The State of Asphalt 8: Airborne in 2024 is Just Sad.

[@GamerNiko1]

This game made my childhood, I kinda predicted the downfall when the token prices were rising and fusion coins were introduced

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@GamerNiko1 these days it's just a shadow

[@Jamesgaming26]

​@CarsOnGaming all thanks to vivendi game

[@pquiroz5093]

​@@CarsOnGamingFusión asphalt 8 with asphalt xtreme please

[@Carl-edits346]

@@Jamesgaming26 I hope vivendi goes f*cking bankrupt.

[@saddemon3913]

Welp, Gameloft is known for creating good games and after a while slop them and ruin in try to dry any last cent from its players 🤦‍♂️ Its so sad this company sees players as money bags...

[@Is_that_an_omori_reference]

Its over The end Asphalt 8 just destroyed his career The asphalt 8 situation just get worse

[@neondanmods]

@@Is_that_an_omori_reference wtf is your channel banner

[@Is_that_an_omori_reference]

@@neondanmods just some toomfoolery

[@MetrixGD]

@@neondanmods i mean, it's just a painting. or did this person change their banner?

[@NFSBeast2365]

@@Is_that_an_omori_reference lmao 🤣

[@OliGubis.]

Asphalt 8 2016-2018 was the best game in the history of games imo

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@OliGubis. One of the best games ever released on mobile devices

[@Asphalt89Stuner]

@@CarsOnGaming true

[@FURYBrenton]

Before 2016 was good as well

[@OliGubis.]

@@FURYBrenton yeah I think but I got it in late 2015 so I don't really know

[@Speed-Drift-Official]

​@@CarsOnGaming Yes, still the best.

[@toxxythetrash]

the asphalt 8 airborne situation is insane

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@toxxythetrash It's sad above anything else

[@toxxythetrash]

@@CarsOnGaming i can fully agree, i've been someone that has started asphalt 8 in 2017, back when it's alleged downfall began - since i didn't own most of the cars, i couldn't get a single special event finished, not to mention i wasn't as active in the game as i am with asphalt unite. i'm absolutely baffled you have almost 400 cars when i struggled to get less than 80 in my lifetime of playing the game, tons of horrid changes came to it in the past 6 years including bugs that make the game unplayable and the complete rework of all car stats. this game should have been left in a legacy-like state much like the games before it, rather than - as you said - making it an ad billboard (the menu looks horrible with how much bloat is present on it)

[@CarsOnGaming]

@toxxythetrash ikr, even I was surprised of how many real money-related pop ups were present just as you opened the game

[@KaiwunShowtime]

You know what's also insane?

[@Legacykinight]

​@@KaiwunShowtimeMy pp

[@Adrenaline_asphalt]

Those old days when this was my fav game 😢

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@Adrenaline_asphalt Same...

[@Centenariorules825]

😢

[@charlescabbage2933]

best to do now is to just download an old copy and have fun with it... this game suck ass ... i never liked it after the Dubai update

[@saturnsky750s]

I left A8 long ago & it’s sad to see what’s happened to this game, they even removed my favourite song (Over it by The Crystal Method) because the license for that expired too 😭 I have Asphalt 8+ on Apple Arcade & that manages to capture some of the magic we got from old Asphalt 8, no fusion coins, no p2w, even no blue tokens, & it actually gives a lot of credits from racing, so you can actually get the highest S classes like the P1 GTR, Trion & D16 Prototype. Then blasting around Sector 8 or Area 51 or the newer Terra 9 & Orbital loop tracks in the S classes is just nostalgic I wish they’d add the fantasy A8 tracks to ALU (Sector 8 Terra 9 etc)

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@saturnsky750s the problem with A8+ is that, well... multiplayer is dead

[@blacklife1789]

I don't think they will add sector 8 cause the last curve, not every car in ALU can do 3 wheelie drift

[@thefalconf7686]

@saturnsky750s Oh, I didn't know they removed Over It... I have so many wonderful memories of the musics in this game... I wish I could go back to these times...

[@saturnsky750s]

@@CarsOnGaming to be honest I’m not that bothered about mp in A8+ lol I’m just here for nostalgia

[@saturnsky750s]

@@blacklife1789 Wdym 3 wheelie drift? It’d just be like any other twisty track in ALU

[@RpMUniverse]

Let’s not forget, all the teams with unique club logos in ALU (excluding Pro): RpM, UERK, FURY, ReV, LeMans and others all originated from A8. Without A8, there will be no A8 championships (ESL in A8), no team battles, and no legendary players like RpM Alex, FURY Dreams, TheHawtDawg1, Dr. Healusion (for Pro) to carry their legacy Thank you A8 for giving us a great community. Your legacy will live on

[@Blueflag04]

Anthony Jose, Rev Tez, Rev Ghost, Hannaleinh

[@MetrixGD]

elite hector x

[@LoneWolf-2021]

Oh wow. This game which I had already long forgotten, is now doing this sh!t. I started playing in 2015 or something, and I lost my progress somewhere around 2023. This was when I realized that spending more time on this game would be a really bad choice as it was already going (very predictably) on the roller coaster to downfall. I wish I had quit sooner. But, it was fun while it lasted. Cheers.

