Sixth Anniversary Update

Sixth Anniversary Update
Asphalt 8: Airborne v4.5.0 September 18, 2019 (iOS, Android) September 25, 2019 (Windows)
Sixth Anniversary Mini Update (v4.4.0)
2019 Halloween Update (v4.6.0)

The Sixth Anniversary Update is the 35th update for Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Announcement

Celebrate the Six-Year Anniversary of Asphalt 8 with a NEW TRACK on the moon! Join the Anniversary Festival to win a ton of rewards including the unbelievable Lamborghini Terzo Millennio.

3... 2... 1... LIFTOFF
Strap in for the lunar base and see the world like never before. Ride upside down on magnetic tracks, beware the massive mining machines, and drive straight through the moon's core!

ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL & EVENTS
Unlock the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio in the Anniversary Festival and get ready for new action-packed events! Race for a chance to get the Rimac C_Two, Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, Acura NSX GT3 Evo and more!

NO MORE ELITE VEHICLES
Starting now, no vehicles will have ELITE status. No more waiting to recharge! All fine-tuned vehicles now have a standard stat distribution.

ASSEMBLY MODIFICATIONS
Several vehicles will no longer require Blueprints, such as the ED Design Torq, McLaren M14A, Sbarro Sparta, and Porsche 718 Boxster S. Check the forum for the full list.

XBOX LIVE INTEGRATION
From now on, you can use your Xbox Live account in Asphalt 8 for authentication, saving progress and completing Xbox Live achievements!

NEW CONTROLLER SUPPORT
DualShock 4 and Xbox One controllers are now supported.

Read the full list of changes at the Gameloft Forum.

New Vehicles

• Class D
  • Pontiac Solstice GXP (R&D)
• Class C
  • Volkswagen I.D. R (Festival, postponed to the 2019 Halloween Update)
• Class B
  • Acura NSX GT3 Evo (R&D, -only upgrades)
• Class A
  • Lamborghini Terzo Millennio (Festival)
• Class S
  • Lamborghini Aventador SVJ (R&D)
  • Rimac C_Two (R&D)

The new vehicles will need the following engine cards:

• i4 Engine
  • Pontiac Solstice GXP (x40)
• V6 Engine
  • Acura NSX GT3 Evo (x72)
• Legendary Electric Engine
  • Rimac C_Two (x92)
• V12 Engine
  • Lamborghini Aventador SVJ (x64)
• Car-Specific Kit Cards
  • Lamborghini Terzo Millennio (x220)

Game Changes

Gameplay Changes

• New Track: Orbital Loop
• New Event Type: Festival (Second Generation)
• New Pro Kit card: Car-Specific Kit Cards
• Elite Status has been removed with Elite cars being set to the default tune.
• All track layouts (except the Orbital Loop tracks) are now available in Quick Solo Race.
• The "King's Highway" track is now available in Multiplayer.
• R&D Changes:
  • The recommended rank for several races in R&D are now enforced with races being accessible only if the rank has been met.
    • However, it is still possible to skip the enforced races with the Auto-Test price.
  • Tokens are now only awarded for Ultimate AI races.
• The total speed (at MAX+PRO with Tuning Kit) for several cars have been reduced:
  • Mazda RX-8 Special Edition: 469 km/h (291 mph) → 456 km/h (283 mph)
  • Rezvani Beast Alpha: 493 km/h (306 mph) → 481 km/h (299 mph)
  • Rezvani Beast X: 500 km/h (311 mph) → 491 km/h (305 mph)
  • Ford GT (2017): 501 km/h (311 mph) → 493 km/h (306 mph)
  • BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage: 511 km/h (318 mph) → 492 km/h (306 mph)
  • Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: 499 km/h (310 mph) → 493 km/h (306 mph)
  • Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG Special Edition: 510 km/h (317 mph) → 492 km/h (306 mph)
  • Porsche Carrera GT: 499 km/h (310 mph) → 490 km/h (304 mph)
  • Arrinera Hussarya GT: 503 km/h (313 mph) → 496 km/h (308 mph)
• The blueprints that were made unavailable in the Holiday Update are now available again in the Advanced BP Box †.
• 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:
  • Honda Civic Type R:  5,000 
  • AC 378 GT Z:  4,200
  • Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG:  1,300
  • Cadillac ATS-V Coupe:  2,000
  • Renault Alpine Celebration:  4,500
  • Sbarro Sparta:  4,750
  • Porsche 718 Boxster S:  2,000
  • KTM 1290 Super Duke R:  525
  • Vencer Sarthe:  3,000
    • Note: The aforementioned prices are the full prices of these vehicles.
• The speed modifier for the Lamborghini Estoque, Porsche Carrera GT and Aston Martin Vulcan have been removed.
• The Tuning Kit boost now provides a universal percentage boost instead of a vehicle specific amont.
• Showdown mode medals have been added.
• The drop rate of a Surge Strike for AI racers has been rebalanced.
• The game now supports Dual Shock 4 and Xbox One controllers on iOS.
• The Double Credits bonus from ads has been replaced by Multi-Credits at the end of any race. Instead of factor 2, the rewarded Credits are now multiplied with the smallest integer factor such that the result is greater than a defined threshold. The threshold depends on the player's earned career  Stars; for advanced players, it is  25,000. The amount of rewarded Credits is no longer relevant—the smaller the amount of Credits, the greater the factor.
• The Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe's price was increased from  45,000 to  550.
• The extra card option has been removed for boxes containing one single card.

