It rotates between these levels with ease and mixes up the length of each race as well as obstacles you have to contend with such as falling rocks in the Himalayas and tornadoes in the US.There's always something new that catches your attention, and when it repeats the same graphical tricks, it doesn't feel like its worn out its welcome. The races in Asphalt 9 take you from the snowy Himalayas to sunny Cairo (complete with the Pyramids in the background) to Shanghai by night and the aforementioned American midwest too. Be it minute details like dust kicked off by your tires on an American Midwest railroad track to highly detailed car models complete with reflections, it looks superlative even on the iPhone 6s. Despite the amount of time we've spent with the game, it still feels fresh. It just doesn't get old, even 10 hours in - the time we spend between the soft-launch version and the final release. Throw in a steady number of unlocks such as acquiring upgrades that let you improve your car's handling and speed, blueprints to get new rides, and new events available at regular intervals, and Asphalt 9 does a fantastic job of making you feel you're making tangible progress with every session of play. From being tasked with escaping from the cops, to beating the clock for the best timing, or completing stunts galore, there's enough variety to keep you going. Thankfully, you won't just be jostling for pole position in every event. The objective is to win each season of races. With Asphalt 9: Legends, the focus is squarely on racing.

With the final release of Asphalt 9 having a 1.5GB download size on iOS and Android, we took it for an extended drive to let you know if it's a worthy successor to Asphalt 8: Airborne.įirst up, if you were expecting this to be a story heavy affair like recent Need for Speed games, think again. In our first impressions of this racing game we stated that it's a surprisingly polished entry in the long-running series. Asphalt 9 Legends for Android and iOS is out now after an extended soft-launch period that began in February.

Asphalt 9: legends online