Spent credits and pro cards for upgrade:
Aston Martin One-77 upgrade R1646 (max 2322, pro 5255):
I have only one Free A Class Upgrade from mastery rewards. So I probably saved 250,000 credits.
790,000 credits for upgrade but I spent one free upgrade worth 250,000 credits.
So 540,000 credits.
pro upgrade:
Tires - A x14
Initial Tech x2
V12 Engine x3
Mid-Tech x3
Advanced Tech x2
363,550 credits
Suspension - A x3
Early Tech x2
69,600 credits
Drivetrain - A x14
Initial Tech x2
V12 Engine x3
Mid-Tech x3
Advanced Tech x2
363,550 credits
Exhaust - A x14
Early Tech x2
V12 Engine x3
Mid-Tech x3
Advanced Tech x2
333,350 credits
pro upgrade total:
1,130,050 credits
Tires - A x14
Suspension - A x3
Drivetrain - A x14
Exhaust - A x14
Early Tech x4
Initial Tech x4
Mid-Tech x9
Advanced Tech x6
V12 Engine x9
So
540,000 upgrade credits + 1,130,050 pro upgrade credits = 1,670,050 credits
* I will have the car so it's not a big deal.
Bentley EXP10 Speed 6 upgrade R1544 (max 1211, pro 2222):
168,800 credits for upgrade
pro upgrade:
Tires - A x3
Suspension - A x3
Drivetrain - A x3
Exhaust - A x3
Early Tech x4
Initial Tech x4
267,025 credits for pro upgrade
So total 435,825 credits.
* I have quite enough Class A cards so I upgraded it pro instead of max upgrade.
Peugeot Onyx upgrade R1563 (max 2322, pro 1111):
179,700 credits for upgrade
pro upgrade:
Tires - S x2
Suspension - S x2
Drivetrain - S x2
Exhaust - S x2
Hybrid Engine x4
54,650 credits for pro upgrade
So total 234,350 credits.
* I have quite enough Class S cards and Hybrid engine card so I upgraded it pro instead of max upgrade.
Bentley EXP10 Speed 6: 435,825 credits
Peugeot Onyx: 234,350 credits
With pro cards.
So 670,175 credits were wasted.
* This is one of the thing that many people don't talk about. If you understand this, R&D and EDD are very difficult and very expensive than what people are saying.
Spent boosters for lower rank of car or play it safe:
Here is the reason why I use boosters:
Previous Weber Faster One EDD, I made a mistake almost every time. So that made me quite crazy--I probably spend more than 1,300 tokens--problem is I failed on easy task many times.
So this time, I was on Extra Tank almost all the time until
12th tryout.
I started to use ace race challenge 7 with triple booster-Nitro Starter+Tuning Kit+Extra Tank. Actually this triple booster is for ace race.
So even if I made a mistake, I probably can catch up the AI.
Other reason is I didn't upgrade enough yet for compete with AI.
* Nowadays, If you don't use booster in EDD or R&D or even TLE(Time-Limited Event), things are really going bad. Because AI cars are very aggressive. They will play suicide with your car. Or barricade road. Or hit the traffics and than make trapped with those corpse of traffics.
If I make a little mistake on the road and then near the finish line--very good example is Iceland, AI suddenly catch up my car and go play suicide or make a trouble so made me failed main goal.
It became more and more necessary items than before.
This is how I use booster:
Many times, I don't even use any booster for TLE(Time-Limited Event). I will use only if I can get better reward because without booster, I can still make within 5,000 in recent daily heat TLE.
For example, yesterday's The Monday Heat TLE:
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| Screenshot of Asphlat 8 TLE The Monday Heat result |
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| Screenshot of Asphlat 8 TLE The Monday Heat result with position |
As you can see, I didn't use any booster. And made to 1,895 position. So if I use double booster (I don't think it's easy because it was very competitive to make top 1,000 or 500--many times without triple booster is very hard because I don't really have best TLE car like Mitubishi Eclipse, (have a Toyota Supra RZ but don't have i6 engine card to pro. But at least I have a Felino cB7.), McLaren 675LT, Mosler GT3, Bentley EXP10 Speed 6 or Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS. S class, my best cars are W Motors Lykan HyperSport and Weber Faster One.
In Android, I have Koenigsegg One:1 and Peugeot Onyx but it was almost useless in any TLE and even in MP(Multiplayer).
If I use double booster--Nitro Starter+Tuning Kit, maybe I will get a Nitro Starter. But just one. So should I pay 17,500 credits to get 7,500 credits more? Of course not.
