Special Stage set the bar for console Initial D games. Loads of extra content, music and even the extra story mode. I just wish they would’ve put Street Stage on PS2/PS3 instead of PSP. Ver. 3 is my all time favorite, but it would’ve been nice to see it get the Special Stage treatment. Still wayyyy better than Extreme Stage though… I’m glad they toned down the driftiness from AS5 onwards.
They did? I guess I'll have to give the later games a chance. I got the hang of extreme stage and beat it after awhile but it still felt off with how you could just gas through turns even if you wacked into every wall. Sometimes that was the better strategy against some of the AI. I do agree street stage should have been ported to another console. I'm hoping for a remastered port special stage or maybe even Ver. 3. That would be insane.
@@BlankTriggerGamers They definitely improved it. I haven’t had the chance to play 5-7 with a wheel, but from the videos I’ve seen it looks a lot better. AS5 is the closest to Ver. 1-3 in terms of cars not sliding as much. I’m not sure where you’re located, but if you have a Round 1 arcade in your state, it’s worth checking out. Mine has AS8 and it feels good with a wheel. Also, went to a local anime con and the arcade there had Arcade Stage Zero and it felt even better. If you have a halfway decent PC, look into the emulators. There’s tutorials for how to get AS4-Zero working on a PC. Even the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune games. I’m currently playing through AS7 with a controller, but it still feels loads better than AS4/Extreme Stage
AS5 is considered to be the best Initial D game period. It’s physics is more grip based with some elements to drifting. However, it also comes with a tire management aspect. You need to take corners in 2nd or 3rd gear only, with minimal steering as possible, any more then that and it will hurt your tires which will slow you down at the later checkpoints. < do all of these things and it’s possible to beat the entire game using a stock car, well… maybe not with Bunta, that’s the one person I’ve yet to beat using a stock car.
Wow. Didn't know the Slim PS2 one messes it up. That sucks man I'm half Japanese and own an Original Fat Silver Japanese PS2. My Japanese Grandpa had bought me one back in 2001 at Toys R Us in Yokohama Japan. So I grew up playing this game, loved it. But never knew the Super Slim can't play the game. That sucks. But besides that. Nice video man, very relatable on terms of playing it on the arcade and spending lots of money lmao.
Only later Slim models, 70xxx models still play fine, 75xxx and 90xxx series are the ones that get messy, they also screwed some PS1 titles in the process
Also, for anyone who doesn't want to import from Japan, The HDD mod that let's you boot games from a fat PS2 is region free. You can play this on a US PS2 with no hardware modding, and don't even need a working DVD drive.
I used fmcb, with opl to play it from USB (slim model) Drawback is lag due to USB 1.1 Sadly my ps2 dies due to rambus issue? It was mod chipped back then, modchip is not matrix or modbo
Use free mcboot. It’s so easy to install and there are many options for loading. The hdd version is maybe the best because you won’t have loading lag. Usb works too but it has some lag on the video cutscene portions of the games because the ps2 only has usb 1.0 Another option is to use ESR to read discs you burn yourself. There are many options and ways to break the region lock and run homebrew on your ps2. Look up a guide.
@moes95 Nah but you gotta pay for the premium version of teknoparrot cause I tryed to start playin online but i couldnt get it to work irc its cause you need to pay for online services
I made this experience before. I got an ultra rare Broadband Adapter for the Dreamcast directly from Japan - shipping per EMS was ridiculously inexpensive, less than half of what DHL would have cost, the item itself was also half of what they go for around these places, and then it also due to some shifty timezone magic, it arrived the same day that i ordered! Perfect condition, too. Crazy, right?
I would suggest the Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 (Kaido Touge No Densetsu) if you're itching for that Initial D experience, while the game itself had nothing to do with Initial D in any shape of form, there are a lot of FamilyMart versions of Initial D characters and even Over Rev characters of all things, and a pretty big car list to boot too
Problem is it's hard to find so i recommend Extreme Stage even though it's not realistic, but it's a very good INITIAL D game that i suggest playing because you don't need an emulator NOR a Japanese PS3.
If everything fails, use an emulator to play the Initial D Arcade Stage 2 or Stage 3. Those games are good on Windows 7 with a good graphic card. I really missed those days when I spent all my allowance on completing Arcade Stage 3 and Stage 4. Stage 3 was really a challenge to me as I had no idea on how this game worked (such as shift point and "eraser" skill). It really took me long to know that cars would accelerate rapidly under drifting in Arcade Stage 3.
I dumped so much money into the Arcade Ver. 1-3 of Initial D. It holds a super special place in my heart and got me into drifting culture. Do you guys have any experiences with Initial D? New Video About Initial D Cards: th-cam.com/video/TizTemgWYZU/w-d-xo.html EDIT: A lot of people have been mentioning the best/greatest hits version of Special Stage fixes the freeze issue with Slim PS2s. So buy that version first before you get a fat boy. -Nesto
The problem you had on Extreme Stage it's a feature if you have watched the anime then I think you might remember about the tires losing their grip it's all about how you drive and how you drift the same goes for the AI they also have to manage it the reason why drifting feels drifting.
@@BlankTriggerGamers You can look it up on here, it's a free Initial D game. Look for videos by a user named AugGust, he's the main guy behind it. That Sim Racing Bloke's video has a link to the Discord server too. There's a download link on the Discord server for it but TH-cam won't let me paste the link here. =/
Happogahara is soooo fun. Irohazaka is great with the hair pin turns and interesting. Happo keeps you on your toes as you need to stay focused on the course. Shomaru is also difficult, narrow and wall taps kill any sort of speed you have... 2yrs ago on my trip to japan i got to drive up and down the Iroha slopes, in a coach bus with the tour. it was almost a dream come true ie 95.0% as the last 5% was small bus stop we passed on the way that had an amazing view of the downhill road from across the corresponding valley. the bus took up all the lanes on the hiarpins and was one of the highlights of the trip. the Kegone waterfalls use the Iroha slope as access to get there.
