I’m hoping there is someone who both plays Asphalt 8 and is a car aficionado.
More out of idle curiosity than anything, I’m wondering how close the characteristics of the Asphalt 8 cars are to their real-life counterparts. For example, the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA in the game has a wickedly good handling number, does the real car live up to that? I’m not a car guy, but other numbers seem like I would expect, for example the Mercedes-Benz electric has fast acceleration, the Ford F-150 takes forever to get up to speed, etc. But then the Lamborghini Urus seems sluggish and the Bentley Continental steers like a battleship, which surprises me.
If I was rich, and eccentric/dumb enough to base a purchase decision just on that game, I’d say that the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and the Ford Shelby GT500 are really fun drives, I’d never go near a Bentley, and for pure racing I’d get the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento. Just wondering if I’d feel the same if I drove the real things.
And before anyone feels compelled to say it, I know that real cars can’t do barrel rolls or fly off 100-foot cliffs and land unharmed, and don’t come equipped with nitro. I’m not asking about those game elements, I’m interested in the basic on-the-road performance characteristics of the cars.