Asphalt 8: Airborne Reviews

by Hcphoto93

Gotta be real, loved this game at first, until I realize the ratio of winning credits/receiving tokens to the amount I’m required to spend to really get anywhere and/or buy the cars I need. I won’t ever spend money on iAPs when Asphalt8 itself is free, or at least make it more reasonable so I’ll just keep replaying the same races 100s of times 😜. Even the extra nitrous, extra credits for one day, performance upgrades right before your race starts is way too expensive. You guys really need to chill out and stop being money hoggers.

Also, with this newest update, how does AI manage to catch up to you without using nitrous, pass you, and maintain the lead when you yourself have a maxed out car and on nitrous? That to me makes no sense at all. It’s as if you guys improved the ‘physics’ and added a little magic to AI, to make us work for the impossible and then force us buy iAPs when that shouldn’t even be possible IRL. I’ve also had a multiple times where AI purposely crash into the wall, then the car bounces off and flies toward the opposite way, and you’ve got no chance to avoid it and you end up crashing too. Not only do they crash, when you attempt to knock them out during stronger NOS, they somehow resist, then all of a sudden turn and you both end up crashing on the sidewall with no chance of you recovering. That was never the case before the update. Come on guys, be realistic.

by Group1-OG

So I actually like this game because of its competitive nature, but I noticed that even with power ups some cars cannot be beaten, which is expected. What I do not like to deal with is hackers that are with it your game. I have a tendency to record my races and on a few occasions my race placing is hacked even when I crossed the finish line before someone else. I notice this only happens with races with hackers present, which even glitch out so they cannot be knocked down or even seen when they’re right in front of you on the minimap. I like most of the cars in this game, one example being the Nissan GT-R cars present in this game, albeit I would love there to be all the Skyline GT-R cars. I also would suggest adding in the Toyota Corolla AE86 with Initial D’s Fujiwara Tofu Shop decal on the AE86, and for more cars using the rotary engine, the RX-7 FC3S and FD3S, or other Nissan cars like the Nissan Silvia cars, and the Mazda MX-5 Miatas. As of right now I’m also experiencing a problem with rating in competitive multiplayer, where my ranking is 1,885 but I was still counted as a silver, so when I tried to collect my rewards for the season, I wasn’t and still haven’t been able to obtain them, disallowing me from playing multiplayer at all. If this could be patched on my account(Pinoiboi Lyle)I would greatly appreciate it.

by Masked King

I’m not gonna lie, the game is great. But only if you turn off wireless and Wi-Fi. The thousands of in-app purchases are ridiculous. The billions of ads are insane. The company is greedy and they want the player to “help support the game by paying for something” because they don’t know what the definition of “enough” is. If you are just viewing the garage to decide which of your cars you’re going to use for a race, twenty ads pop up. You’re admiring your car in the main menu? Seven ads pop up. Plus, when you are just preparing for a race and the item menu shows up, if you accidentally slide your finger over one, including the watch ad nitro, it will activate it and waste your life. If you are opening a crate? An ad pops up before and after. Viewing the crates? Ads. Restart? Ads. Selecting a mode, such as career? Ads. Choosing a race track? ADS! Enough with the ads, you uncultured swines! Also, learn to respond to issues and reviews! You’re not making a great name for your company, Gameloft. It’s annoying how the game wastes 50% Battery in two minutes as well. Update it. Fix it. Don’t break it. Don’t make it worse. Recreate it. Really make it “free to play.” And if you don’t, just throw yourself against some real asphalt and hurry up and get lost. I’m tired of it. Idiots.

