Discussion thread for original release: Asphalt 8: Airborne - (by Gameloft) Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/asphalt-8-airborne/id1563005359 Asphalt 8: Airborne+ Gameloft 400 MILLION PLAYERS CAN’T BE WRONG! TAKE A SPIN WITH THE FRONT-RUNNER AMONG MOBILE RACING GAMES! LEAVE GRAVITY IN THE D… Buy Now Watch Media Details400 MILLION PLAYERS CAN’T BE WRONG! TAKE A SPIN WITH THE FRONT-RUNNER AMONG MOBILE RACING GAMES! 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Privacy Policy: https://www.gameloft.com/en/legal/asphalt8-apple-arcade-privacy-policy/ Customer Care: https://www.gameloft.com/support Information Seller:Gameloft Genre:Action, Racing Release:Jul 27, 2021 Updated:Aug 16, 2024 Version:2.1.1 Size:2.8 GB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,715 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #2 squarezero, Jul 27, 2021 VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #3 VirtualBoyFreak, Jul 28, 2021 Now the greatest question of all: can we transfer our progress from the original Asphalt 8 to this one? Lol, my guess is no, simply because it would be unfair in PvP against newcomers, but who knows... tinkie277 Well-Known Member Jul 11, 2013 136 51 28 Male Street Cleaner Scunthorpe, United Kingdom #4 tinkie277, Jul 30, 2021 I am intrigued to see how they change the game, so it no longer incorporates P2W mechanics. DonnyDJ76 Well-Known Member Nov 1, 2011 1,793 58 48 Male Teacher Hackensack, NJ #5 DonnyDJ76, Aug 10, 2021 They are actually doing a lot to tweak the game…even to make it feel fresh and seasoned to veteran players. (There is an interview with the developer on the ‘2nd’ best touch gaming site that explains these changes in detail.) VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #6 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 13, 2021 Thanks Donny! I've read the interview and am really looking forward to A8+. I guess I'll have to unlock all the content again, but I really feel wanting to do it (even with a normal A8 account with around 260 cars...) agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #7 agreen437, Aug 26, 2021 This is coming tomorrow as well VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #8 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 1am here, for me it's out now xD installing... VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #9 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 Last edited: Sep 10, 2021 Okay, here's my first impression: this is Asphalt 8 as we know it. Amazing. Now for the first tip, specially for people who, like me, come from F2P Asphalt 8. 1. You have Max and Pro improvements. I've just improved my Audi R8 e-Tron ATM and I've made my first mistake. BEFORE you upgrade your car towards Max, check how many free upgrades for that car you get in mastery and act accordingly. For example, in the Audi R8 e-Tron I've counted 19 free upgrades for this car (EDIT: it might have been 20, since the rest of the cars I see have 20), so you really just need to pay for the first level (from 0 to 1) for all 4 specs (plus one of them from 1 to 2 if there are 19, but I believe they were 20 and I didn't count well). The rest can be upgraded for free by playing mastery. EDIT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF PLAYING: all MAX upgrades can be done for free, since you only need 20 upgrades to Max out the car. I always upgrade speed 1st, nitro 2nd and then I upgrade acceleration & handling evenly until I finish the first 10 mastery races of a given car to Max it out completely. If the car is one of the new ones that need 220 cards to be pro'ed, I do 1st speed to level 4, then nitro to level 4, then acceleration to level 4, then handling to level 4, and then keep on going giving a bit of priority to speed & nitro. I've already got like 126 cars and this is the pattern I follow with all of them. I've also upgraded 2 of the 4 Pro specs. In the e-Tron there's only 1 pro level for each of the 4 specs. Idk about the rest of the cars. The cards can be bought for a bunch of coins in the garage icon, which changes stock daily. As for the game itself, there are many modes, many cars and a bunch of bikes. Multiplayer is not implemented yet, and I've unlocked the time limited events section, but there's none ATM. I've had a quick check to the cars and the ones I'm missing from the F2P version are the McLaren formula cars, the McLaren X2 and a few cars which were already removed from the game years ago because of license issues (for example the Toyota Supra or all the RUF cars). I'm sure there's many more missing because I own around 280+ vehicles in the F2P version of the game, but there seems to be "only" 236 in this one. Maybe we'll get some cars in time limited events, who knows. In any case, even though content might not be as large as the F2P version, there is A LOT, and also A LOT to be done in the game. Story mode with 9 seasons (yes, season 9 for Max cars is there ), mastery races (15 for each car), motorbikes, a new mode which I haven't unlocked yet but seems like limited events to unlock even more things... There's so much to be done, that I can't wait for tomorrow to continue playing and see what's in here (3am here now, way too late to continue playing now, lol). 