Where I was from in Montreal Downtown there was a arcade with Initial D 3 that then became D 4 and Maximum tune 5 with the years, Best arcade game ever, from the amazing soundtracks, anime campaign, racing others, beating time scores of other's people ghosts, modifying, upgrading your car and it all saved your progress on your card making you always wanting to come back, no other arcade games ever gave me that kind of long-term commitment. Now I live in Calgary and there is no arcade that has initial D sadly.
seems like sega rosso was a team only working on local titles, never released outside of japan. daytona was always introduced as better than ridge racer, but i dont really like daytona, initial d is closer to the fun of a ridge racer than a daytona is. too bad sega never trusted it's employees. so many unreleased arcade games and successfull title that never gets a sequel. sega race tv is the very last racing game of yu suzuki, very fun one. remembers me megarace. but once again sega race tv never released outside of japan. anyway cool video, nice writing and editing skills.
You actually don’t need a Japanese PS2 to play Special Stage if you softmod your PS2 to run it off a hard drive (or even a usb thumb drive if you don’t mind stuttering FMV). Basically the PS2 only does a region check when first booting up the disc so by launching games from a HDD it bypasses it so you can play games from any region. I even found a partial English translation for Special Stage that translates most of the menus. Also I have the same wheel so that’s pretty cool. I found mine on the curb for free. I don’t have the pedals though so for now I’m stuck with a controller lol. Edit: I didn’t mean to post this twice. TH-cam comments were broken for everyone yesterday and I commented this right before they were fixed. When I looked back for my comment I couldn’t find it so I thought it was deleted during the fix.
Every year I used to spend a month in China, with my missus. There's an arcade I would go to and play Initial D. Was fun as hell but I'm sure they had the difficulty setting set higher. Lol.
All I have to say is FREEMCBOOT memory card. This thing unleashed the ultimate power of playing japanese racing gems I missed out on. Great video by the way.
yep also use ESR, lets u play any game bc it see's them all as DVD video and skips all disc checks. basicly the shortest possible Video file is used in the first sector of the dvd so it can boot the game and it immediately finishes and launches into the game
my chipped slim PS2 had no problem with special stage back in the day though. and yeah special stage or Ver.2 is the best Initial D . even infinity nowadays doesn't give you the same feeling of the old school Ver.2 back in the arcade.
i hope you kept those ps2. because you can run free mcboot on memory cards and it works on Japanese ps2. i think you can even region unlock japanese ps2 with free mcboot.
I play the Arcade Version and I now have a PS2 whit Initial D Special Stage, I spend so much money in the Arcade on my 1º to 3º Semester of the Univerity just enjoying the Arcade, and im planing on buying a Steering Wheel just to also play Initial D Special Stage and other racing Games.....
I use to play the shit out of this on the ps2, it was a great game. Also made it so i knew all the tracks so well that I was able to kick the crap out of everyone at the arcade with a unworked ae85 whilst they had fully worked cars. People use to trip right out
I came across this video by chance. Tonight I was struggling with sadness because tomorrow is the anniversary of my grandmother's passing. This video showed up at the right moment on my suggested videos. I absolutely Love Initial D and I can relate to your sense of humor. You have a new subscriber. Plus we both have curly hair bros for the win.
@@BlankTriggerGamers I didn't on my own. I was recruited by a local team at my arcade and trained me. It turns out, each arcade with an ID3 cabinet had their own team and does battle. Team leaders were in contact with each other to organize freindly touge's. Man your video brought so many good memories back 🥲
I’m surprised given how popular it was regarding versing other people online there hasn’t been any attempt to bring the full fledge arcade experienced to the PS5. It’ll no doubt be popular amount racing fans.
Hey I wish I saw your video before I went through the same thing! I have a japanese 75xxx white slim as well. I have 3 copies of the game disc because I thought it was too scratched. Good to know I should have just bought the phat in the first place. I guess it's back to ebay for me too. Promise me this is the last thing I'll have to buy!
Same, I was tearing my hair out for weeks trying to figure out why it didn't work even though there weren't any scratches. But yeah if your game freezes in the opening movie then it's the slim Japanese PS2 that's causing it. The fat Japanese PS2 will fix it.
@@BlankTriggerGamers You can mod the the ps2 magic boot and you can copy your game and converted to iso file and run it on without buying a japanese ps2.
im not gonna read through all the 100s of comments before i post this, you do know there's boot softwares and swap kits for each version of US ps2, right?! i have a silver slim version and got me a top loader kit and it works,. granted, it's most likely do to being the the necessary model series of slim. well i had a "brick" version that i was able to play it on years before i had gotten a slim version too.... just saying i guess.
oh ya, i play extreme stage on my ps3 and i couldn't care about the differences from the previous version. though, the physics are a bit up to date since "versions 2 & 3 to 4" and it does kinda make it harder to do a flawless drift in some ways or another. you know what i mean, right?
Yeah I know there's many ways to play this game through emulation or mods to ps2s. I just wanted to own a japanese ps2 and play the original disc. I collect videogames, so this was purely a personal reason. I wouldnt recommend people to do this unless they really want to, but I did want to show that depending on which japanese ps2 you buy...it may not work. It was hard for me to find info about that, so I wanted to make a video about it.
the best is the ps1 version, the ps2 version is only compatible with the first driving force steering wheel, the ps1 version is well enjoyed with the official Madcatz MC2 Playstation steering wheel
3:40 Extreme Stage is a port of arcade stage 4, like street stage being a port of arcade stage 3 and special stage being a port of arcade stage version 2. All Arcade stage games feature opponents that speed up or slow down by section. And also can't be outrun at a certain point. Some cap out at a max of 90 meters, some 250, some not at all. But this means that in sections where they speed up, you will be caught by some margin. But also Arcade Stage 4 is just very very hard. Even on the lowest difficulty levels.
This video needs way more likes and this is quality content love the video it was funny if I need to watch the anime more haven't even passed the first season yet love the games tho and the song ❤ oh my God the songs masterpieces all of them edit. just subscribed there you go peace
as a car guy and an initial d fan, I love the arcade games, and I appreciate the unrealism in the games. Asseto corsa is a good realistic game for drifting, but the initial d games are just fun and rage.
