Asphalt 8: Airborne

Asphalt 8: Airborne is an intuitive racer with a large variety of race modes and cars to take for a spin. It provides plenty of content for its price at first, but the business model forces grinding or heavy purchases in the late-game.

It’s gorgeous and high-octane, and buckets of fun, but it feels like the games I used to play when I was younger. There’s no story, there isn’t much to read, and it’s just meant to be a great time-waster. Asphalt 8 is the best mobile arcade racer available on the market right now. It's beautiful and more fun than you can shake a stick at.

If you’re a arcade racing fan then there’s absolutely no reason for you to not be playing this. The in-app purchases are only annoying if you’re impatient, and every aspect in the game (even the redundant ones) are a step up. This is one you’ll be playing again and again for at least another year.

Asphalt 8 is the most beautiful game released on mobile to date, and it’s also one of the fastest, most outrageous arcade racers around. Only some money-hungry pacing holds it back from true greatness.

Asphalt 8: Airborne‘s numerous features and modes, including multiplayer, help round out this package. It’s an easy recommendation for anyone who likes their racers a little more realistic than a cartoon kart racer, but with a healthy dose of over-the-top arcade action.

With beautiful visuals, excellent controls, varying raceways, and near-perfect multiplayer experiences, I wholly recommend Asphalt 8: Airborne to anyone wanting a fun, over-the-top racing title. Who knows what Gameloft will do in the future with Asphalt 9, but they won’t be redlining and blowing their engines anytime soon.