by Bvh01

First review complained of spending $40 USD on a super car to be outrun by a Dodge Dart. Don’t understand this at all. Money should purchase power. It will cost approximately $300-$400 (or more) USD to purchase enough credit to buy a super duper car. When it’s not on the track, it better be in my driveway. Update: things get fishy Apple TV 4K Dual Shock. So many bugs work it out. Cars not responsive. This is not good when spending money and the clock is ticking when we add cards for extra nitro or double point. The 5 min cards are useless considering it takes 5 min sometimes to start the game. The least you can do is make the car react immediately to the DualShock so we are not wasting more time for a non responsive car. Seems like you all have got it worked out for making the maximum benefits to the developer $$$$$ and that’s fine the game is fun in all actuality I rate it five stars but not when you’re playing with my time and money, and lining your pockets in the meantime. But love the game♥️Now work on having my overall score reflect it. Because I’m going to hate to keep giving up my money and having it played with in this sense. Because the problems obviously can be fixed. And all of my devices are brand new. And I have the best internet.

by The Basic Asian

Asphalt 8, the game that is considered "essential" on the AppStore. I'm going to be honest here by saying this game is not terrible. The gameplay is very arcade like and nicely showcases the power of graphics on your phone making for a fun experience gameplay wise. Then you go to the main menus and as your scrolling through, a pop up advertisement..... after that a banner along the screen for yet another advertisement. Game is full of it! Then as you play there are better "elite" cars that are numbers wise better and is only paid through endless grinding or throwing you entire back account at the game. Upgrades are just random number generators that don't give you anything good. Now back to the gameplay, I remember playing this on an iPhone 5 that ran the game relatively well for its time, flash forward to a iPhone 7 and the game stutters frequently, performance is terrible, clearly unoptimized. This game is the reason why "free" games aren't as fun as the used to be. Recently star wars battlefront 2 came out and EA was shamed for its pay to win/play ethic, yet we are letting this pass and the developers aren't going to listen to what the community says because they are making money. Just don't play it/ don't spend until the developers are begging for some ad revenue.

by Oofsantiago

I remember playing this game a few years ago, then I had to leave it for a bit. Before, everything was at least a decent price and YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY THE NOW OVERPRICED CARS FOR THE EVENTS, to name a few. After I came back, it was pretty much a completely different game (in a bad way). The car prices were completely changed and inflated (like around 100k for a Pagani Zonda R a few years ago to 1mil for the same exact car now) while money earned stayed relatively the same from some years ago. They've also introduced things like kits that eat up all your ingame money, among other things. I won't give it 1 star because the gameplay is actually pretty decent for a game like this, but I can't give any more because its just become a money pit. Companies and games are going in a bad direction towards increasingly invasive and un-user-friendly monetization tactics, almost forcing you to watch ads or pay real hard-earned money, and that is a sad contrast to games long ago that were rewarding and fun without the need to grind away useless hours at a game. The new game also follows the same principles and it is sad to see so many games width great ideas and potential ruined by greedy companies.

by Elidoesnotthinkyoutube

I play this game on my iPad and I use tilt controls in this game. But, every couple of days, my tilt controls switch. You will see what I mean now. Every couple of days my tilt controls mess up and it caused the cars to be almost impossible to drive properly. The first time this has happened to me, I was driving my Porsche 959 in mastery. At the beginning of the race, when I tilted my iPad right, my car turned left instead of right. I was like”What the truck is happening?”, and later in the race I have also realized that tilting my iPad right turns the car left and turning my iPad left turns the car right. A few seconds later, I changed controls because of how difficult it was to control the car with these new tilt controls. Tilt controls in this game are not new. After the race, I have decided to learn these new controls. I decided to start in Tokyo Reverse where they no turns for a while. I used my motorcycle and in the race, I was not able to control the bike at all with these difficult tilt controls, so I have decided to quit the race and by the way, this was a solo race. I have found that using a control different than tilt controls actually turns the tilt controls back to normal if you use a different control. Please please please please fix this, Gameloft.

by CuzIcan44

Great game play, awesome graphics. I’m ok with the paying and have played for years and amassed a great garage with not paying, so I understand that to get more ultra-Premium rides, one should pay, that’s all good. I have noticed that there has not been any Season updates in forever, finished all I could basically a few years ago and it’s still the same as it was then (a few new things piped up last year or so, but not much). Also events changed from having rather cool events that changed every few days (with that one with the boost and shooting, that was really awesome!!), but now it’s only three events and they are the basically the same every time featuring a different car...gets boring. Also when adding the new purple coins and taking away the cards or something changed there that just made it more confusing when upgrading cars. Overall the game play is nothing new and course are nothing new, and unless I spend a good amount of cash, no new cars...again I’d be more inclined to spend money on premium cars if there was some fun exciting and new game play to play with them on, but I’m tired of the same old stuff. That’s for Asphalt8 though, would like to get back to playing daily and spending money but it’s just same old same old now.