Dude I swear on my dead father’s SOUL I was on my downstairs toilet at 11:30PM when the KNOCK KNOCK sound effect at 5:25 hit my ears. The window in the bathroom leads to the backyard and it was pitch black out there. I called out to my pregnant wife who I’d HOPED had knocked on the bathroom door, no answer, she was asleep. I wiped my ass, jumped up and had my largest kitchen knife in my right hand within ten seconds! I Flicked on both backyard lights and psyched myself up to go out there and face the freak that was peeking on me and knocked on my bathroom window! Finally after about 3 minutes I gathered the courage and stormed outside ready to stab or slash the first person I saw! My neighbors DEFINITELY saw me and I’m nervous they might call the cops. I played the clip back and realized it was a fucking sound effect you added in! Fuck me that was the most terrifying experience of my life! 😟🤣
Holy shit dude! Glad nothing too bad happened and I apologize for all the inconvenience that sound effect caused. I guess I picked a very convincing knock lol
@@noriaki2448 emulation is not a crime. without emulation how we gotta enjoyed the games or a consoles that are discontinued. It may sale it on ebay, amazon, or whatever website you shop at will be overpriced. That is why emulation is not a crime so every gamers should enjoy retro games.
My memories of this game was it was exactly same as the early arcade games.... I played it last night first time in years n dam I didn't realize how unrealistic even compared to arcade stages it is lol but I must admit I love the story mode. It's the best story mode out of all initial d games. I'm actually talking about special stage not extreme stage
Extreme Stage is just a port of Arcade Stage 4, the physics are approximately as janky but fewer people in the west remember IDAS v4. I only wish that the PS2 didn’t have the region locks like with PS3.
Long ago Some friends and I got a ps2 chipped and got a steering wheel and it was over. One of the best initial d games next to street stage on my hacked vita. Funny video. 😂👍🏽
@@Stoneybrownbear Oh ok. I am North of you so maybe I just didn't get to see how popular these modchips were. After FreeMCBoot it seemed pointless to chip, even if you wanted to pirate games. As I recall it, part of Free McBoot's job was to reduce wear on both the HDD and the DVDs being launched, so a chipped system would still need FreeMcBoot anyway, as long as you wanted to preserve your laser and hdd.
I just have to say, if I'm going to want to relive the experience of a game like this, I'm going nuts to butts and splurging on the actual arcade setup, the one we all remember playing.
@@superboy305 Unfortunately, I played the game REALLY young and hit a wall. I think I was playing Drift 1 or 3, and I just couldn't beat this R32 on an uphill rainy stage. I probably would've easily beat him had I switched to rain tires, but my underdeveloped brain was more concerned with having fun rather than learning. I tried everything (except switch my tires). I spent all my money buying the fastest car, buying the best parts, having more hp than my opponent, but could never pass that R32. (Now that I look back on it, I remember there being several station wagons in the game, and I can't help but think of that video with the stock Subara Outback dominating a steep sandhill.) Most of my fun was spent feeling the difference between each car in Time Attack. And recreating the "gutter" drift on Haruna, but I just didn't understand cars enough to advance further in career mode. Was the ending rewarding? Or was it the journey? I remember playing Armored Core 2 and just being completely enthralled by the atmosphere. I was young playing that game, and only got to rank 70 or so. Lol
I don’t remember that game being released for the PS2 but I remember playing similar racing games like that game in arcades back then. Those were the golden days of arcade racing games.
The only initial d game I need to play, is assetto corsa. Man I love to heel and toe downshift, I love to make the stock ae86 slide with 90s tires. It is just so fun.
Just here to clarify it, I am using a SCPH 90000 Super Slim PS2 and playing Special Stage brought me no problems at all, I am using the Asian Japanese version which should be the same as full Japanese verision, but mine has a nice English toutrail of the basic controls and gamesaves.
@@CarmenOfSpades An additional instructions card, but I would prefer to call it a paper since it's not small at all, written both in traditional Chinese and English.
to anyone who wants to play this game now, you don’t need a japanese ps2 but you do need a fat ps2, a swap magic and a tool to force the tray open, or there’s always pcsx2 both methods are relatively easy and cheaper
use a PC emulator instead of paying so much money for 2 japanese ps2s. In the PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) setup screen you can just pick a region of which your virtual ps2 is on and i'm pretty sure it can be easily changed in the settings if you eventually want to play a game from another region. Edit: Nevermind, you don't even need to do that at all. PCSX2 automatically makes games for other region work.
Just came to the disappointing news that you came to with this game. I recently modded my PS2 to be able to play imports only to my dismay this game doesn't even work on the slim models. Not a lot of money down the drain thankfully, but I'm still bummed. Good vid, nice editing and very informative...if only I saw it sooner...
@@BlankTriggerGamers it's no biggie, seems the only way to bypass the issue is through loading the game off of a storage like USB but I haven't tried it yet and I feel like that defeats the purpose of me buying it in the first place. It's alright, I already have dozens of other imports I was interested in, including Sega Rally which is also a fun Sega arcade racer.
@@RandomGamingDouchebag At least for me, it doesn't work in OPL either. I have a European PS2, but it should work. It goes black before starting the video.
Special stage is arcade stage 2, arcade stage is Arcade stage 3, extreme stage is arcade stage 4 aka ice driving. It is possible to play the new ones on PC.
@AaronRowales they have it on PC now they have arcade simulators. That's how I been playing the new Initial d arcade stage. It's all in Japanese but not bad. I even got the wangan midnight.
@AaronRowales don't think you can go online as it's an arcade emulator. All the network status show offline. I just play it offline with unlimited coins still fun.
That's really cool surprisingly I still have my original initial D silver key card that I had with the arcade problem is the initial D arcade machine I played on disappeared from where its current location was so I don't know what happened to but I still kept the key card
I had to get a Swap Magic 3 for the PS2 so I can play that game. But it was a great game and I played it a lot when I was a huge Initial D fan. I also played the arcade games. Not all of them though. Up to Arcade Stage Version 3.
My friend helped my download a psp emulator and I was able to play street stage which is the first time I played an initial d game and it was so awesome playing it !!!