[@CarsOnGaming]

I guess all we can keep is the memories

[@clashsmash9763]

@@LoneWolf-2021 Lost my progress too lmao. Haven't played for like 5 years or more and was shocked at what they did to one of the best games. Now playing the old version, good old memories.

[@elaoroekutai]

I play this game when I was in high school and university since I am a fan of the 'Asphalt' series. I even played the game during the pandemic when lockdown measures were in place. But nowadays, I only play that game whenever another Asphalt content creator 'feuerrm' plays casually on his livestream for multiplayer selfie races. Other than that, I just don't open the game. I subscribed to you during the time you were an Asphalt 8 content creator, but with your shift to Asphalt Legends Unite, I followed suit and played the latest Asphalt game more. I kind of feel sad where this 11-year-old game is going. Thank you for looking back on this long-running game.

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@elaoroekutai thank you for the support btw

[@Teixeira-p7c]

Who vote to a remake for asphalt 8

[@EduAlves-ο]

Reework*

[@CarsOnGaming]

Well, there's Asphalt 8+...

[@EduAlves-ο]

@@CarsOnGaming Asphalt 8+ and highly esteemed 🙄and it is only available for one platform which is quite uninteresting!

[@Teixeira-p7c]

@@CarsOnGaming were bro

[@Jake-ie6bi]

@@EduAlves-Œø I’ve got Asphalt 8+, it’s better than normal asphalt 8, but there is no multi player tuning and there is only like 1500 people compete in events so it feels kind of desolate 😢

[@Arpit_4247]

The best part is that you cant even buy any car in A8 windows version without spending money

[@CarsOnGaming]

Rip ;-;

[@ravengaming-]

Its same for android also u cant buy even d class cars

[@Herobello7141]

I quit a8 just about a year ago, cant believe a9's already heading the way how a8 died

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@Herobello7141 Not as steadily but yeah, it's certainly the same path

[@jamesdrives993]

Back in 2013, my dad bought me a brand new iPad Air (1st gen) for my 15th birthday. I saw an Asphalt 8 ad earlier on KZbin and wanted to try the game, so I downloaded it. Between 2015-2018 there was a seaside garage background, it was so refreshing and with the garage music back then, I could do homework while opening the garage mode and watch the cinematic view for hours. I quit Asphalt 8 in 2019 to pursue my educational career. I had almost all Class D, C and B cars, and a few Class A cars. When I downloaded A8 again in 2022, half of them were gone. Aston Martin DB9, Maserati GranTurismo, Tesla Model S, etc. The only evidence of old A8 I had left was a footage of the Great Wall map classic race with my maxed out Maserati GT. I'm still playing A8 to this day, but it just doesn't feel the same as 5-6 years ago. It felt like a different game. A pay-to-win gambling game. I want 2013-2018 Asphalt 8: Airborne back.

[@linhngoc-rw1uc]

i couldnt believe they did all that for money :/

[@DiegoRamos-rz1ks]

It’s sad to see that Gameloft is making A8 more and more difficult to progress with newer game modes, past features being lost, additional currencies replacing existing ones, and lack of any new locations that might bring more players to check in. It does also worry me that the Switch platform before Legends Unite was a decent place to enjoy starting out, even though it was 1 year behind. Back in August, when the info on the update, I was happy to see it finally getting the same support as all of the other platforms, but with the vouchers it has, along with PlayStation, I really hope the fate on this platform won’t be way worse than A8, since this is the platform I started with back in 2019 and had me a small escape from the pandemic.

[@Jubercool]

You're wrong. The game is much easier to progress in than in 2022. With tokens being able to be received for free again, if you save them up you can now get any non-ultimate car in the game if you save up enough and they go on sale, and over the past few months there have been some events such as the cake hunt and the Halloween event where you could get insane rewards. The game is different to what it was in years such as 2017, but it's better than what it was 1 or 2 years ago and I've partially returned to it because of that.

[@CarsOnGaming]

Idek what to expect from Gameloft anymore...

[@WayneKerr69420]

@@Jubercool i have 1 million dollars in A8 and I can't spend it on shit. how is that easier for progression?

[@Jubercool]

@@WayneKerr69420 If you're talking about credits than they're really easy to get now which means that 1 million isn't that much + they aren't that useful in 2024 so no wonder you can't use them. Tokens and fusion coins are the most important currencies. Tokens were impossible to get as f2p players for years but this year there was an update which made gauntlet races and mp races now give you tokens. If you get all your daily tokens you can save them up and get really good cars for free now, which makes the game much better than in 2022. And finally, the Halloween and cake hunt events were so f2p friendly that I managed to win an S class car in the Halloween event after not playing the game for a month.

[@axel-jesko]

This is sad but you are 100% correct :(

[@chickenz2695]

There was a time when I started playing the game again after leaving it for a few years, but it felt really different and dissatisfying. Fusion coins, credits losing their value, and CARS NO LONGER HAVING UNIQUE RANKS made the game feel like a major downgrade from the endless memories it created for me. Then I quit again and came back years later for the second time. Only thing that kept me playing was how skilled I became during that time and my desire to keep my skills refined.