by Yoursolvalou

I have been playing this game for many years, and when I say many years, I mean I’ve been playing ever since 2014, so trust me when I say I’ve been apart of this game for awhile now. I’ve been able to see how asphalt has drastically changed over these years and when I say “drastically” I’m not exaggerating when I say this, it’s because I no longer recognize Asphalt8. I am fine with little changes since Asphalt8 is getting older and there needs to be some sort of a improvement, however I longer recognize Asphalt8. Over the years I have noticed that this game has become a pay-to-win game, you’re literally forced to spend money in the game in order to have some sort of success. It’s become very hard earning tokens/credits and trying to buy way over priced cars, which just makes it un-fun. The memories I have of the game in its earliest years will never leave me, and that’s because it was that unique and lovable, now I look at the game and I don’t feel those feelings any longer. And no, the world does not revolve around me and my feelings of the game, but I am sure others out there feel the same way I do. I hope the game will maybe one day be somewhat like it was back then. I just want that original uniqueness back.
Thank you for reading.

by Skillcraft20

When I saw ads for this game, I really wanted to try it out, so I downloaded it and was instantly impressed. The beautiful graphics and UI just blew me away! The entertainment this game brings will make play it for hours at a time. However, all great games aren’t perfect. It is very hard to progress in this game, as cars either cost too much, or the blueprints for them are too rare. Finding 40 blueprints for a single car really just isn’t worth it, so can this maybe be nerfed GameLoft? Also, bugs... though they can be hard to find, they really can annoy someone after a while. For example, when I am racing online, the momentary invincibility after a wreck will sometimes stay on other racers, making it impossible to knock them down. Another example, in multiplayer, when the cars start, some of the other user’s cars wont move, grinding you to a sudden halt, but then they teleport forwards, putting you in nearly dead last. One more bug that ticks me off, where you respawn after wrecking. One time on the map “London Eye” I was knocked down in midair during a jump over a river. I kept respawning right in front of the ramp and couldn’t build up enough speed to make the jump, making an endless loop of me crashing. Though these bugs tick me off, I still love the game, and will keep playing it for a long time, despite the minor and sometimes major annoyances that pop up. Keep up the good work GameLoft!

by Sexyantelope69

I absolutely love this game. It’s super fun and addictive and I’ve been playing for a long time. The thing is, I only have a couple cars and I can’t upgrade things because it’s all way too expensive. It takes too many credits and it’s like the game is forcing your hand into making purchases. I would like to have a chance to get at least 1 car in each class without spending that much. I can’t participate in races because my rank is too low, and races don’t give enough money so I can’t upgrade. I like a good challenge. But this is too challenging, because over all of my years, I still only have A and C class cars. Even R&D events are hard because you have to keep upgrading and there’s too many races to do because I never have enough time. I like the festival format better, with the challenges. I am almost at level 8 and about to finally have an s class car. The problem with that is besides multiplayer, I can’t use it in career, because I am only in season 4. And I can’t do any of the C class races in season 4 because my rank is too low, and I only have 1 C class car. So if possible, please reduce prices, scrap R&D events, make races give more money, and maybe at the beginning of the game, give the player 1 car in every class, so at least they can play in events.

by Roundtreec

I'm not stunned by this game, but I am definitely satisfied with it. I recently went on a game-downloading frenzy because I was going on a 12-hour overseas flight in Economy (which if any of you have been there, it is quite torturous if you can't sleep and have nothing that interests you).