Your gripe with Extreme Stage is a matter of opinion but it's common for a lot of fans to not be a fan of Extreme/Arcade stage 4's physics. SEGA Changed arcade hardware at this time and had to rework a lot of the physics when going from 3 to 4. After all these years I will finally play Special Stage for myself soon. Looking forward to it as a fan of the PS2, the series and the arcade hardware it runs on.
Yeah, so I used the same wheel (Logitech Driving Force GT) that I used on the PS3 game but I wouldn't recommend it. The shifters don't work on the PS2.
@@BlankTriggerGamers Thank you for taking the time to reply to me :) and thank you for the additional info and issues you encountered. keep up the great work :)
@@BlankTriggerGamers So i was doing research trying to find a wheel thanks to your help. and I found the original box art for the Japanese release of initial D special stage with the wheel It looks like the original wheel and pedals didn't have any sort of shiftier with them . I thought you may like to know as it explains why your controller shiftier wouldn't work as it appears to never have been designed with it in mind. otsukai.com/public/itemOrderNegotiation/95108/original-5f86a9552303c.png anyways have a wonderful day ! thanks for all the help 1
I play it on pcsx2, later I emulated extreme stage, I don't dislike extreme stage, I like almost everthing about it, and I managed to control the handling, hen I came back to special stage... I had shortened my time in akina to 3:04 from 3:20
Initial D Special Stage DOES play on slim ps2. I soft modded my 7000 series NTSC console with a swap lid and used Cogswap on an exploited memory card with free mc boot. Should have just gotten a swap lid and exploited the MC. Would have saved you a lot of money.
After a year forgot to tell you: you hit walls u get max speed penalty. Sometimes it's not that noticeable when there's many turns. Treat your oponnents like the ghosts that you can block if you're really lucky and just focus on the time if you have bad one they gonna rubber band af. Drive well and embrace your inner Takumi use gutter run techniques etc. you can do that there. There are 3 difficulty levels and try the easiest one first coz game ain't ez (using controller) also it works on emulator well except drive license bug that you can fix with going into software mode then normal better resolution etc mode. If you love anime you'll definitely love that game don't want to spoil anything except maybe that there are no tutorials and you can use jump and gutter run technique also you can switch the lights 😉 Also if your controller doesn't work somehow try running pcsx2 with steam for the controller support. Cheers
For reference: the rerelease of the game (the The Best version) fixes the compatibility with all ps2 slim models and the game doesn't crash at all
That's good to know because I just bought that version, and I do not own a fat import PS2. Thank you!
Special Stage set the bar for console Initial D games. Loads of extra content, music and even the extra story mode. I just wish they would’ve put Street Stage on PS2/PS3 instead of PSP. Ver. 3 is my all time favorite, but it would’ve been nice to see it get the Special Stage treatment. Still wayyyy better than Extreme Stage though… I’m glad they toned down the driftiness from AS5 onwards.
They did? I guess I'll have to give the later games a chance. I got the hang of extreme stage and beat it after awhile but it still felt off with how you could just gas through turns even if you wacked into every wall. Sometimes that was the better strategy against some of the AI.
I do agree street stage should have been ported to another console. I'm hoping for a remastered port special stage or maybe even Ver. 3. That would be insane.
@@BlankTriggerGamers They definitely improved it. I haven’t had the chance to play 5-7 with a wheel, but from the videos I’ve seen it looks a lot better. AS5 is the closest to Ver. 1-3 in terms of cars not sliding as much.
I’m not sure where you’re located, but if you have a Round 1 arcade in your state, it’s worth checking out. Mine has AS8 and it feels good with a wheel. Also, went to a local anime con and the arcade there had Arcade Stage Zero and it felt even better.
If you have a halfway decent PC, look into the emulators. There’s tutorials for how to get AS4-Zero working on a PC. Even the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune games. I’m currently playing through AS7 with a controller, but it still feels loads better than AS4/Extreme Stage
AS5 is considered to be the best Initial D game period. It’s physics is more grip based with some elements to drifting. However, it also comes with a tire management aspect. You need to take corners in 2nd or 3rd gear only, with minimal steering as possible, any more then that and it will hurt your tires which will slow you down at the later checkpoints. < do all of these things and it’s possible to beat the entire game using a stock car, well… maybe not with Bunta, that’s the one person I’ve yet to beat using a stock car.
Hey for people like me who cant emulate ps2/arcade games street stage was a godsend lol, im glad they thought of psp users
Which do you prefer? Special Stage or Street Stage?
Wow. Didn't know the Slim PS2 one messes it up.
That sucks man
I'm half Japanese and own an Original Fat Silver Japanese PS2. My Japanese Grandpa had bought me one back in 2001 at Toys R Us in Yokohama Japan. So I grew up playing this game, loved it. But never knew the Super Slim can't play the game. That sucks.
But besides that. Nice video man, very relatable on terms of playing it on the arcade and spending lots of money lmao.
Only later Slim models, 70xxx models still play fine, 75xxx and 90xxx series are the ones that get messy, they also screwed some PS1 titles in the process
I still own my ps2 fat and orignal ps2 I also have the boxes to.
Also, for anyone who doesn't want to import from Japan, The HDD mod that let's you boot games from a fat PS2 is region free. You can play this on a US PS2 with no hardware modding, and don't even need a working DVD drive.
I used fmcb, with opl to play it from USB (slim model)
Drawback is lag due to USB 1.1
Sadly my ps2 dies due to rambus issue?
It was mod chipped back then, modchip is not matrix or modbo
Use free mcboot. It’s so easy to install and there are many options for loading.
The hdd version is maybe the best because you won’t have loading lag.
Usb works too but it has some lag on the video cutscene portions of the games because the ps2 only has usb 1.0
Another option is to use ESR to read discs you burn yourself.
There are many options and ways to break the region lock and run homebrew on your ps2. Look up a guide.
@@UnseenEternalStudios dude you literally saved my day 🫶
That's what I was gonna say. Easy as hell to do too
@@bitelaserkhalif wait, how do you played it trough a ps 2 slim ?
Even harder if you try to read Japanese.