[@CarsOnGaming]

Lucky. I couldn't find any reason to stay

[@zerrynemesisonlineyt]

Ironically, they, Gameloft Barcelona, developing Asphalt 9 China with adding many great features like Treasure Hunt, Orchid Beauty, and Mastery (also even unique Animated Decals and Nitro Effects), while for Asphalt 8, they added nothing but trash like useless offers and unchallenging way to get most of the vehicles.

[@aqop5548]

Isnt a8 under the gameloft kharkiv tho? Ik gameloft barcelona was developing it back on 2016 or something

[@JustDeony]

You know, back on November 2023, I got banned (permanently) on this game and it really hit me since I been grinding for two years 24/7 as a F2W player just for it to be lost. Now after seeing this video, i have no regrets. I thought this game had potential ever since i played it back in 2013 when i was around 6 or 7, then replayed it in 2021 ever since i got the free Bugatti Chiron. But now after seeing this, i realized it was a waste of time anyways. Thank you @CarsOnGaming for comforting me for this video made my day!

[@Apollo-N-ch1]

Playing as a F2P is always safe, you may want to play again with another account or a device but A8 is hardly worth these days

[@JustDeony]

I know right? Like what’s the point to grind the whole game again if I’ll take a literal year just to max out one D class car :(

[@Apollo-N-ch1]

@@JustDeony I feel ya buddy, i was also a F2P in A8 because i also grinded for cars like veneno when they weren't outlandishly priced by tokens and because of that token price change they took away my veneno and slapped a new token price on just about every other lamborghini in the game, i promptly stopped playing because of that disrespect. Gameloft also has no idea how to do a brand proper justice, as audi, alpine and even BMW are quite a few brands that are really cooking now but because Gameloft doesn't know how to give appropriate stats, Audi most likely denied them licences for ALU because how Gameloft implemented their cars and we don't see any of their cool concept cars in the game💀 I have spent in ALU just on unite fund as it's quite recommended for cheap and sometimes unite pass when a cool car does come up but yeah don't ever spend money on the bundles or anything else

[@JustDeony]

@@Apollo-N-ch1 Thanks for the advice bro. I never knew Gameloft that would eliminate your cars from your garage such as Lamboghinis like that lol. Do you have a game that you'll recomend me to play? I ran out of choices since I've been sticking with Roblox for the past years and I grew tired of these racing games💀

[@Apollo-N-ch1]

@@JustDeony you could try a few substitutes for Asphalt like real racing and CSR also try switching to other genres like flight sims and fps shooters but I'll rather recommend you save up enough for pc build and enjoy games like Forza and crew motor fest, they are paid but far better and more fun than Asphalt can ever hope to be. There's also a particular game i enjoy more called simple planes on both android and PC, where you can build your own planes and share it across it's community, it's also paid but just for a few bucks and it's really fun and boosts creativity and the community is still active.

[@eljosuegamer]

Esos viejos tiempos, definitivamente fueron los que igual inicié el amarlo, 2013 🙁

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@eljosuegamer 2015-2016 fue el peak

[@4-eyes623]

Don't feel sad cuz it's ending, feel happy cuz it happened is something that is painfully true for Asphalt 8, I rmb playing it back in 2013 as a kid and leaving in 2015, only to come back on 2020 to see it go to waste, at least I could still enjoy the game, now it has zero progession for newer players and the game's just repetitive as well. I don't see the game lasting another 5 years with the fact that there's nothing for newer players, people will just leave the game on a sour note. At least we got some drama at its dying stages like ur drama with Aditya lol

[@ggburnitup4055]

You just know it's bad when even I quit.

[@Carl333YT0]

@@ggburnitup4055 who?

[@Nikzmat]

who are you?

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@ggburnitup4055 Ooof...

[@ggburnitup4055]

@@Carl333YT0 just your average racer

[@Carl333YT0]

@@ggburnitup4055 yeah been playing asphalt 9 for 4 years now on 10fps and lag spikes and still being able to play S rank on multiplayer , I'm very average;)

[@橘はやて]

i remember asking my cousin for his laptop just to play asphalt 8 in 2014. i'll never forget those good days

[@ShyGuyBay]

I’m pressing f to pay respect for this beloved game that I enjoy greatly (started in 2015).

[@BAKONZ44944]

Man , the whole reason why I started regularly playing Asphalt 8 Airborne and Asphalt Legends Unite is because of your content ! I have been here since you won the jesko for an art challenge in A8 , but its sad to see A8 dying these days... To be fair , A8 has been dead ever since 2023 , with cars being only available in Tier 15 ( A bad car) and then you need to pay for a good car in the premium tier..... I feel like the game would get discontinued in like 2025/2026 , as nowadays the only things I see is a heck ton of ad offers (you need to watch up to 60 ads per day just to get 2 car boxes) thanks for the video !

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@BAKONZ44944 that's just sad ... Such a bad ending for a great game...

[@Nightzero66]

I have depression due to remembering all the times I rush home to play this game and to grind. All this hard work for nothing.

[@erotech1]

This is one of my childhood games and it really is sad that this is pretty much the state of the game. Honestly it might have been better for Gameloft to just stop updating it and leave it instead of making it worse.