10/10 for me. This game alone justifies my subscription to Apple Arcade. JasonLL, Skall and DonnyDJ76 like this. DonnyDJ76 Well-Known Member Nov 1, 2011 1,793 58 48 Male Teacher Hackensack, NJ #10 DonnyDJ76, Aug 27, 2021 So glad to hear it! It’s released here around 11:00 Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #11 Skall, Aug 27, 2021 This game is still awesome! Looking fwd to the multiplayer VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #12 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 In the end I don't know how to add up... You don't need to buy any upgrades to Max the cars, since you get all of them (20) through the mastery, which is exactly what you need to Max the car from 0 to 5. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #13 Skall, Sep 9, 2021 Game is crashing on track Alps reverse - gate drifting - season 4 frustrating… VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #14 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 9, 2021 Well, don't get too frustrated. I've already reported Gameloft that one and another 6-7 which make the game crash (season 6 has four races that make the game crash, including the Lamborghini Estoque race, so don't bother buying that car until Gameloft updates the game), as well as those impossible objectives (29 perfect sections? Destroy 4 cars in a drift race? Come on...). I reported them like a week ago and they sent my info to the devs & told me they're working on it. Hopefully we'll get an update soon. Meanwhile, just do the rest of the missions & mastery races. Skall likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #15 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 25, 2021 So it's been 3 weeks since I reported the bugs, but there's no update fixing the issues yet... I wonder if we'll get the fixes before 2022. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #16 Skall, Sep 27, 2021 same here… very frustrating… agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #17 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 Ok I just finally downloaded this version and my question is do overheating issues still persist in the Apple Arcade version? I have the latest iPad Pro now but only the 8gigs model agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #18 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 And am on iPad os 15 public version agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #19 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 I tried asphalt 9 on my iPhone and boy it was a heater VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #20 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 27, 2021 I have it on iPhone 12, iOS 14.8 and I don't notice any overheating issues. I've been playing 3h straight and the phone battery went from 65% to 25%. I don't know if the overheating issue you mention is iPad Pro exclusive or not, but it's perfect here. Skall likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #3 VirtualBoyFreak, Jul 28, 2021 Now the greatest question of all: can we transfer our progress from the original Asphalt 8 to this one? Lol, my guess is no, simply because it would be unfair in PvP against newcomers, but who knows... tinkie277 Well-Known Member Jul 11, 2013 136 51 28 Male Street Cleaner Scunthorpe, United Kingdom #4 tinkie277, Jul 30, 2021 I am intrigued to see how they change the game, so it no longer incorporates P2W mechanics. DonnyDJ76 Well-Known Member Nov 1, 2011 1,793 58 48 Male Teacher Hackensack, NJ #5 DonnyDJ76, Aug 10, 2021 They are actually doing a lot to tweak the game…even to make it feel fresh and seasoned to veteran players. (There is an interview with the developer on the ‘2nd’ best touch gaming site that explains these changes in detail.) VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #6 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 13, 2021 Thanks Donny! I've read the interview and am really looking forward to A8+. I guess I'll have to unlock all the content again, but I really feel wanting to do it (even with a normal A8 account with around 260 cars...) agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #7 agreen437, Aug 26, 2021 This is coming tomorrow as well VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #8 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 1am here, for me it's out now xD installing... VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #9 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 Last edited: Sep 10, 2021 Okay, here's my first impression: this is Asphalt 8 as we know it. Amazing. Now for the first tip, specially for people who, like me, come from F2P Asphalt 8. 