This game alone was enough to keep me from dying of boredom from the car-ride to the airport all the way to the 12 hr flight. I'm not really one to play many games, especially car-themed games, so I will be honest in the sense that I have not played any other racing games to compare Asphalt 8 to... But as far as I know the mechanics, the graphics, and the overall gameplay would be a generally pleasant experience for everyone-- certainly for me at least. I also particularly enjoy that there's a 'diverse' selection of gamemodes ranging from the Infectious gamemode to the Knockdown one to the plain, fun, casual racing gamemode.

I can't really name anything that I truly dislike. Like I said, this game won't make you excel in exhilaration or excitement -- but, in my opinion, it is very-much so satisfactory. Not to be a smart-alec but If I could I would've given the game a 4.1 or 4.2 star review 😂🤔

by Bass_MC

I would like to start by saying I enjoy playing this game a lot. This is one of my favorite games by far. I’ve recently re-downloaded the game, and I have seen many car classifications change, which is fine by me. My question is, why did some cars go up in price? I remember when some were around 300k-400k coins, and now they’re over a million! I just don’t quite understand that.
Also, why are all the S-tier vehicles only purchasable by tokens and fusion coins? I would like to have the option to purchase with coins.
Lastly, why did the “Ultimate” feature have to put on some cars? I know that this feature has been in the game for a while now. In my opinion, that’s a very dumb feature, because I remember working very hard to buy the Koenigsegg Agera R, my favorite car, and almost max it out completely. Then, after an update, I see that “Ultimate” forms of cars were added. This included the Agera R, and I was not pleased. The car I worked hard to improve didn’t have that great of stats anymore! If I’m the only one who feels this way about the “Ultimate” cars, then that’s ok. I would just prefer there to be no “Ultimate” cars. If this change could be made down the road, I would be very happy.
All in all though, thank you for making a great game! It has brought much joy to my gaming life.

by Asphalt8OG

Following recent updates in late 2019, no longer is there class B and class A cards that many users like myself have accumulated over many months to years of strategic gameplay, rewards or purchase. This loss of earned vehicle credit is unacceptable and the infusion of dozens of other upgrades and cards (engines, new vehicles, upgrades through cards, parts) not only reduces odds of completing those remaining S-class cards and prior in-game upgrades but essentially thefts hard-earned and collected car availability. Really unfortunate and would insist that these cards be returned to use (please allow for car build from previously collected Class C, B, and A cards and continue to infuse the game with this cards. I was nearly completed with the McClaren 4/8 (class B) Porsche B-class, other Indy-type racer and Aston Martin A class vehicles... Need to return those builds ability or give users with more than half the cards collected the vehicle free to offset this dilemma. Otherwise great gameplay, fun style challenges, keep lofty rewards including tokens and also allow for engine card purchases of smaller quantities (and more reasonable token amounts (like 10-20 V6 cards for 750 tokens or so))

by Tqhg

I’ve been playing this game ever since I was in fourth grade, I’m a junior now. And I can probably guess why are you shook up with tier so much. Probably because of balance making all the vehicle ratings similar in one tier. So I had almost half of class S now I barely even have one percent of it. Not much is changed over the course of these years. More maps is not making it more fun for me, and shaking up the classes sure is not making it a lot more fun for me. Excuse the salt but that’s just how I feel about it. Not to mention now it’s a little bit more difficult to complete the career races now. Because I only have what? Like one or two classes S cars now and they’re not making the cut. You know it’s really difficult to play this game it’s now merging into the phase of “Pay to Win” and I’m a “free to play” player. I earned my ranks and cars. I got it all taken away. Sure you sugarcoated that by giving us hundreds of thousands of credits and compensation for the elite cars but that still doesn’t put the Band-Aid on the cut. I’m sorry but I’m playing this game a whole lot last now; on my way to need for speed and real racing three

by Jdhdgsb

Been playing asphalt 8 for a few years now and have lost items in the game, it happens life goes on. Have asked for a few bigger items to be given back to no avail. Game Loft always ask for a screen shot showing that you had the items so I guess you should take a video of all your items, credits and tokens everyday so you can prove you owned them before the disappear.
But with this update 3.3.0 it is out right theft.
When you try to win a car or they allow you to upgrade a car that they let you try in a special event, it always says all upgrades will be there when you purchase or win the car. With this up grade that is not the case these updates have been lost. It takes hours if not days of farming for credits or real money to buy credits and tokens for some these cars and now all that work and money has been stolen by Game Loft.
I encourage everyone to give this game a 1 STAR rating.
I think a class action lawsuit it's an order for the thief. Even if it was a coding error Game Loft should make it right with Asphalt 8 players.