[@nockzs]

no matter how bad it got since late 2019.... im still gonna play this, i been playing this since launch and will not stop, thats dedication

[@victormanuelmoralesvanegas2480]

It is a harsh reality, being a veteran since 2017, I was lucky enough to try and see the game on the brand new Windows 8. Part of my account and that I had the Xbox Live services, I loved it since I could play on another PC with my account, but when they removed that service, I lost that account and all the progress, I had even completed the story and had an inventory of 800 seats and a lot of money when even the cards when they were sold gave a considerable amount, the original cars with inflation, class drops, my zone that was class A was lowered to B and once to C, it was a total shame. Then what to take away how good the system of cars to plans was, or the specific improvements of the pro kits, such as engines of all kinds, technologies and plans for motorcycles and cars that in the end did not cost enough to obtain... the I didn't have a problem with tokens, in the motoblitz you could get 100, the same thing when the car mastery thing was still around, which is what I miss even more, even worse when they removed the rock songs

[@Mr_ZigZag]

this game was my childhood the nostalgia from it will always be remembered 😢

[@AirborneJr-xe5rd]

As one of the veterans of this great game I can agree that this game made a lot of memories before it's downfall,it has no less become a scam hub or a pay to win game.

[@Scottie33-ITA]

I play this game since 2016 and THIS IS THE TRUTH!!!! It went worse and worse on every main update. The ability of bulding “your own car” and the drill of competing to chase, step by step, the next dream car (from donkenwoort to bmw SE, to Mercedes SL SE, to Audi R8 SE and so on) are totally gone. There is no more sense of goal to achive. I think i’m going to quit soon, just like you. 👍🏻

[@JJCharpz]

I okay this game literally everyday, I see your point, this doesn’t take my interest away from the game itself

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@JJCharpz It's nice, my goal wasn't to make you quit, just to state how the game is as someone who have been playing this since 2014

[@JJCharpz]

@ no no I didn’t want to make it sound like you were trying to make me quit, I love this game a lot over unite, I’m just saying you have a valid point and for some people some game changes people dislike. The game to me is fun but a lot of issues are going on; for example the bugs every frickin update 🤣 like they need to avoid that, they need to implement more laps in multiplayer aswel I miss that feature

[@RedzaMalaysianCrossover]

I usually love this game back when this game came out, but then I'm starts to get bored with too many grinds and pay to win in every recent updates. Wish I could go back where this game actually peak.

[@aqop5548]

One thing i noticed on both alu and a8 is the mazzanti brand cars not being removed, isnt mazzanti a dead company these days? If it isnt, why are they not putting those cars back on sales/events?

[@CarsOnGaming]

Licenses issues

[@TRION_NEMASIS]

Used to be the king mobile racing games but it's downfall began when these greedy ass gameloft employees and horrendous prizes thus is just sad 😢

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@TRION_NEMASIS I don't think all the employees are culprit man, let's remember who bought GL on the first place...

[@ConnorLYT]

@@CarsOnGamingvivendi

[@TRION_NEMASIS]

@@CarsOnGaming yea game is 10% f2p and 90% p2w

[@TRION_NEMASIS]

​@@CarsOnGaming and don't get me started on millions on currency types 😒

[@Sabrey_GT_OfficialSK]

A8A is my childhood. This gane makes me think of the days i started to play it with my dad and to progress together. I am thankful for gambleloft for giving us these games (Asphalt), but the progress these days... just no

[@Hi-mm5jb]

I remember we could buy skins for a car using credits or tokens. Now we need to pay voucher for it😢

[@s109apache7]

Yea… it’s really sad to see asphalt 8 die because it’s a big part of my childhood and teenhood and being back a lot of memories and I kept hearing about it possibly going to die and it really looks like it is now unfortunately, a8 used to be a great game now it’s just unfortunately a desperate cash grab for them before they decide to shut it down😢

[@sangitaanu3150]

A8 in old version :😃😃😎😎, so nostalgic. A8 in new version: 🙁🙁☹️☹️, so boring. Miss those old days of A8😭😭. Those days were so nostalgic & will never be forgotten.

[@SomrupDeRailfanning]

Well this was my favourite game of my young ages .You can't expect a 2012 game to keep alive anymore. It has had its time and reign .It's been a fabulous game of its time and even after its time .

[@Speed-Drift-Official]

My friend, I appreciated you and the content you provided for the beloved game Asphalt 8. Honestly, this is sad, and I hope the game and its strategy improve for the better. You know, I was also saddened by the removal of B.VGT, but there's nothing we can do. When I found out it was going to be removed, I upgraded it and spent resources and credits to fully upgrade it so I could say goodbye to it. It was one of the most beautiful cars. I recently started my own channel for the game, and I was really upset by what you said in the video; honestly, it discouraged me. So, can I continue making content, or should I stop? You left a void; you had your own unique touch, but now you’ve been taken away from us by Asphalt 9.