Cosmetic Changes

• New songs added:
  • DJ Gontran - Down to Earth (Menu)
  • DJ Gontran - Redline (Electronic)
• New app icon of a Lamborghini Terzo Millennio.
• Some extra visual effects, previously only seen on higher Effects settings in Windows, are now applied on all Effects settings.
• The engine note for the Apollo Intensa Emozione has been changed from "Bentley W12" to "Formula One".
• New engine sound: "GTR V6" (v6_gtr) which is used by the Acura NSX GT3 Evo.

Events

1. Sixth Anniversary Festival September 18, 2019 (iOS); September 19 (Android); September 25 (Windows)
2. Ignition Multiplayer Season September 23, 2019 – Time left: Oct 18, 2019 16:15:00 UTCIgnition Multiplayer Season September 23, 2019 – FinishedIgnition Multiplayer Season September 23, 2019
3. Pontiac Solstice GXP R&D September 26, 2019
4. Rimac C_Two R&D October 1, 2019
5. Rezvani Beast Alpha Championship October 5, 2019
6. Acura NSX GT3 Evo R&D October 11, 2019
7. Renault Trezor Championship October 16, 2019
8. Lamborghini Aventador SVJ R&D October 21, 2019
9. Fall Flash 3 Multiplayer Season October 21, 2019 – Time left: Nov 15, 2019 12:00:00 UTCFall Flash 3 Multiplayer Season October 21, 2019 – FinishedFall Flash 3 Multiplayer Season October 21, 2019

Bugs/Glitches

• Cadillac ATS-V Coupes returned to the garage - Many players that owned the Cadillac ATS-V Coupe reported that their Cadillac ATS-V Coupes were now unowned with a purchase price of  2,000.

• Falken Tyres ad blocking Tuning Kits (since Oct 16, 2019): For German players, the Tuning Kit panel on the pre-race screen is replaced with an ad by Falken Tyres which deletes the Play ad! button, so players lose 5 Tuning Kits per day. Combined with the persisting "Unavailable Nitro Starter ads" bug (see below), German Android players cannot watch Nitro Starter ads either, which lets them lose 5 Nitro Starters per day.
• Missing Pontiac Solstice GXP R&D: Some players reported that the R&D event of Pontiac Solstice GXP is inaccessible.
  • This was fixed on October 1st, 2019 and the event was extended by 3 days for the players who encountered the problem.
• Automatic Event Participation: Some players have reported that Special Events are being automatically participated in, even after the time to participate has expired.
• Invisible Tokens Rewards: Tokens awarded when redeeming Daily Task or Multiplayer League Rewards appear with a placeholder icon and no text.
• The following glitches still persist from the preceding updates:
  • System notifications about keys and tires being fully restored appear right after the first key (tire) gets available instead of when all keys (tires) get really available (seen on Android).
  • Unavailable Nitro Starter ads (since 2019 Spring Update, v4.2.0): Some Android players experience a vanished Play ad! button for Nitro Starters when starting races while the Tuning Kit button is still displayed. Workaround: Playing a Tuning Kit ad first lets the Nitro Starter button reappear (Android).

Update Trailer

Asphalt 8 - New Track Revealed - Orbital Loop

ORBITAL LOOP SPACE TRACK GAMEPLAY in Asphalt 8!

Post-Update Screen

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Trivia

• The update was not mandatory to continue playing (for players who currently have the Sixth Anniversary Mini Update) until September 25, 2019 (for iOS and Android players, the same day the update was released for Windows).

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)