Lol your pfp has the funny Gran Turismo yellow Evo
Pc & Teknoparrot is the answer to initial D bliss. Playing all of the arcade games in 8k 60fps is heaven.
yes
Is there multiplayer tho cuz last time i played on teknoP i couldnt figure out online
@@exhausion many private servers, google discord is ur friend
@moes95 Nah but you gotta pay for the premium version of teknoparrot cause I tryed to start playin online but i couldnt get it to work irc its cause you need to pay for online services
Extreme stage note : When you see this racing game and there is SEGA logo, dont expect to be realistic car simulator lmao
I made this experience before. I got an ultra rare Broadband Adapter for the Dreamcast directly from Japan - shipping per EMS was ridiculously inexpensive, less than half of what DHL would have cost, the item itself was also half of what they go for around these places, and then it also due to some shifty timezone magic, it arrived the same day that i ordered! Perfect condition, too. Crazy, right?
I would suggest the Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 (Kaido Touge No Densetsu) if you're itching for that Initial D experience, while the game itself had nothing to do with Initial D in any shape of form, there are a lot of FamilyMart versions of Initial D characters and even Over Rev characters of all things, and a pretty big car list to boot too
Problem is it's hard to find so i recommend Extreme Stage even though it's not realistic, but it's a very good INITIAL D game that i suggest playing because you don't need an emulator NOR a Japanese PS3.
@@smiley1722 TXR drift 2 released everywhere, so also no need for a japanese ps2
@@minignoux4566 yeah ik it was a typo
@@minignoux4566 I was just recommending it
th-cam.com/video/wu5cnzOb9H0/w-d-xo.html Initial D translate game
If everything fails, use an emulator to play the Initial D Arcade Stage 2 or Stage 3. Those games are good on Windows 7 with a good graphic card. I really missed those days when I spent all my allowance on completing Arcade Stage 3 and Stage 4. Stage 3 was really a challenge to me as I had no idea on how this game worked (such as shift point and "eraser" skill). It really took me long to know that cars would accelerate rapidly under drifting in Arcade Stage 3.
I dumped so much money into the Arcade Ver. 1-3 of Initial D. It holds a super special place in my heart and got me into drifting culture. Do you guys have any experiences with Initial D?
New Video About Initial D Cards: th-cam.com/video/TizTemgWYZU/w-d-xo.html
EDIT: A lot of people have been mentioning the best/greatest hits version of Special Stage fixes the freeze issue with Slim PS2s. So buy that version first before you get a fat boy.
-Nesto
Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited, my dad was the driver, and I was the co-driver. Like Mako and Sayuki.
The problem you had on Extreme Stage it's a feature if you have watched the anime then I think you might remember about the tires losing their grip it's all about how you drive and how you drift the same goes for the AI they also have to manage it the reason why drifting feels drifting.
Have you played Initial Unity?
What's Initial Unity?
@@BlankTriggerGamers
You can look it up on here, it's a free Initial D game. Look for videos by a user named AugGust, he's the main guy behind it. That Sim Racing Bloke's video has a link to the Discord server too.
There's a download link on the Discord server for it but TH-cam won't let me paste the link here. =/
Happogahara is soooo fun. Irohazaka is great with the hair pin turns and interesting. Happo keeps you on your toes as you need to stay focused on the course. Shomaru is also difficult, narrow and wall taps kill any sort of speed you have... 2yrs ago on my trip to japan i got to drive up and down the Iroha slopes, in a coach bus with the tour. it was almost a dream come true ie 95.0% as the last 5% was small bus stop we passed on the way that had an amazing view of the downhill road from across the corresponding valley. the bus took up all the lanes on the hiarpins and was one of the highlights of the trip. the Kegone waterfalls use the Iroha slope as access to get there.
Where I was from in Montreal Downtown there was a arcade with Initial D 3 that then became D 4 and Maximum tune 5 with the years,
Best arcade game ever, from the amazing soundtracks, anime campaign, racing others, beating time scores of other's people ghosts, modifying, upgrading your car and it all saved your progress on your card making you always wanting to come back, no other arcade games ever gave me that kind of long-term commitment.
Now I live in Calgary and there is no arcade that has initial D sadly.
seems like sega rosso was a team only working on local titles, never released outside of japan. daytona was always introduced as better than ridge racer, but i dont really like daytona, initial d is closer to the fun of a ridge racer than a daytona is. too bad sega never trusted it's employees. so many unreleased arcade games and successfull title that never gets a sequel. sega race tv is the very last racing game of yu suzuki, very fun one. remembers me megarace. but once again sega race tv never released outside of japan. anyway cool video, nice writing and editing skills.
Daytona is my fav racing game lol
You actually don’t need a Japanese PS2 to play Special Stage if you softmod your PS2 to run it off a hard drive (or even a usb thumb drive if you don’t mind stuttering FMV). Basically the PS2 only does a region check when first booting up the disc so by launching games from a HDD it bypasses it so you can play games from any region. I even found a partial English translation for Special Stage that translates most of the menus.
Also I have the same wheel so that’s pretty cool. I found mine on the curb for free. I don’t have the pedals though so for now I’m stuck with a controller lol.
Edit: I didn’t mean to post this twice. TH-cam comments were broken for everyone yesterday and I commented this right before they were fixed. When I looked back for my comment I couldn’t find it so I thought it was deleted during the fix.
Every year I used to spend a month in China, with my missus. There's an arcade I would go to and play Initial D. Was fun as hell but I'm sure they had the difficulty setting set higher. Lol.
All I have to say is FREEMCBOOT memory card. This thing unleashed the ultimate power of playing japanese racing gems I missed out on. Great video by the way.
yep also use ESR, lets u play any game bc it see's them all as DVD video and skips all disc checks. basicly the shortest possible Video file is used in the first sector of the dvd so it can boot the game and it immediately finishes and launches into the game
or ps4 vers. 5.05 with ps2fpkg
What a rollercoaster ride to play ps2 games. I know the feeling all too well. I know this vid is old but good shit
The slide thing hand motion was perfect ngl
I love how you didn't play street stage cause you didn't own a PSP, yet you ended up purchasing 2 PS2's to play Special stage.