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@Speed-Drift-Official I just said how I felt about the game; you can act however you like, man

[@AlanFormula12022]

Asphalt 8's legacies will never be forgotten

[@graemefarrow8]

everything you said is spot on , however there are a couple of things unite could learn from a8, that is the multiplayer system they use , it is so better laid out and so much fairer than unites system , i keep going back to it weekly just to play mp to get away from unites shambles

[@CristianoRonaldo-lc1oj]

The Fall of Asphalt 8 Once, it roared- a mosaic of neon streaks and burning engines, a symphony of speed that cracked the horizon open. The asphalt seemed endless, its surface reflecting dreams of perfection. Fingers traced the screen, chasing phantom rivals, unlocking marvels of design that felt like treasures earned, not gambles played. Then the rot began, creeping in like exhaust fumes in a closed room. The weight of ads, the suffocation of paywalls, the clutter of currencies that meant nothing but loss. Cars once conquered became prizes for the wealthier fingers. Tracks blurred, not with speed, but with sameness. What was freedom became an auction. What was joy became a task. And the road, that glorious road, fell silent, its echoes swallowed by the weight of greed. The screen still glows, but the light is dim. Asphalt cracks, and the speed fades away.

[@itsshammcold]

i had just left asphalt 8 cuz one fine day years ago (i forgot which update) it COMPLETELY wiped my data except the paint jobs on the cars rest all everything was GONE.. tht day left me shattered within..

[@markopavic9054]

I played it a lot in 2016-2021 period and the i took a big brake. So i decided to go back to refresh my memories only to find out that you can only buy car with tokens and all cars are so expensive ( 2000+ tokens, 3000 + tokens..) and i only have 257 of them so nothing really. Well i had a Great run but i Don't se myself playing anymore.

[@Henri075]

Man I remember this game I started playing it back in 2020 or 2021 it was a fun game it was full of players but now it's going to become a dead game I remember that I left this game because a glitch happened in my account and credits were in negative almost to -13 million credits and that's when I switched to asphalt 9

[@exr_tregleta]

I truly miss how asphalt 8 was before it all started going downhill. I remember when currencies were easy to get, each cars was unique in multiplayer, and how different events with certain types of restrictions existed. Now almost 9 times out of 10 I don’t have enough resources for cars which forces me to pay (which I don’t) and almost every car that gets added or is rebalanced is just another copy of cars within the rank bracket.

[@Z06Phil]

Just hit 10 years playing I wish I can go back to 2014-2016 that game was next level fun

[@VroomsAravind-FE]

I'm a 2020 player of this game 😢😢😢game so changed

[@CarsOnGaming]

Yeah :(

[@Person-d2k]

Asphalt 8 in it's current state is sad. It's really hard to obtain cars you have a desire for because of blue tokens and only being their for only so little of a time. It really sucks since it's became more ptw (pay to win) and the tokens just ruin everything. Quite sad. Keep the new cars, get ride of the tokens, and get rid of anything that takes a stupid long time to achieve.

[@Chimera9101]

It was a game even i played a bit of it and watched videos on KZbin about this game when i was like 7/8 (it was back in 2014). Asphalt 8 was the best in a years of 2013-2018, the last 4 months of 2019 and further 2020 were ok because of the "festivals" that gave free cars such as Terzo, FXX K, IDR, Lotus (unfortunately Jesko wasn't free) e.t.c. Asphalt 8 had such an exciting events like R&D, Championship and Enduro, very bad that Gameloft were milking those events and removed them from the game. From now on, even since 2021, this game is not the same, it will never be the same joy.

[@Savageboi_15]

0:32 Yooo love the Intro

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@Savageboi_15 That was the one I used to put back when I uploaded A8 videos

[@igormedici4793]

​@@CarsOnGamingI play A8 sporadically. It's good, but after about 20 minutes you feel satisfied. And the desire not to play for longer is due to the lack of attractive objectives and events.

[@jaskoF1]

I stop playing 2 months ago after 10 years of playing.. Gameloft wanted to kill A8 when realised A9..

[@CarsOnGaming]

Now it's clearer, truly

[@alleliteverizon]

i was a part-regular asphalt 8 player but it all went to crumbles when GL decided to remove my credits and purchased cars from my account, due to a small bug. Now it feels so tiring to just do multiple races to earn -3M credits, so i just quit the game years ago... Now it is in a sad state. Wish GL had a better CC in this case

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@alleliteverizon rip

[@spideyplays6969]

Man I miss the extra challenge that came with using bikes in online multiplayer. I used to make videos on youtube with this game too. Good time man..good times..

[@Dext_bm]

seeing your fav childhood game slowly dying and less fun is painful

[@K3v1n195]

I just quit this game in 4 year already is a sad story for players, am pretty sure why this game makes me happy from Mastery Challenge 15 with the McLaren 675LT to replay the race in many times and i feels sad this game for being removed these content is way too far but unfurtunately the Developers is playing a victim and growing so bad this studios...

[@lukaskulisek2947]

It is actually just so sad to see what this game has become. I just saw this video pop up, and heck, youtube knows what troubles me. This game was my childhood game, I played it with my cousin all the time when I was with him. It was the game that I have the best memories with. I then later installed it on my pc when I got older, and played so much that I got to the S class, but then I got busy with school that I forgot about it. I had my pc reset so, after a long time of not playing I said, why not check it out, how the game evolved. And oh boy was I dissapointed. I didnt even bother playing through the game. I played it for a like a week and quit. And, not too long ago checked it out once again, and when I saw the car prices, I just uninstalled it instantly. Glad that I managed to get working a 1.0.0 version on pc and can relive on how great the used to be.