And make within 1,000 position is very competitive so if I can't make it in 5 times (2 fuel to require to play), I had to pay 17,500 credits more for try again. So it's actually expensive.
But if case like this, I will use booster:
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| Screenshot of Asphlat 8 TLE The Tuseday Heat |
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| Screenshot of Asphlat 8 TLE The Tuseday Heat result with position |
If I can make less than 1:28:000, I can get 25 tokens. And I tried it without booster. But I can make it like 1:29:xxx.
I tried with Nitro Starter but it still isn't enough.
So later I will use Tuning Kit only because it's long track so I probably can make 2 seconds faster than without booster which is enough to get 25 tokens.
Of course, I can use Tuning Kit with other TLE like Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe Cup or Cadillac ATS-V Coupe Cup. Only 10 fuel so I can't try more than two TLE.
So as you can see, I can play quite well even without booster.
I didn't actually write down how many boosters I use. But luckily, I recorded some of EDD ace race. So this is almost beginning one--first try out's challenge 7, Highland View.
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| screenshot of Asphalt 8 EDD - my status of booster at the beginning |
I have 41 of Nitro Starter, 29 of Tuning Kit and 56 of Extra Tank.
I use the Extra Tank for safety measure but this helped a lot in any challenge.
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| screenshot of Asphalt 8 EDD in 4 days--status 13th tryout before challenge 12 |
So this screenshot was in 4 days of EDD which is my 13th tryout before the challenge 12.
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| screenshot of Asphalt 8 EDD in 4 days - my status of booster |
I have 15 of Nitro Starter, 12 of Tuning Kit and 52 of Extra Tank.
So I spent
- Nitro Starter x26 worth 195,000 credits
- Tuning Kit x17 worth 170,000 credits
- Extra Tank x4 worth 800 tokens
- Total: 365,000 credits and 800 tokens
How this booster helped in EDD:
I have collected booster from TLE and mastery rewards so I actually didn't spend credits. But I can't get that much easily again.
Last Webster Faster One EDD, I've failed (only 23,000+ points) in Android and I've win in Windows. And in Windows, I've win just before one day and a few hours (or two days) before EDD end.
This time, I've win before three days. So it saved almost two (or one day and 10+ hours) days.
If you play two or three invitation in one go, it will take more than one or two hours.
I will give you more evidence:
I played same EDD in Android later. And I have one more car--Peugeot Onyx than Windows. So I need upgrade for Bentley EXP10 Speed 6 only. And I upgraded Aston Martin One-77 to R1709 (max 2521 pro 5555)--compare to R1646 (max 2322, pro 5255). And upgraded it very earlier than Windows's.
And I already knew what kind of challenge will pop out--it wasn't much different than Windows.
But I've finished only 16th tryout so just one before--17th tryout Windows's EDD.
I upgraded a lot so I didn't much use the booster.
So if I didn't use booster, I must upgrade Aston Martin One-77 a lot and have to more longer days to win the car.
See booster can make a lot of difference.
How much credits, tokens and pro cards were wasted for win the Aston Martin One-77.
I will not include Aston Martin One-77 because I won the car. So all the upgrades and pro upgrades, I will have it.
1,265 tokens for failed challenge.
365,000 credits and 800 tokens for booster.
670,175 credits for upgrades - Bentley EXP10 Speed 6, Peugeot Onyx
1,035,175 credits and 2,065 tokens.
and pro cards:
Tires - A x3
Suspension - A x3
Drivetrain - A x3
Exhaust - A x3
Tires - S x2
Suspension - S x2
Drivetrain - S x2
Exhaust - S x2
Early Tech x4
Initial Tech x4
Hybrid Engine x4
These were just wasted.
Those were kind of minimal requirement.
But don't forget. If you don't use booster, you probably need more upgrade for all the cars. I didn't upgrade much for Bentley and Onyx because of booster.
Bentley and Onyx's remain upgrade is quite close to 100,000+ credits so it is still better to use booster. Because remain booster can be use other challenge--especially ace race.
It's possible without booster. But you probably have to max out the all the cars. That means
- 3 million credits for max out the Bentley
- 1.15 million credits for max out the Peugeot Onyx
- 1.53 million credits to max out the Lucra L148
- 1 million credits to max out the AC 378 GT Z
So if you don't have cars, you have to wasted 6.6 million credits.
Of course, you can upgrade like 4424-ish so save some credits. But it still need a few million credits.
EDD rewards:
Yes, there has EDD rewards but this wasn't even enough for upgrade Aston Martin One-77. So I didn't mention it.