Lmao
This is like Harold and Kumar go to golf land to play Initial D
This video is so chaotic I didn't understand most of the stuff
Ah yes as always an anime pfp
@@amiralingames you're literally 9 years old or smth, go away
Odkurzacz pl
That's why you need emulator.
have you ever created a piece of software for sale?
Do you think this affects them?@@chunkymilk
@@amildlydisappointingsalad6058 🙄
my chipped slim PS2 had no problem with special stage back in the day though. and yeah special stage or Ver.2 is the best Initial D . even infinity nowadays doesn't give you the same feeling of the old school Ver.2 back in the arcade.
i hope you kept those ps2. because you can run free mcboot on memory cards and it works on Japanese ps2. i think you can even region unlock japanese ps2 with free mcboot.
I actually gifted the slim to one of my friends who lost her Japanese PS2 after she moved back to the US from Japan and I kept the fat one for myself.
Underrated review chanel.
I play the Arcade Version and I now have a PS2 whit Initial D Special Stage, I spend so much money in the Arcade on my 1º to 3º Semester of the Univerity just enjoying the Arcade, and im planing on buying a Steering Wheel just to also play Initial D Special Stage and other racing Games.....
I use to play the shit out of this on the ps2, it was a great game. Also made it so i knew all the tracks so well that I was able to kick the crap out of everyone at the arcade with a unworked ae85 whilst they had fully worked cars. People use to trip right out
Main character moment
Love the Editing! But I super loved that someone finally understands the PS2 version is the best.
That ps2 intro is awsome
I came across this video by chance. Tonight I was struggling with sadness because tomorrow is the anniversary of my grandmother's passing. This video showed up at the right moment on my suggested videos. I absolutely Love Initial D and I can relate to your sense of humor. You have a new subscriber. Plus we both have curly hair bros for the win.
My Grandmother meant a lot to me as well. Glad I could bring some joy to your day and take care, from a curly bro to another curly bro.
Must be lucky then because my Japanese PS2 Slim plays Initial D Special Stage, Wangan Midnight, and other Japanese games just fine 😉.
Feint, Erase, TST... man these moves were what made Stage 3 special. I miss going to malls and touge with the local teams.
I always wanted to learn the Eraser technique, but I never could land it right.
@@BlankTriggerGamers I didn't on my own. I was recruited by a local team at my arcade and trained me. It turns out, each arcade with an ID3 cabinet had their own team and does battle. Team leaders were in contact with each other to organize freindly touge's. Man your video brought so many good memories back 🥲
@@joerAE86man that sounds like a lot of fun! wonder if that kinda stuff still around
Oh yes I used to spent so much money in the arcades doing time attack uploading records on the net, good times
I’m surprised given how popular it was regarding versing other people online there hasn’t been any attempt to bring the full fledge arcade experienced to the PS5.
It’ll no doubt be popular amount racing fans.
I really hope they bring Initial D to console in some form again. There wasn't one on the PS4. Which was surprising, so hoping PS5 gets one.
Hey I wish I saw your video before I went through the same thing! I have a japanese 75xxx white slim as well. I have 3 copies of the game disc because I thought it was too scratched. Good to know I should have just bought the phat in the first place. I guess it's back to ebay for me too. Promise me this is the last thing I'll have to buy!
Same, I was tearing my hair out for weeks trying to figure out why it didn't work even though there weren't any scratches. But yeah if your game freezes in the opening movie then it's the slim Japanese PS2 that's causing it. The fat Japanese PS2 will fix it.
@@BlankTriggerGamers You can mod the the ps2 magic boot and you can copy your game and converted to iso file and run it on without buying a japanese ps2.
im not gonna read through all the 100s of comments before i post this, you do know there's boot softwares and swap kits for each version of US ps2, right?! i have a silver slim version and got me a top loader kit and it works,. granted, it's most likely do to being the the necessary model series of slim. well i had a "brick" version that i was able to play it on years before i had gotten a slim version too.... just saying i guess.
oh ya, i play extreme stage on my ps3 and i couldn't care about the differences from the previous version. though, the physics are a bit up to date since "versions 2 & 3 to 4" and it does kinda make it harder to do a flawless drift in some ways or another. you know what i mean, right?
Yeah I know there's many ways to play this game through emulation or mods to ps2s. I just wanted to own a japanese ps2 and play the original disc. I collect videogames, so this was purely a personal reason. I wouldnt recommend people to do this unless they really want to, but I did want to show that depending on which japanese ps2 you buy...it may not work. It was hard for me to find info about that, so I wanted to make a video about it.
@@BlankTriggerGamers hmm. I see. Cool deal.
Great editing man this video was really well made and this game looks pretty badass. Honestly, if you did this alone damn👍👍
th-cam.com/video/wu5cnzOb9H0/w-d-xo.html intial D
This game is the best it has it all,great eurobeat,opening and story mode
@Kenta Nakamura but you can drift on this game
My childhood would be perfect if I had this game on my PS2 back in the Day
the best is the ps1 version, the ps2 version is only compatible with the first driving force steering wheel, the ps1 version is well enjoyed with the official Madcatz MC2 Playstation steering wheel
thanks TH-cam for recommending this video. Great content!
3:40 Extreme Stage is a port of arcade stage 4, like street stage being a port of arcade stage 3 and special stage being a port of arcade stage version 2.
All Arcade stage games feature opponents that speed up or slow down by section. And also can't be outrun at a certain point.
Some cap out at a max of 90 meters, some 250, some not at all. But this means that in sections where they speed up, you will be caught by some margin.
But also Arcade Stage 4 is just very very hard. Even on the lowest difficulty levels.
I remember buying my friends molded PS2 in high school with a copy of Initial D Special Stage and Swap Magic... best $200 I spent back then lol
Why is the title misleading tho...
It's not, he is telling how much effort and money it took just to play the game that wont work on the latest slim japanese ps2's
This video needs way more likes and this is quality content love the video it was funny if I need to watch the anime more haven't even passed the first season yet love the games tho and the song ❤ oh my God the songs masterpieces all of them edit. just subscribed there you go peace
Thanks for the heart my guy
as a car guy and an initial d fan, I love the arcade games, and I appreciate the unrealism in the games. Asseto corsa is a good realistic game for drifting, but the initial d games are just fun and rage.