[@Equalizer2922]

This feels like revisiting a memory and then realizing how nostalgia blind you were. Kind of sad when you think about it.

[@donnycorn3086]

It's not really just Nostalgia blind. It was a much better time, really.

[@Blueflag04]

Not blind because the game was better back then. We were there to experience it

[@VictorBRz]

Eu re-instalei o jogo ontem para checar como estava e..... Definitivamente fui surpreso, só que não foi positivamente.

[@dr.k.mitchhodge7158]

Content like this makes me chuckle a bit on the inside. People have been predicting the demise of this game for over a decade (myself included). I too am one of the original players from way back in 2013. I too stopped playing the game as often when so many P2W features were introduced and felt depressed and a bit angry at how the game was letting me down. Around 2017-18, I lost my garage completely due to inactivity, and played it very infrequently after that. About a year ago, I reinstalled the game and started over and devoted time to it. I had forgotten how much fun the game actually is (well, it is really infuriating too, but that's half the fun!). I worked my way back through the career tasks, built back my garage, and partook in many of the events that were not around during my heyday of the game. And yes, I have spent some money on the game (albeit begrudgingly at first). The point is, right now it is fun, again. Will I likely get bored or pissed off at the game at some point and stop playing it as often again? Sure, that's human nature. But right now it is fun, again. The point is that all of us who have predicted it's demise over the years have been wrong. And rather than discouraging new players, we should be encouraging them. The best way to get new features to the game is to make it profitable for GameLoft (after all, they are a company with employees that they need to pay). I get it, you are bored with the game right now. Leave it for 5 years or so and return, and if it is still around see if you can't rekindle the love.

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@dr.k.mitchhodge7158 Unlike you, I never stopped playing this game until a few months ago, which is when I realized that despite that it won't die anytime soon, it feels so stagnant that for me it is as if the game I loved long time ago died already. Feel free to think whatever you like about the state of the game, I just shared my thoughts based on my experience

[@dr.k.mitchhodge7158]

@@CarsOnGaming I was not trying to negate your thoughts, feelings, or experiences with the game. I felt exactly the same as you did when I quit playing previously. All I might suggest is recognize it for what it is--a case of burn out. When people are burned out--whether it is with their career or hobbies or whatever it is--they always blame the object of their burn-out rather than recognizing it as burn-out. The game doesn't owe any of us anything. It is easy not to notice changes when you play the game all the time. What was refreshing for me was to come back after a few years and see how much it had indeed changed. Not all of those changes, I think anyway, are for the better, but several of them are improvements from the last time I played. If I continue to play the game as I have been over the past year, I will burn-out on the game as well. This time, however, I hope that I will at least have the wisdom to play it often enough to keep my garage; for there will be a day in the future when I am feeling nostalgic, and I hope that both my garage and the game are still there.

[@ultramariogod]

I used to play Asphalt 8 back in 2017, there were some micro transactions but it was still enjoyable, I left the game and a few years later I decided to download it again only to find my old account disappeared and all the process made was gone forever, it was a shame and then hearing about avatars being in the game and the prices of cars being so expensive, I knew the game was already dead after a few rounds of racing, RIP Asphalt 8

[@versthappening603]

when she asks if she’s the best thing that’s happened to your life but you played asphalt 8 during 2016-2018:

[@adriansolodko]

childhood Asphalt 8 we still remeber you

[@emrahiris7060]

In fact, some vehicles are not effective in ALU, such as Inferno vehicles and Toridion, there is a licensing problem with these brands, otherwise they would be effective.

[@CarsOnGaming]

Most people know

[@carguywasnt]

a8 is long way dead. the devs don't care for the game anymore. its just them trying to milk the last bit of cash possible from this game. updates are repetitive. theres a stupid gambling system to unlock cars. i miss rnds more tha anything. they removed so many OG things from the game like collections, mastery, etc etc. the only way to experience old a8 is pretty much from modded apks that you play once in a while

[@asxdchi]

Aun recuerdo cuando era pequeño y lo jugaba en mi primera Tablet por ahí del 2016, me da pena ver el estado actual de este juego, pero al menos los bonitos recuerdos se quedaran

[@6891s]

I remember playing this game around 2013 or so before the token thing it was a fun experience for me even tho i never got any progress since i uninstall the game so frequently at the time but i settle in 2020 and decided to make some progress but Asphalt 8 has changed so much that i haven’t adapted to it and bearly getting any progress. The last time i play the modern version i got the ferrari testarossa and have never touch the newest version since. I have an old version of the game on my iPod Touch but haven’t made any progress since im planning to download an even older version

[@Apollo-N-ch1]

Man Asphalt 8 used to be my childhood jam, I had so many cars but when token price change was introduced i quickly realised that this game was going downhill and i lost some cars like the veneno that i owned prior to the update, I've never touched it since and nor do i have the plans to play it again, some fan favourites like the supra and the audis were done dirty and were later removed from the game, I've been playing Asphalt Legends since 2018 and slowly but surely I've been making progress until now ALU may also been expensive but not to the level A8 is now and considering how Gameloft likes to ruin certain brands then that's the reason we don't have latest Audi models

[@thespy-dresser3580]

Yup, long time ago when tokens were first introduced I knew this would happen. I quit the game only a year or two later, somewhere in 2017 or 2018.

