<s>
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
:	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2018	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Gameloft	O
Barcelona	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gameloft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
to	O
previous	O
entries	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
new	O
and	O
improved	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
prestigious	O
car	O
lineup	O
,	O
new	O
control	O
schemes	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
autopilot	O
mode	O
called	O
"	O
TouchDrive	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
race	O
modes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
reimplemented	O
"	O
shockwave	O
nitro	O
"	O
from	O
Asphalt	B-Application
6	I-Application
:	I-Application
Adrenaline	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
are	O
considered	O
significantly	O
improved	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
2013	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Asphalt	B-Application
8	I-Application
:	I-Application
Airborne	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
Asphalt	O
Games	O
with	O
noticeable	O
differences	O
in	O
graphics	O
and	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
"	O
nitro	O
shockwave	O
"	O
,	O
returning	O
from	O
Asphalt	B-Application
6	I-Application
:	I-Application
Adrenaline	I-Application
and	O
Asphalt	B-Application
7	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
mobile	O
platforms	O
,	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
has	O
three	O
control	O
schemes	O
:	O
Tilt	O
to	O
Steer	O
,	O
Tap	O
to	O
Steer	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
brand	O
new	O
"	O
Touch	O
Drive	O
"	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
selects	O
routes	O
and	O
stunts	O
by	O
swiping	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
Touch	O
Drive	O
and	O
manual	O
controls	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
keyboard	O
;	O
or	O
with	O
a	O
tilt	O
to	O
steer	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
device	O
has	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
and	O
an	O
accelerometer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Multiplayer	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
competes	O
against	O
other	O
players	O
in	O
real-time	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
races	O
,	O
ranked	O
by	O
an	O
Elo	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
7	O
race	O
types	O
in	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer-exclusive	O
races	O
are	O
,	O
"	O
Ghost	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Ghost	O
Slipstream	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Slipstream	B-General_Concept
"	O
will	O
appear	O
in	O
both	O
Events	O
and	O
Multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Slipstream	B-General_Concept
and	O
Ghost	O
Slipstream	B-General_Concept
,	O
players	O
can	O
perform	O
a	O
slipstream	B-General_Concept
by	O
driving	O
behind	O
opponents	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
quickly	O
build	O
up	O
their	O
nitro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slipstreaming	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
interrupted	O
by	O
holding	O
the	O
brake	O
button	O
or	O
doing	O
Flat	O
Spins	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
is	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
collisions	O
in	O
Ghost	O
Slipstream	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
race	O
tracks	O
set	O
in	O
new	O
locations	O
:	O
Cairo	B-Language
(	O
including	O
Giza	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Himalayas	O
,	O
Wyoming	O
(	O
named	O
U.S.	O
Midwest	O
)	O
,	O
Scotland	O
,	O
the	O
Caribbean	O
,	O
Auckland	O
(	O
featuring	O
street	O
circuit-inspired	O
aesthetics	O
)	O
,	O
Buenos	O
Aires	O
and	O
Greenland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
brings	O
back	O
several	O
locations	O
from	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
:	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
Rome	O
,	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Osaka	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
Nevada	O
and	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Gameloft	O
's	O
Barcelona	O
Studio	O
which	O
also	O
made	O
Asphalt	B-Application
8	I-Application
:	I-Application
Airborne	I-Application
,	O
and	O
co-developed	O
Asphalt	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
with	O
Gameloft	O
Madrid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
the	O
tradition	O
from	O
Asphalt	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
licensed	O
soundtracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
rumors	O
of	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
:	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
began	O
back	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
Gameloft	O
posting	O
pictures	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
showing	O
Gameloft	O
Barcelona	O
making	O
a	O
map	O
that	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
seen	O
in	O
Asphalt	B-Application
8	I-Application
:	I-Application
Airborne	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2017	O
according	O
to	O
Gameloft	O
's	O
press	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
:	O
Shockwave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Gameloft	O
was	O
doing	O
a	O
live	O
Q&A	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
community	O
managers	O
at	O
Gameloft	O
London	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
responded	O
to	O
questions	O
about	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
not	O
allowed	O
to	O
comment	O
on	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
Asphalt	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
a	O
trailer	O
was	O
revealed	O
for	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Gameloft	O
posted	O
an	O
April	O
Fools	O
joke	O
trailer	O
on	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
:	O
Foolspeed	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
revealed	O
outdated	O
footage	O
of	O
Asphalt	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
as	O
a	O
soft	O
launch	O
on	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
,	O
then	O
in	O
Thailand	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
as	O
a	O
soft	O
launch	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
people	O
could	O
pre-register	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Gameloft	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
date	O
,	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
Livestream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Gameloft	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
controls	O
and	O
Touchscreen	B-Device
controls	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
Switch	O
in	O
Handheld	O
Mode	O
,	O
allowing	O
use	O
of	O
either	O
the	O
screen	O
itself	O
(	O
akin	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
)	O
or	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Series	B-Device
X/S	I-Device
port	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2021	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
arcade	B-Application
adaptation	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
IGS	O
and	O
Wahlap	O
Technology	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
from	O
Gameloft	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
2021	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
Legends	O
:	O
Arcade	B-Application
DX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
graphics	O
and	O
visual	O
design	O
being	O
almost	O
unanimously	O
praised	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
predecessors	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
mixed	O
responses	O
to	O
the	O
progression	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
hostile	O
monetization	O
and	O
“	O
energy	O
”	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prasad	O
of	O
GSMArena.com	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Visually	O
,	O
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
is	O
stunning	O
and	O
quite	O
possibly	O
the	O
best-looking	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
mobile	O
platform	O
today	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
TechCommuters	O
 '	O
review	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
Regardless	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
you	O
're	O
playing	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
delivers	O
...	O
With	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
cars	O
,	O
accessories	O
,	O
tracks	O
,	O
and	O
events	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
this	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
without	O
any	O
dull	O
moment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Asphalt	B-Application
9	I-Application
had	O
also	O
won	O
the	O
2019	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
racing	O
game	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
Design	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