I stopped playing when you can drift at full speed, full send in... 5th gear
back in the old day.. missing alot to play initial d special stage from ps2
I want the ps3 version now price gone up big time !
Nice video and well put together mate. It’s worth it for the music alone…. Bring back Euro Trash rave with Japanese dub! Love it :)
Dude I swear on my dead father’s SOUL I was on my downstairs toilet at 11:30PM when the KNOCK KNOCK sound effect at 5:25 hit my ears. The window in the bathroom leads to the backyard and it was pitch black out there. I called out to my pregnant wife who I’d HOPED had knocked on the bathroom door, no answer, she was asleep. I wiped my ass, jumped up and had my largest kitchen knife in my right hand within ten seconds! I Flicked on both backyard lights and psyched myself up to go out there and face the freak that was peeking on me and knocked on my bathroom window! Finally after about 3 minutes I gathered the courage and stormed outside ready to stab or slash the first person I saw!
My neighbors DEFINITELY saw me and I’m nervous they might call the cops. I played the clip back and realized it was a fucking sound effect you added in! Fuck me that was the most terrifying experience of my life! 😟🤣
Holy shit dude! Glad nothing too bad happened and I apologize for all the inconvenience that sound effect caused. I guess I picked a very convincing knock lol
Gotta' love your video style! Like, you're talking to yourself! Your reactions in this video are amazing! RELATABLE! :DDDD
you know you can also emulate all the Initial D arcade games
It's called crime
@@noriaki2448 cry about it
@@noriaki2448 emulation is not a crime. without emulation how we gotta enjoyed the games or a consoles that are discontinued. It may sale it on ebay, amazon, or whatever website you shop at will be overpriced. That is why emulation is not a crime so every gamers should enjoy retro games.
@@TofuGuy90 emulation is not a crime, downloading copies of a game is
i still do it tho...
@@minignoux4566 true I agree
My memories of this game was it was exactly same as the early arcade games.... I played it last night first time in years n dam I didn't realize how unrealistic even compared to arcade stages it is lol but I must admit I love the story mode. It's the best story mode out of all initial d games. I'm actually talking about special stage not extreme stage
Extreme Stage is just a port of Arcade Stage 4, the physics are approximately as janky but fewer people in the west remember IDAS v4. I only wish that the PS2 didn’t have the region locks like with PS3.
Man, sitting with my headphones on, your knocking sounds scared the shit out of me :D
I was like 8 when I first played Initial D Arcade Stage 5 and still one of best racing games on arcade cabinet.
Long ago Some friends and I got a ps2 chipped and got a steering wheel and it was over. One of the best initial d games next to street stage on my hacked vita. Funny video. 😂👍🏽
Playing with a steering wheel makes it so much better and thank you!
Interesting. Are you Brazilian? We rarely chipped our Ps2s here in North America, just softmod.
Sorry. I’m American. And 15-20 years ago chipped systems were the thing. Yes everything now is easily modded like my psVita and my ps3.
@@Stoneybrownbear Oh ok. I am North of you so maybe I just didn't get to see how popular these modchips were. After FreeMCBoot it seemed pointless to chip, even if you wanted to pirate games.
As I recall it, part of Free McBoot's job was to reduce wear on both the HDD and the DVDs being launched, so a chipped system would still need FreeMcBoot anyway, as long as you wanted to preserve your laser and hdd.
I just have to say, if I'm going to want to relive the experience of a game like this, I'm going nuts to butts and splurging on the actual arcade setup, the one we all remember playing.
agreed
I see u everywhere bruh
dude thanks for this video, i was about to pull the trigger on buying special stage
The only initial D I know is that one in arcade machine, I still remember when my pops took one of those home and I played in that shit till it broke.
Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift was everything I wanted in a touge game
Remember when you finally beat the game 🤕😭🎉
@@superboy305 Unfortunately, I played the game REALLY young and hit a wall. I think I was playing Drift 1 or 3, and I just couldn't beat this R32 on an uphill rainy stage.
I probably would've easily beat him had I switched to rain tires, but my underdeveloped brain was more concerned with having fun rather than learning.
I tried everything (except switch my tires). I spent all my money buying the fastest car, buying the best parts, having more hp than my opponent, but could never pass that R32.
(Now that I look back on it, I remember there being several station wagons in the game, and I can't help but think of that video with the stock Subara Outback dominating a steep sandhill.)
Most of my fun was spent feeling the difference between each car in Time Attack. And recreating the "gutter" drift on Haruna, but I just didn't understand cars enough to advance further in career mode.
Was the ending rewarding? Or was it the journey?
I remember playing Armored Core 2 and just being completely enthralled by the atmosphere. I was young playing that game, and only got to rank 70 or so. Lol
I have the fat ps2 and am waiting a whole month for this game to come in. I loved the arcade version so I am hoping this one works!
I don’t remember that game being released for the PS2 but I remember playing similar racing games like that game in arcades back then. Those were the golden days of arcade racing games.
The only initial d game I need to play, is assetto corsa. Man I love to heel and toe downshift, I love to make the stock ae86 slide with 90s tires.
It is just so fun.
Just here to clarify it, I am using a SCPH 90000 Super Slim PS2 and playing Special Stage brought me no problems at all, I am using the Asian Japanese version which should be the same as full Japanese verision, but mine has a nice English toutrail of the basic controls and gamesaves.
In-game tutorial or an additional paper instructions card? Kind of curious! And yes this does work on 77k and 90k PS2s, I can confirm.
@@CarmenOfSpades An additional instructions card, but I would prefer to call it a paper since it's not small at all, written both in traditional Chinese and English.
