Sixth Anniversary Mini Update

Sixth Anniversary Mini Update
Asphalt 8: Airborne v4.4.0 August 22/23, 2019 (iOS, Android) August 23, 2019 (Windows)
Showdown Update (v4.3.0)
Sixth Anniversary Update (v4.5.0)

The Sixth Anniversary Update, also described as the Mini-Update on the official Asphalt Facebook page, is the 34th update for Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement

**What's New - Mini Update**

TWO NEW CARS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO SHOWDOWN
If the previous new car lineup got you warmed up, this one will make you boil over with excitement! Make room for the Koenigsegg Regera and the Infiniti Project Black S!

New vehicles

• Class D
  • Infiniti Project Black S (R&D)
• Class S
  • Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita (Championship)

The new vehicles will need the following engine cards:

• V8 Engine:
  • Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita (x64)
• Hybrid Engine:
  • Infiniti Project Black S (x40)

Game changes

Gameplay changes

• Exclusive Deals:
  • The Exclusive Deals section now offers only engine and tech cards (5 slots) and blueprints (one slot).
    • All of the deals cost  5,000.
  • Credit deals are no longer available.
  • The changes made in the Showdown Update regarding the amounts of cards given have been reverted. 
  • Depending on the slot in the deals menu, the amount of engine/tech cards given:
    • Slot 1: 80 Common, 50 Legendary 
    • Slot 2: 72 Common, 45 Legendary 
    • Slot 3: 64 Common, 40 Legendary 
    • Slot 4: 60 Common, 37 Legendary 
    • Slot 6: 48 Common, 30 Legendary 
      • The changes to Exclusive Deals were reverted on August 28, 2019.
• The handling of the Lightning LS-218 was nerfed.
• Pro Kit Boxes:
  • As of September 2019, the drop rates of Daily Kit Box †, Engine Box 1-5 and Finish Line Box have been changed. They now grant i3 Engines and V12 MPI Engines.
  • As time-limited engine boxes like Limited-Edition V8 Engine and Champion Kit Box - Engine show similar drop rate changes, it is possible that engine-related special offer boxes now also grant i3 and V12 MPI Engines.
  • The Finish Line Box now also grants Mid-Tech and Advanced Tech again.
  • The Exclusive Box and the Exclusive VIP Box which grant "2 cards of EVERY Engine, Parts and Tech type" now grant 146 cards instead of 144. This means that the i3 Engine has finally been included which is also correctly reflected by the changed drop rates. However, the box description has been changed "146 Rare & Legendary Pro cards. 2 cards of each type". This is clearly wrong, as there are only 39 different rare and legendary cards.
• The following vehicles are no longer Blueprint-buildable and are instead purchasable from the garage or obtainable through special events. Players who own some BPs of these vehicles get a discount off the garage cost that varies depending on the number of BPs owned:
  • McLaren M14A:  6,400
  • ED Design Torq:  3,500
  • McLaren MP4/8:  8,100
  • Lotus Evora Sport 410:  4,750
  • BMW M2 Special Edition:  7,000 (Made time-limited)
  • Porsche 911 GT3 RS:  3,500
  • McLaren Mercedes MP4-25:  13,000
  • McLaren 650S GT3:  7,000
  • SIN R1:  10,000
  • Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid:  12,000
  • Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition:  15,000 (Made time-limited)
    • Note: The aforementioned prices are the full prices of these vehicles.

Cosmetic changes

• 8 new profile icons from the Asphalt Wacom art contest were added.
• The billboards added in the Holiday Update displaying Asphalt 8: Airborne and Asphalt 9: Legends, as well as other previously added billboards have been replaced with other ones, promoting the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio and its future Festival event.

Exclusive vehicles

• August 23-27, 2019
  • Buick Riviera:  4,000
  • Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo:  8,000
  • Vanda Electrics Dendrobium:  9,500
  • Arash AF10:  16,200
• August 30 - September 3, 2019
  • Falcon F7:  5,600
• September 6-10, 2019
  • Ducati XDiavel S:  4,000
  • Apollo N:  6,500
  • SCG 003S:  10,750
  • Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014:  8,000
  • Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport:  13,250
  • Kawasaki Ninja H2R:  7,600

Events

1. Infiniti Project Black S R&D August 23, 2019
2. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita Championship August 29, 2019

Post-update screen

1/2

Trivia

• The announcement and update screen incorrectly states that the Koenigsegg Regera R&D is part of the update, when it was held in the previous update.
• This is the first update whose all vehicles have just one colour option.

References

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)