1. You have Max and Pro improvements. I've just improved my Audi R8 e-Tron ATM and I've made my first mistake. BEFORE you upgrade your car towards Max, check how many free upgrades for that car you get in mastery and act accordingly. For example, in the Audi R8 e-Tron I've counted 19 free upgrades for this car (EDIT: it might have been 20, since the rest of the cars I see have 20), so you really just need to pay for the first level (from 0 to 1) for all 4 specs (plus one of them from 1 to 2 if there are 19, but I believe they were 20 and I didn't count well). The rest can be upgraded for free by playing mastery. EDIT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF PLAYING: all MAX upgrades can be done for free, since you only need 20 upgrades to Max out the car. I always upgrade speed 1st, nitro 2nd and then I upgrade acceleration & handling evenly until I finish the first 10 mastery races of a given car to Max it out completely. If the car is one of the new ones that need 220 cards to be pro'ed, I do 1st speed to level 4, then nitro to level 4, then acceleration to level 4, then handling to level 4, and then keep on going giving a bit of priority to speed & nitro. I've already got like 126 cars and this is the pattern I follow with all of them. I've also upgraded 2 of the 4 Pro specs. In the e-Tron there's only 1 pro level for each of the 4 specs. Idk about the rest of the cars. The cards can be bought for a bunch of coins in the garage icon, which changes stock daily. As for the game itself, there are many modes, many cars and a bunch of bikes. Multiplayer is not implemented yet, and I've unlocked the time limited events section, but there's none ATM. I've had a quick check to the cars and the ones I'm missing from the F2P version are the McLaren formula cars, the McLaren X2 and a few cars which were already removed from the game years ago because of license issues (for example the Toyota Supra or all the RUF cars). I'm sure there's many more missing because I own around 280+ vehicles in the F2P version of the game, but there seems to be "only" 236 in this one. Maybe we'll get some cars in time limited events, who knows. In any case, even though content might not be as large as the F2P version, there is A LOT, and also A LOT to be done in the game. Story mode with 9 seasons (yes, season 9 for Max cars is there ), mastery races (15 for each car), motorbikes, a new mode which I haven't unlocked yet but seems like limited events to unlock even more things... There's so much to be done, that I can't wait for tomorrow to continue playing and see what's in here (3am here now, way too late to continue playing now, lol). 10/10 for me. This game alone justifies my subscription to Apple Arcade. JasonLL, Skall and DonnyDJ76 like this. DonnyDJ76 Well-Known Member Nov 1, 2011 1,793 58 48 Male Teacher Hackensack, NJ #10 DonnyDJ76, Aug 27, 2021 So glad to hear it! It’s released here around 11:00 Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #11 Skall, Aug 27, 2021 This game is still awesome! Looking fwd to the multiplayer VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #12 VirtualBoyFreak, Aug 27, 2021 In the end I don't know how to add up... You don't need to buy any upgrades to Max the cars, since you get all of them (20) through the mastery, which is exactly what you need to Max the car from 0 to 5. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #13 Skall, Sep 9, 2021 Game is crashing on track Alps reverse - gate drifting - season 4 frustrating… VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #14 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 9, 2021 Well, don't get too frustrated. I've already reported Gameloft that one and another 6-7 which make the game crash (season 6 has four races that make the game crash, including the Lamborghini Estoque race, so don't bother buying that car until Gameloft updates the game), as well as those impossible objectives (29 perfect sections? Destroy 4 cars in a drift race? Come on...). I reported them like a week ago and they sent my info to the devs & told me they're working on it. Hopefully we'll get an update soon. Meanwhile, just do the rest of the missions & mastery races. Skall likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #15 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 25, 2021 So it's been 3 weeks since I reported the bugs, but there's no update fixing the issues yet... I wonder if we'll get the fixes before 2022. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #16 Skall, Sep 27, 2021 same here… very frustrating… agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #17 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 Ok I just finally downloaded this version and my question is do overheating issues still persist in the Apple Arcade version? I have the latest iPad Pro now but only the 8gigs model agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #18 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 And am on iPad os 15 public version agreen437 Well-Known Member Jun 12, 2014 1,702 222 63 #19 agreen437, Sep 27, 2021 I tried asphalt 9 on my iPhone and boy it was a heater VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #20 VirtualBoyFreak, Sep 27, 2021 I have it on iPhone 12, iOS 14.8 and I don't notice any overheating issues. I've been playing 3h straight and the phone battery went from 65% to 25%. I don't know if the overheating issue you mention is iPad Pro exclusive or not, but it's perfect here. Skall likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Now the greatest question of all: can we transfer our progress from the original Asphalt 8 to this one? Lol, my guess is no, simply because it would be unfair in PvP against newcomers, but who knows...