[@RedApple95]

I agree with you, I recently joined the game again to see how bad it got and you know. The game died at 2019. They did killed it, by the way remember every single old feature of game special first ever garage, it got Asphalt 7 vibes for some reasons

[@overdeadzephyr]

another very fast comment to check on A8, its sad the game is just bad rn, RIP A8 o7

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@overdeadzephyr I never got the chance to try Asphalt 7 xd

[@overdeadzephyr]

@CarsOnGaming o7 means a salute, not A7 (P.S: I also never played A7 before, would be down to try if I get a chance)

[@903IDFOLEY1]

I'm just so bored of playing the same tracks, again and again. I only do Gauntlet for the tokens each day, that's it

[@pancooke]

This is where my racing journey started.. 😢❤

[@ShyGuyBay]

Same here

[@someone19292]

Mine started at Asphalt 7

[@CarsOnGaming]

Same...

[@fayyadguissida]

I used to play a lot Asphalt 8 in 2013-2016, starting again some years later and it's extremely sad to see the current state, i don't play it since 2022....

[@Blueflag04]

I played since 2013 till 2019 when the game got way too terrible and i stopped since then

[@dvksde]

They need to rework the MP system (again)

[@neutralwarlord]

I wanna know who took Asphalt 8's balls of steel so that the cars can go less than 508 kmh, I saw the Devel Sixteen reaching 602 kmh before, you can't complete 5 stars in Season 9 because of hoe inhumane those lap times are because of those speed maniacs, there are people who are scared of those levels btw

[@CarsOnGaming]

Old speed was fake speed, the current speed is the real one. Cars weren't faster back then, they just had fake speed

[@Sonic-n3p]

I used to play this game so much in 2019-2021

[@juandiegohuamanperez6949]

Posiblemente el cambio de tuerca más triste,de un juego que opacó al reciente Asphalt Legends (Unite), a ser superado por el mismo juego que la gente odió cuando salió,Increíblemente triste.

[@eliasjesussanchezaraya5859]

Hoy en día asphalt 8 es un paraíso en donde de forma gratuita puedes conseguir bastante, en especial si juegas con Android. Los pases de carrera y caza de coches están bastante accesibles y gracias a ellos se pueden conseguir muchos vehículos muy buenos. Otra cosa es el treasure rush y los vouchers, eso sí que está carisimo, pero puedes perfectamente pasar de ellos y aún así tener un buen garage. Los eventos están dando cosas útiles y el lanza guante es el modo ultra competitivo. Los grandes problemas son los errores de servidor y los hackers. En fin el juego no está muerto, aún lo juega una gran cantidad de jugadores y no pretendo dejarlo. Asphalt 9 es excesivamente caro y extremadamente difícil de progresar (aún gastando dinero).

[@CarsOnGaming]

Nótese que yo no he dicho que esté muerto, sino tremendamente estancado, hasta el punto que asi acabara el final de sus dias, sin mayores actualizaciones. Aun asi, cuando me fui, al acabar la semana mas de 40,000 personas jugaban la Copa semanal, y ahora son apenas 30,000...con lo que hay una tendencia

[@eliasjesussanchezaraya5859]

@CarsOnGaming te entiendo bro, pero yo lo decía por los usuarios de facebook, ahí siempre dicen que el juego está muerto y esas cosas. Yo le veo algunos años más vida. Mi idea es jugar hasta que los de Gameloft digan "hasta aquí llegamos señores" 🥹

[@stranger9643]

Hi here, a veteran player here, well not too much i started played it at 2017, i have many good memories with this game, with friends and ejoying it very much every day. This video is really hursh to see even after all these years where i didn't know a thing about A8, but here's some things that i want to say but in the most respectful way possible, cause yes for me A8 "die" because the community wasn't supportive enough to stop GL from making this game a money grab. First, the updates slowly bring more things that make the progression harder, the pro mode, the upgrade cards, the car cards, etc. This was good and i enjoyed that the game have more progression aside from just maxing the car with credits, the problem was that this upgrades slowly become more hard to obtain, specially in cars of higher ranking (Like A or S class) or newer event cars, other thing is the grow on the price for the cars and upgrades in general, also the slowly fading of events and so on an so on. Like u said, the fusion coins was the last droplet in the downfall of A8, but even till that moment the community didn't watch the whole panorama. Time pass and the few attemps to make a reclaim to GL from some content creators jusn't receive enough support and the people just drop the game and never try to fight back. Honestly i might be wrong but the A8 commumity even being so friendly, supportive with me and also really enjoyable didn't do too much to stop the slowly decaying of A8, and thats something that i think, is my opinion. Great video btw, even if you dont consider A8 dead, for me it died a long time ago, i can go explaining more things like the completely removel of obtaining blue tokens without spending real money, deleting the "max" perfomance upgrades and only leaving the pro upgrades, and more things but is something that well, a lot of the people that its here already seen. Thanks for the informative video, its sad to see the state of the game right now but theres nothing that we can do about it, just remember the good old memories, still working bro, have a nice day.