by Zoomer4U

Don’t get me wrong, I love playing this game. The graphics, effects, sounds, and music are phenomenal. I first started playing on my tablet then eventually started playing on my phone. I’ve had my progress reset when I first got it on my phone but I didn’t really care much. I don’t really play racing games much but this one is just too good to stop playing. But there’s a problem. About 3 weeks ago, I opened up the game to find out I’ve been banned for no reason. I don’t know what I did because I never hack in any games and I think hackers are losers. It’s been over two weeks and I’m still banned. If this is just some kind of bug, then I just want you to fix it so I can start playing again. If it’s not a bug, please reply to me and tell me why I was banned. I understand that you are just trying to make the game fun but I didn’t do anything wrong to get a ban. Also please don’t delete my progress because I have some nice things I want to keep. Thanks for making the game fair at least. I still give you 5 stars though.

by AydenRamirezDavilaGarzaGarcia

I’ve played this since It was born but for no reason when I was gonna play, it wouldn’t let me play. So can you tell me why it won’t work because it won’t let me play anymore and I’ve played it since I was 12 and now I’m 15 and it won’t let me play. Can you please tell me why it won’t work and please tell me why I can’t download it again. I really liked the game when it was out. I love the graphics and the colors and all the textures. So please tell me why it won’t let me play anymore I just wanna know. I checked my storage and I have a lot of storage so can you send back to me why it won’t work on me. So when I made this to let you know is I made this send on, March,12,2022. So tell me why it won’t work just please tell me I really wanna play like ACTUALLY please. I was gonna say that when you send me back we’ll... if you send me back I want you to send me why it won’t work and why I can’t download it again so please notify me when you do well... if you even notify me or send me back. So this is the end of my Review so GoodBye and please send me back. GoodBye

by Ddtddtdd

Okay first of all this game is the very best!! I hate how much some of the cars cost. You’d have to play for days to get a class C and up car. It took me about a few weeks of play to get the Mercedes Benz Biome which I kind of regret. One problem I have is Class B cars and up tend to suddenly spin out and crash. Which frustrates me because sometimes it happens when I’m @ a good spot but then it just suddenly spins out and I go down to like 24th place. It’s happened with my Mercedes Benz Biome, and Bugatti Centodieci. So about the Mercedes Benz Biome and me regretting it a little bit. It has next to zero drifting capability. So don’t play sector 8 with the Mercedes Benz Biome. You have to drift a lot in that one It’s spun out on me about 3 times on the first like 5 races I played with it. I still love the game don’t waste your money on paint jobs tho. The cheapest on on a class D car is like 18,000 game credits.

UPDATE
I love the new update that came just barely. It’s awesome! Could you please In the next update add more tracks. Because Wright now all the tracks are getting a little old and I think it’s time you’ve added more tracks.

by Goatlord777

Bro I can’t tell you how well this game is made and all the mechanics that this game has to put it all together. They always update the latest models of sports cars which I love because I keep track of the newest lambos and Bugatti’s and asphalt 8 is pretty good at keeping up to date which is awesome. After playing for a while you can learn to get pretty good at the game and you can actually get decent cars. This is cool because most games it takes SOOOO LOOONG to get an upgrade on games and hold you back by forcing you to use your in game money on other things. But the fact that this game allows you to actually work and save for specific cars that you want makes the game absolutely worth playing. The only downside is that I had completly maxed out an S level bugatti veyron so it was insanely fast and top of the line but they changed it and brought it down to an A level which sucked cuz I couldn’t race in the S races anymore since I didn’t have an S level car. It was a put down but not to much I was able to just get a new S level car that wasn’t as good but still I would’ve liked to be able to make more in game money on more professional car races