

As you’re gliding, you can perform stunts to gain boost and land on another racer to knock them out. There are several ramps littered throughout the tracks that launch your car into the air over competitors and hazardous jumps. Racing doesn’t always have to be on the ground, either. These scripted set-pieces are brief and sudden but provide another level of excitement to the already high octane events. On one track, you’ll be speeding through a collapsing bridge on the mountains of the Himalayas while in another you’ll be drifting off the coast of Scotland as waves crash over you.

Asphalt 9: Legends kicks the intensity up a notch by incorporating action movie-like set-pieces, high altitude jumps, and multiple paths in its quick rounds of racing. Crusin’ Through a Michael Bay SetĪrcade racers are famous for their ridiculously high-speed races in picturesque locales, where you might lose control of your car at any second. Asphalt 9: Legends might look and play like a console game, but it succumbs to its free-to-play nature and frequently feels like a microtransaction-riddled grindfest. Even though Asphalt 9: Legends is a port of the 2018 mobile game, this could have been a chance for Gameloft to prove Asphalt truly is a console-quality series without quotation marks. Thanks to its impressive graphics and smooth gameplay on phones and tablets, Gameloft’s long-running Asphalt series has earned a reputation for bringing “console-quality” experiences to mobile devices.
