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Since the Chromebook treats its physical keyboard like an external keyboard on an Android phone, Asphalt 8: Airborne was able to support Chromebook keyboard controls using APIs from the Android SDK Platform. The game’s UI changes automatically when switching between touchscreen and keyboard controls. Gameloft also added in keyboard controls that were activated when the game detected users were playing on a Chromebook. Gameloft was able to run Android application packages at even higher performance levels than Chrome apps, allowing it to maintain the series’ breathtaking graphics and breakneck speeds on ChromeOS. Taking advantage of the Chromebook’s seamless controls and overall power, Gameloft identified several opportunities to improve the experience for Chromebook gamers. However, the process turned out to be as painless as it was rewarding. Gameloft was familiar with developing games for different devices, but translating the Asphalt experience to the Chromebook’s unique touchscreen/keyboard hybrid controls, which could be swapped at any time, seemed challenging. That’s why Gameloft knew ChromeOS was the right home for Asphalt 8: Airborne, the latest entry in its mobile racing series. As in the previous two games the performance is rated with up to five stars and during races there are still primary and secondary objectives.Gameloft ⁠ always strives to be among the first developers to publish games on the latest portable hardware in order to provide gamers with heart-pounding experiences on the go. The single-player mode consists of eight seasons unlocked gradually or unlocked directly through an in-app purchase, and the game offers up to 52 licensed cars divided into five tiers.Īs in the previous game Asphalt 7: Heat there are four different control mechanisms based around touch, tilting, on-screen steering wheel and icons, tapping and auto acceleration. Boost has been enhanced with a perfect boost where timing it correctly when the boost meter is in the red zone provides even more acceleration. Doing successful jumps is rewarded with boost for the adrenaline mode based on the amount of airtime.

Each track consists contains a lot of ramps where you can do flat spins (pressing handbrake while hitting the ramp) or barrel rolls.

It allows the player to race against AI-controlled opponents, ghosts of real players or against real players in a multiplayer mode online and through local Wi-Fi. Asphalt 8: Airborne is the eighth main game in the racing series.