They are actually doing a lot to tweak the game…even to make it feel fresh and seasoned to veteran players. (There is an interview with the developer on the ‘2nd’ best touch gaming site that explains these changes in detail.)
Thanks Donny! I've read the interview and am really looking forward to A8+. I guess I'll have to unlock all the content again, but I really feel wanting to do it (even with a normal A8 account with around 260 cars...)
Okay, here's my first impression: this is Asphalt 8 as we know it. Amazing. Now for the first tip, specially for people who, like me, come from F2P Asphalt 8. 1. You have Max and Pro improvements. I've just improved my Audi R8 e-Tron ATM and I've made my first mistake. BEFORE you upgrade your car towards Max, check how many free upgrades for that car you get in mastery and act accordingly. For example, in the Audi R8 e-Tron I've counted 19 free upgrades for this car (EDIT: it might have been 20, since the rest of the cars I see have 20), so you really just need to pay for the first level (from 0 to 1) for all 4 specs (plus one of them from 1 to 2 if there are 19, but I believe they were 20 and I didn't count well). The rest can be upgraded for free by playing mastery. EDIT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF PLAYING: all MAX upgrades can be done for free, since you only need 20 upgrades to Max out the car. I always upgrade speed 1st, nitro 2nd and then I upgrade acceleration & handling evenly until I finish the first 10 mastery races of a given car to Max it out completely. If the car is one of the new ones that need 220 cards to be pro'ed, I do 1st speed to level 4, then nitro to level 4, then acceleration to level 4, then handling to level 4, and then keep on going giving a bit of priority to speed & nitro. I've already got like 126 cars and this is the pattern I follow with all of them. I've also upgraded 2 of the 4 Pro specs. In the e-Tron there's only 1 pro level for each of the 4 specs. Idk about the rest of the cars. The cards can be bought for a bunch of coins in the garage icon, which changes stock daily. As for the game itself, there are many modes, many cars and a bunch of bikes. Multiplayer is not implemented yet, and I've unlocked the time limited events section, but there's none ATM. I've had a quick check to the cars and the ones I'm missing from the F2P version are the McLaren formula cars, the McLaren X2 and a few cars which were already removed from the game years ago because of license issues (for example the Toyota Supra or all the RUF cars). I'm sure there's many more missing because I own around 280+ vehicles in the F2P version of the game, but there seems to be "only" 236 in this one. Maybe we'll get some cars in time limited events, who knows. In any case, even though content might not be as large as the F2P version, there is A LOT, and also A LOT to be done in the game. Story mode with 9 seasons (yes, season 9 for Max cars is there ), mastery races (15 for each car), motorbikes, a new mode which I haven't unlocked yet but seems like limited events to unlock even more things... There's so much to be done, that I can't wait for tomorrow to continue playing and see what's in here (3am here now, way too late to continue playing now, lol). 10/10 for me. This game alone justifies my subscription to Apple Arcade.
In the end I don't know how to add up... You don't need to buy any upgrades to Max the cars, since you get all of them (20) through the mastery, which is exactly what you need to Max the car from 0 to 5.
Well, don't get too frustrated. I've already reported Gameloft that one and another 6-7 which make the game crash (season 6 has four races that make the game crash, including the Lamborghini Estoque race, so don't bother buying that car until Gameloft updates the game), as well as those impossible objectives (29 perfect sections? Destroy 4 cars in a drift race? Come on...). I reported them like a week ago and they sent my info to the devs & told me they're working on it. Hopefully we'll get an update soon. Meanwhile, just do the rest of the missions & mastery races.
So it's been 3 weeks since I reported the bugs, but there's no update fixing the issues yet... I wonder if we'll get the fixes before 2022.
Ok I just finally downloaded this version and my question is do overheating issues still persist in the Apple Arcade version? I have the latest iPad Pro now but only the 8gigs model
I have it on iPhone 12, iOS 14.8 and I don't notice any overheating issues. I've been playing 3h straight and the phone battery went from 65% to 25%. I don't know if the overheating issue you mention is iPad Pro exclusive or not, but it's perfect here.