I love Initial D anime. There should be a Initial D Special Stage port for modern gaming consoles that would be amazing. Cool video. ^_^
Bro raced Kenji and said like "a little harder" and started race with sudo on irohazaka💀
to anyone who wants to play this game now, you don’t need a japanese ps2 but you do need a fat ps2, a swap magic and a tool to force the tray open, or there’s always pcsx2 both methods are relatively easy and cheaper
use a PC emulator instead of paying so much money for 2 japanese ps2s. In the PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) setup screen you can just pick a region of which your virtual ps2 is on and i'm pretty sure it can be easily changed in the settings if you eventually want to play a game from another region. Edit: Nevermind, you don't even need to do that at all. PCSX2 automatically makes games for other region work.
pretty sure newer versions of PCSX2 solves this by making the iso dump from different region worked regardless of your BIOS settings
When the door got knocked in the vid it felt so real
Just came to the disappointing news that you came to with this game. I recently modded my PS2 to be able to play imports only to my dismay this game doesn't even work on the slim models. Not a lot of money down the drain thankfully, but I'm still bummed. Good vid, nice editing and very informative...if only I saw it sooner...
Damn...sorry to hear that man. It's a real bummer that you can barely find any information about this problem too. Glad this video helped you a bit.
@@BlankTriggerGamers it's no biggie, seems the only way to bypass the issue is through loading the game off of a storage like USB but I haven't tried it yet and I feel like that defeats the purpose of me buying it in the first place. It's alright, I already have dozens of other imports I was interested in, including Sega Rally which is also a fun Sega arcade racer.
@@RandomGamingDouchebag At least for me, it doesn't work in OPL either. I have a European PS2, but it should work. It goes black before starting the video.
I have a PAL slim.
The game works.
*R U B B E R B A N D I NG*
The bane of racing games.
Special stage is arcade stage 2, arcade stage is Arcade stage 3, extreme stage is arcade stage 4 aka ice driving. It is possible to play the new ones on PC.
yeah & sadly no ps4 & ps5 to arcade stage 5 initial d
@AaronRowales they have it on PC now they have arcade simulators. That's how I been playing the new Initial d arcade stage. It's all in Japanese but not bad. I even got the wangan midnight.
@@NatsumeKonno yeah its sucks still cause sega cancelles initial d from consoles they focused on arcades
@@NatsumeKonno from the pc i dont feel the online battle & 2 co op players vibe
@AaronRowales don't think you can go online as it's an arcade emulator. All the network status show offline. I just play it offline with unlimited coins still fun.
That's really cool surprisingly I still have my original initial D silver key card that I had with the arcade problem is the initial D arcade machine I played on disappeared from where its current location was so I don't know what happened to but I still kept the key card
Deja Vu! Nah it's more like PS2! 🎶
Dude got i"s in his shelf, very cultured.
Hell yeah, mah man!
I had to get a Swap Magic 3 for the PS2 so I can play that game. But it was a great game and I played it a lot when I was a huge Initial D fan. I also played the arcade games. Not all of them though. Up to Arcade Stage Version 3.
My friend helped my download a psp emulator and I was able to play street stage which is the first time I played an initial d game and it was so awesome playing it !!!
I just went ahead and bought the arcade machine instead, cant get any more authentic than that.
The special stage arcade racer at my local arcade bar is mint. Along with a gated manual shifter and drink holder....though clipping is still in it
Your gripe with Extreme Stage is a matter of opinion but it's common for a lot of fans to not be a fan of Extreme/Arcade stage 4's physics. SEGA Changed arcade hardware at this time and had to rework a lot of the physics when going from 3 to 4.
After all these years I will finally play Special Stage for myself soon. Looking forward to it as a fan of the PS2, the series and the arcade hardware it runs on.
this is 100% the best video I've seen all year
did you play with a racing wheel for the PS2 game as well ? if so which one did you use ?
Yeah, so I used the same wheel (Logitech Driving Force GT) that I used on the PS3 game but I wouldn't recommend it. The shifters don't work on the PS2.
@@BlankTriggerGamers Thank you for taking the time to reply to me :) and thank you for the additional info and issues you encountered. keep up the great work :)
@@BlankTriggerGamers So i was doing research trying to find a wheel thanks to your help. and I found the original box art for the Japanese release of initial D special stage with the wheel
It looks like the original wheel and pedals didn't have any sort of shiftier with them . I thought you may like to know as it explains why your controller shiftier wouldn't work as it appears to never have been designed with it in mind.
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anyways have a wonderful day !
thanks for all the help 1
@@trumpeter811 Lol Logicool
Is this what Dave Rodgers meant by 「Initial D Hell」?
Yes.
If there is translation patch for this game, I'm bless.
You get the same plot armor as the main character.
This was a great video dude!
my ps2 was also a 75001 model, imagine the frustration
I play it on pcsx2, later I emulated extreme stage, I don't dislike extreme stage, I like almost everthing about it, and I managed to control the handling, hen I came back to special stage... I had shortened my time in akina to 3:04 from 3:20
i like the style of your videos. kinda reminds me a bit of the early AVGN Videos
Initial D Special Stage DOES play on slim ps2. I soft modded my 7000 series NTSC console with a swap lid and used Cogswap on an exploited memory card with free mc boot. Should have just gotten a swap lid and exploited the MC. Would have saved you a lot of money.
After a year forgot to tell you: you hit walls u get max speed penalty. Sometimes it's not that noticeable when there's many turns. Treat your oponnents like the ghosts that you can block if you're really lucky and just focus on the time if you have bad one they gonna rubber band af.
Drive well and embrace your inner Takumi use gutter run techniques etc. you can do that there. There are 3 difficulty levels and try the easiest one first coz game ain't ez (using controller) also it works on emulator well except drive license bug that you can fix with going into software mode then normal better resolution etc mode.
If you love anime you'll definitely love that game don't want to spoil anything except maybe that there are no tutorials and you can use jump and gutter run technique also you can switch the lights 😉
Also if your controller doesn't work somehow try running pcsx2 with steam for the controller support.
Cheers
2024 here - just downloaded an english modded street stage iso and playing it on my cfw 4.91 ps3 🙏
Initial D ver. 3 arcade stage is still the best
I actually have this game. Never knew it doesn't work with the slim model.
Wangan Midnight was fun too!
Underrated video ngl
dude i love the way this video goes!
I finally got both the game and console and you can use it with the Gran Turismo wheel with it I rate it a 10/10 !
Hell Yeah
When you played Initial D in the arcade did the machine use those cards with your stats?
Yeah, check out this video where I talk about the cards th-cam.com/video/TizTemgWYZU/w-d-xo.html