[@diecastreviews11]

funny thing i once beat a ferrari fxx with a civic type r in an online race. it was funny as hell lmao

[@Centenariorules825]

New subscriber. Also, I think asphalt 8 is ignored nowadays because I don’t think there is special stuff is going in. Anyway, video was amazingly helpful 😊❤

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@Centenariorules825 thank you for the support

[@Centenariorules825]

U deserve it 🎉😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@BunnyRabbit.]

I play the 1.2 version and it's significantly fun. No sweaty grinds no stupid ads or microtransactions, just good ol A8.

[@dinakarkamble995]

This game really made our childhood epic B)! We all miss the amazing olden gold era of A8 very much. Sad to see its no more:( Now only a great miracle would be able to save Asphalt 8 🌠🌌!

[@INFINITYWaseemKhan]

Welcome brother after long time 😊😊😊😄😄😄🎉❤

[@CarsOnGaming]

I don't think I'll be coming back, man

[@INFINITYWaseemKhan]

@CarsOnGaming I m very happy you back 🔙 asphalt 8

[@QuirkCreep]

When they started to put new currency type every season I left the game

[@ferrarifxxkevo3445]

ironic how car hunt event prize cars are locked behind p2w now, it used to be one of my only source of new cars when that one update rolled around where all the prices were raised and i couldnt afford any of the cars cause i just came back from not playing for months, tbh the game just feels empty now, plus the voucher currency is just downright locking me from upgrading cars. miss the time when it was just credits and token, bit grindy but atleast you had a reason to grind

[@BeeOfUniverse]

So many memories. I can remember how first garage how the game says you after get out track how events good how couldnt ı play mp,old carrier and more that ı cant say here because ıt will be a paragraph. Anyway ı can remember the first shock of about fusion shit and chancing tune system. I just like where are the cards and boxes and what the hell is that. And after a while ı quit game because of device insufficiency. Not after a long time and second shock happened garage chanced collections removed mastery removed and stupid avatars added. In the final, game lost everyting that making it A8. I dont see there are A8 just same cars and graphics and nothing. However the A8 masterpiece that its icon is veneno is my childhood and its still living in my heart. Sometimes ı am driving with r8 in tokyo, listening old game musics, looking old videos, thinking old special memories and ı will continue to do :)

[@MetrixGD]

Not gonna lie, this game is the reason i suck at normal racing games. so used to going into corners full speed cuz u can drift easily lol and my favourite soundtrack back then was holdin on, but i basically like all songs from the bass category. it honestly is kinda bad seeing your ex favourite game go bad because of this

[@ExplosiveUnderscoreYT]

Real a8 veterans remember token upgrades in rnd cars and losing 3000 points in Enduro bets

[@dassurajit428]

😭😭😭 it's my favourite car racing game since it was released 🥺

[@CarsOnGaming]

@@dassurajit428 it used to be the game I liked the most...

[@ars_wing2005]

Sumando que ahora con la actualización de las recompensas al subir a elite en la temporada maestra y clasica, ahora dan 500k de FC cada una por subir hasta la liga elite, a dia de hoy incluso tener tantas FC, se estan volviendo inutiles o pensar, ahora qué yo hago con tantas de estas? Man, los tokens grises son las nuevas fichas azules, los días de Asphalt 8 ya estan contados, si nos ponemos a pensar, desde la implementación de las FC, fue el comienzo del fin. Ahora esas monedas se estan quedando atras, donde quedó la magia? Donde quedó esa sensación de alegria y orgullo de conseguir ese auto que tanto anhelaba? Incluso los créditos, las clásicas monedas amarillas perdieron su valor, donde antes se podian mejorar autos con dichos creditos, incluyendo que también se podian mejorar usando la misma moneda

[@CarsOnGaming]

El juego es un anuncio gigante, atrás quedó la ilusión que causaba desbloquear y mejorar coches, ahora lo unico que vale es el dinero; pero, como no pueden decirlo asi, usan los vouchers en lugar de llenarlo todo de precios

[@mrfurdles2503]

And Asphalt 9 has been following the same path for a long while now too.

[@rray47]

its sad to see a childhood game with so much potential fail

[@ResavacBalkanTrio]

I fear that the same fate awaits ALU. Unfortunately, because I love ALU and still play it, but with much less enjoyment than Asphalt 9, 4 or 5 years ago.

[@CarsOnGaming]

I don't even know what to expect from ALU developers at this point, to be honest

[@anonymously118]

well, i started in 2018, and I played until 2023, when they turned into pro upgrades I completely quit. I downloaded it once more just to take a look at my account and realized all my upgrades didn't exist any more. Sad to see gameloft killing this game. It has come to point, such that Legends unite is less P2W than A8.

[@CarlRaven91]

I still play, though my spending is a whole lot less than it used to be. I don't splurge on Treasure Rush cars anymore as they will eventually be released in way cheaper methods like in Racing Passes and Car Hunts.

[@anhluu9417]

I remember when it first came out in 2013 and I grinded for the Veneno by doing first stage so many times..ahh good times..now it's not.