Asphalt 9: Legends

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Asphalt
Asphalt 6: Adrenaline	2011
Asphalt 7: Heat	2013
Asphalt 8: Airborne	2013
Asphalt Overdrive	2014
Asphalt Xtreme	2016
Asphalt Street Storm Racing	2017
Asphalt 9: Legends	2018

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Asphalt 9: Legends is a singleplayer and multiplayer cinematic camera racing game in the Asphalt series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		.

All versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Ad-supported	Ads are sometimes displayed between races.^[1] Steam version does not have video ads and ad pack is not available, making claim 3 daily card packs much harder.^[2]
Free-to-play	Game is free-to-play and microtransactions are heavily promoted in-game.
Subscription	Legend Passes contain specific unlocks and gameplay boosts.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Currency	Credits can be bought or earned in moderate amounts through normal gameplay and are used to upgrade player's existing car or to unlock lower-tier additions. Tokens can be bought or earned in very limited amounts by reaching milestones in gameplay.
Free-to-grind	Core gameplay does not require purchases to access. Certain events featuring unlimited grinds as long as there is a proper car to play.
Infinite spend	Currencies can be bought without any limits on the amount of purchases.
Loot box	Card Packs feature selections of cars to unlock with varying drop rates and can be bought only using Tokens.
Time-limited	Event-themed Card Packs and bundles of Credits, Tokens and sometimes Blueprints are sold with varying discounts and time-limits attached to them.
Unlock	Car Blueprints can only be acquired by using Card Packs or in very small quantities for lower-tier cars, or with Credits.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\A278AB0D.Asphalt9_h6adky7gbf63m\Settings
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gameloft\Asphalt 9 Legends\Temp
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1815780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\A278AB0D.Asphalt9_h6adky7gbf63m\LocalState\Documents
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gameloft\Asphalt 9 Legends\Documents
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1815780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		The data is automatically saved in the cloud on the game server.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Set OS resolution to 4K and scaling to 100%. Values over 100% will cause the game to render in a lower resolution, e.g. 200% scaling causes the game to render at 50% of the selected OS resolution. For 4K this would be 1080p. Steam version can use up to 2560x1440 maximum as the internal render resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Only when played on Windows 10.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	UWP app is borderless windowed by default, Steam version requires disable Full screen and then `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Off or 8x MSAA.^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Can be turned on/off as of update v4.1.0.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Choice of 30, 60, 120 FPS cap and an unlimited FPS option.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Mobile versions only.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Control settings for keyboards.

Control settings for controllers.

Controller buttons for Touchdrive mode.

Controller buttons for manual mode.

Keyboard buttons for Touchdrive mode.

Keyboard buttons for manual mode.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		No steering wheel support

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Effects, Engine and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2-4	Versus Split Screen. Added in v.4.2.0 update on Windows/Xbox/Steam.
LAN play
Online play	2-8	Versus

Issues fixed

The game takes a long time to load races, even with an SSD.

The game may sometimes take much longer than normal to load races, even with good hardware.

Use the Steam version, and set it to DX12 mode.

By default, the Steam version comes with DX12, but it can be changed in the launch settings.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Microsoft Store version uses D3D11, while Steam version uses D3D12. Use `-directx` on the Steam version to force D3D11.
OpenGL		Use `-gl` command line argument on the Steam version.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core I3-7020U 2.30 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.85 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 620 DirectX 11 or 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Use This Method To Change DirectX Version

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1815780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1815780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-17
↑ Verified by User:Max20091 on 2022-08-03
↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-04
Confirmed using Special K in D3D11 mode of Steam version. The Anti-aliasing graphics setting applies 8x MSAA on the render target.

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1815780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1815780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-17

[2] Verified by User:Max20091 on 2022-08-03

[4] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-04
Confirmed using Special K in D3D11 mode of Steam version. The Anti-aliasing graphics setting applies 8x MSAA on the render target.

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Developers

	Gameloft Barcelona
Publishers
	Gameloft
Release dates
Windows	July 25, 2018
macOS (OS X)	January 3, 2020
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play, Ad-supported, Subscription
Microtransactions	Loot box, Currency, Infinite spend, Free-to-grind, Time-limited, Unlock
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Street racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Asphalt