As for the framerate, I'm having issues when beginning to race the tournament with my maxed out Ferrari FXX. I had the same issues before with the Guiana track raced with maxed S-class cars, but not with others. I'm afraid it has to do with the amount of things loaded onto memory, which depending on the track affect framerate more or less, along with the speed at which they have to be loaded (S-class requires loading things fast). @Ryan/Luis: could you check out if my theory is correct? Maybe you should allow "detail limit" in the options menu, so that users of old devices (I'm on a 4S for example) can choose to reduce detail of the background scenery in favour of a better framerate and less slowdowns.
i have the update now, but how can i drive with the new cars? in the garage they aren't available will drive the p1
First, i want to say great job to gameloft for the awesome update. The new main menu look beautiful and the new track also absolutely stunning. They really step up the graphic and complexity for the new tracks. The new cars are really a tease because we can already see the career event that use them. So, i have read about the issues with the new multiplayer matching mechanism. It's also a problem for me because i usually use low rank car (nissan 370z, survolt)to compete and wins fairly easy in mp. Should i stop playing mp for a while (until gameloft fix it) or try using maxed s rank car? And can anyone share their secret lap for the great wall cup? I keep falling of the cliff or crashing horibbly. The nation flag is a nice addition btw!
Multiplayer update ruined a great game This is my first post but I've been lurking around and playing this game for some time. Thanks Gameloft for making one of the best game on ios. Hats off to the regular contributors here, I've gotten some great tips on getting better times for tracks. Unfortunately, I also dislike the new matching system on multiplayer very much. I was ranked around 1400 at one point and lost about 60 points playing against sh*tty racers with better cars. I played about 10 matches online just now, and my Mini Cooper was always paired up with a bunch of Survolts with World Series points under 1K. My 599XX was always paired up with S class cars with World Series points below 1K. Never did I see someone within my own point zone. I was racing on Iceland, 599XX had full nitro at the end going strong at first place, some maxed out FXX Evoluzion came from behind just waltzes right over me and took first. Dude got 10 pts right there. Because of huge difference in cars, no matter how well I cut corners and time my nitro, there's never a fair gap any more between good and bad players. My hard earned skills all of the sudden don't really matter any more, and I no longer feel gratified after each race. Instead, I get more frustration. It does not balance the game, nor does it make the competitive element a better one. If anything, getting better and skillz is what makes it competitive and keeps players in check.
I don't post here very often, but I would like to thanks Gameloft for all the work on this new update. I managed to get bellow 1:05 (1:04:5xx) on the new Event with the Fxx maxed out (the fastest car I have) and full nitro start. Also, on the other event (Audi Etron on Barcelona), I have the car maxed and with the nitro I'm around 1:40, but on top 100 there's a lot of 1:00 times... frustrating... Anyway, I'm enjoying this great new update.
Hello! Ryan I have a review for the Dev Team! I don't understand the strategy of many tracks at same location. 6 Tracks in China and 4 Tracks in London. For me, it's a complete waste of talent! Sorry, but even the reverse ones, I think is a stupid idea! At the end... I always think I'm racing on the same track despite there being... 6 Chinas and 4 Londons... Because it's almost the same thing! By the way... Where are the new cars?
Multiplayer matchmaking balancing Thank you for your dedication and feedback. We are proud to have experienced such a long term commitment from players. The toucharcade community has been a continous source of both inspiration and motivation for the Barcelona team. Also thank you to our teammate Ryan who from the US keeps the community updated when we can´t. Because of the above we feel compelled to address the Multiplayer topic being discussed here. The matchmaking system is undergoing a continuous and organic process of changes and optimisations. We´ve been monitoring the millions of players competing in Asphalt 8 since launch, on a daily basis. We have constantly improved the matchmaking system, striving to always favor a fair play environment for players to compete in, taking into consideration both the players skill and the power of the car used, to try and find the most even and competitive races. The matchmaking released with this update, just like many other silent tweaks applied in the past, is by no means final. In fact this very moment the algorythms associated with this feature are being tweaked and optimised further. We are fortunate to have attracted a multiplayer player audience which is both astonishingly large and diverse, spread across several different platforms. This in turn implies that multiplayer optimisations, matchmaking tweaks and anti-cheating measures are spectacularly ellaborate processes that never truly end. Improving and maintaining the Asphalt 8 multiplayer environment is a long term process. A process that without community feedback would be much slower and in fact imprecise. Rest assured your first contact with the new matchmaking update is just that a first contact. We´re monitoring that and updating our online code. Things will keep changing, gradually, in the coming days and weeks. Thank you again for your support and dedication. Please feel free to offer your suggestions on how to improve our game in general, we appreciate all your feedback. Gameloft Barcelona
So... reason to further extend my hiatus from multiplayer, it seems. I already outrank most of the multiplayer randoms in the classes I play. I don't need nor want to get my "stock Dart hunter" R8 e-tron matched against S4s...
Hi! Luis from Gameloft How about lowering the price of Lykan? Maybe 75.000 or 100.000 It's not worth 550.000 Definitely not!
I want to ask about something that has been happening to me in Temple Drive track. When I go past the dragon, the tables and the barrel rolls, the road slopes down so the car gets on air. However when I land on the road (not the dirt, fence, mountain, just road) its interpreted as a crash. It happened with the agera and with the survolt so far. It happened more than a couple of times. If the description is not clear I can take some screenshots too. Did it happen to anyone else?
I appreciate your great work in offering an awesome experience with the game... But the multiplayer reward system is ABSOLUTELY unbalanced! At level 1460+, being higher than most players, if i win i get +2 at most (with any car)... If i manage to get 2nd or 3rd i lose 5,6,7 points! This is discouraging... It's not worth playing in multiplayer anymore.... If you want people to stay in the game longer, you must fix it asap! Otherwise you'll destroy any customer loyalty left...
Bought the new Renault because it's cheap (with some upgrades). Played online multiplayer (what's a rare thing for me). Made all WinStreaks in a rush without killing anybody, mostly first rank. Seems to be well balanced and works fine. Some (rare) framerate problems in online multiplayer (iPad Air). Local multiplayer works fine (tested with three devices). Recording on my Mac with Reflector doesn't work any more. Framerate goes down to 3 fps. Maybe I'll need a better WiFi.
I used it last night... Don't suffer, GL cleans the boards from cheaters prior to assigning prizes I've suffered this too, with my maxed-out FXX. To give more detail: it happens in the temple drive (the track of the current tournament) if you take the right path and fall in the very middle of the road, prior to a small and smooth left-turn which leads you to the right turn with wood logs.
I really think that they need to be able to have all devices stream the game. It's not fair that only the new devices get to stream the game
In these locations by chance were you trying to hit nitro at that same time? Particularly when landing and hitting nitro immediately? I had the same issues none the less and all but the dragon they blew me up the instant I touched nitro and landed at the same time...I also had the Lykan just take a 90 degree left turn while half way down the big hill in Great Wall tourny and then drive up that steep slop at 290 mph to blow up on the wall....Glitchy Glitchy.....Then frame rate issues to go with that. It is a wonder I have posted what I have
