shanghai received a significant change in the scenery lightning and colors after the Worldwide Launch.
  • This led to some players to compare the old Shanghai with the new one with some saying that the old one looked better.
  • A comparison video video has been made for both versions.
  • The Heatwave Season Update would later make Shanghai's sky darker.
• The coordinates in the About section of the Asphalt 9 website leads to the People's Square.
  • It also appears to be the coordinates from the map on the Asphalt 9 website's loading screen.
• People's Square Dash was the undisputed longest variant in the game until the Godly Beasts Update, when Osaka's Large Hill was added.
  • These two variants effectively shared the record until the City of Lights Update, when the two 120" variants on Paris, Paris Circle and To the Seine, were added to officially dethrone People's Square Dash.
    • Despite this, none of the 4 aforementioned variants have been changed to 150", even with supposed 150" variants on Tuscany which are much shorter in length.
• The Grand Prix loading screen gives some info about this track.
  • Weather: Clear (12°C/53.6°F).
  • Length: Variable (Depending on the track layout)