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Asphalt 6 is Gameloft's newest addition to the Asphalt series.  The Asphalt series are arcade racers which lean heavily on console games like Burnout.  It offers fast-paced gameplay that will have you doing insane drifts and nitro-boosting out of corners, while all the while trying to total your competition  and not get hit by oncoming traffic. The game comes packed with a career mode featuring 8 game modes, 12 tracks and a muti-player mode which offers 6 person racing online and local wifi.

If you ever played an game in Gameloft's Asphalt series before, you'll know what to expect out of this game as it leans heavily on it predecessors. Many of the game modes like Beat'em All and Elimination have appeared in past games and game modes like collector take a lot from previous games.  The star scoring system is also inherited from previous games, but the addition of secondary tasks to get 2 addition stars is welcome, as it gives you something other than the main task to aim for. Also, with the most recent update the game has brought an IAP that allows you to purchase stars, upgrades, and in-game money. While the IAP is not needed to advance in the game,  it allows players to progress faster and unlock cars without playing career mode, which may turn some people off of this game.

While the career mode offers lots of tracks and game modes,  the career mode seems to get repetitive after the first few cups when the events start to repeat. Also, the game somewhat forces you to finish career mode and get one of the better cars if you aren't going to purchase IAP, as in muti-player you'll be left in the dust if you're using a starter car.

One of the most welcome additions to this game is that unlike its predecessors, the car you last unlocked is not always better than the car before it. For example, the car you jut unlocked might have better handling than the previous car, but it might not have as great a top speed.  Also, the game allows great customization of a car's appearance, allowing you to both chose an exact colour from a slider and adding one of a great number of decals.

The muti-player in this game allows for 6 car races, which  may not seem huge compared to Real Racing 2's 16, but offers good nitro-boosting filled fun. The game also has a leaderboard to track best time, number of races, and total experience earned if your into becoming number 1 in the world.  What threw me off about muti-player was the lack of game modes. While racing is good fun, I wanted to total other players in Beat'em All or face off one on one in a Duel.  Also, games took a while to get enough players and start, which is pain if you want to play one race right after another.

Also, on an original iPad the game seemed to freeze at times and then start somewhere else on the track in the same position I was before.  While not game ending, this bug was annoying and I hope it gets fixed in future versions.

This game might not be as realistic or as eye-catching as Real Racing 2, Asphalt 6 is has a nitch of its own. Its on sale currently for $0.99,  which is a steal, but was also previously free, so you might want to bid you time.  If you're the type of person who likes to cause havoc by crashing into other racers, traffic, and even lamp posts, and then use nitrous to quickly accelerate this game is for you.


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