Initial D The Arcade is a 2021 arcade racing game based on the Initial D series. It is the tenth Initial D arcade game, although it is separate from the Arcade Stage series.
Unlike the previous one-on-one experience of the Arcade Stage games, Initial D The Arcade features up to four players racing at any one time. Despite this, one-on-one battles are still available, with several appearing in the story.
4 game modes are available ;
Story mode
Unlike the Arcade Stage series, the player ocassionally has to race with one or two extra drivers. Despite this, in most cases the player only needs to beat the main opponent in order to advance. there are 6 Chapters and each Chapter features 5 races
Chapter 1
- 1 and 2 are located at Lake Akina vs Wataru Akiyama with the following vehicle: Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86), a secondary opponent is avaialable in the second race; Koichiro Iketani with the following vehicles : Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20), Honda Civic SiR-II (EG6) and Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
- 3,4 and 5 are located at Akina vs Koichiro Iketani and Kenta Nakamura with vehicles Nissan Silvia K's (S13) and Nissan Silvia Q's (S14), a secondary opponent is avaialable in the fourth race; Kenji with vehicles Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13), Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20) and Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
Chapter 2
- 1 are located at Lake Akina vs Ryosuke Takahashi with the following vehicle: Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)
- 2 and 3 are located at Akina vs Koichiro Iketani and Takumi Fujiwara with vehicles Nissan Silvia K's (S13) and Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86), secondary opponents is avaialable in the second race; Kenji and Takeshi Nakazato with vehicles Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13) and Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)
- 4 and 5 are located at Myogi vs Takeshi Nakazato and Shingo Shoji with vehicles Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32) and Honda Civic SiR-II (EG6)
Chapter 3
- 1 and 2 are located at Usui vs Mako Sato & Sayuki with the following vehicle: Nissan SilEighty (RPS13), Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) and Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13)
- 3,4 and 5 are located at Akagi vs Kenta Nakamura with Nissan Silvia Q's (S14), Keisuke Takahashi with Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) and Wataru Akiyama with Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86)
Chapter 4
- 1 and 2 are located at Akagi vs Wataru Akiyama & Seiji Iwaki with the following vehicle: Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86) and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CE9A), with the secondary race against Seiji Iwaki with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CE9A)
- 3 and 4 are located at Akina vs Itsuki Takeuchi and Takeshi Nakazato; Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85) and Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32); secondary race with Koichiro Iketani and Shingo Shoji with Nissan Silvia K's (S13), Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86) and Honda Civic SiR-II (EG6)
- 5 is located at Akagi vs Ryosuke Takahashi with Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)
Chapter 5
- 1 and 2 are located in Irohazaka vs Seiji Iwaki with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A) and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A) and a secondary race with Seiji Iwaki with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A)
- 3 is in Akina vs Kai Kogashiwa with Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20)
- 4 and 5 are in Irohazaka vs Kai Kogashiwa with Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20) and Kyoichi Sudo with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A)
Chapter 6
- 1 is in Akinda (snow) vs Miki with vehicle: Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)
- 2,3 and 4 are in Akagi vs Wataru Akiyama with Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86). Ryosuke Takahashi with Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S). Keisuke Takahashi with Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S). race 2 secondary vs Kenta Nakamura with Nissan Silvia Q's (S14)
- 5 is in Akina vs Takumi Fujiwara with Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
4 more chapters were added in later revisions.
Time trial
- standard time trial race mode
Online battle
- Race against other players online
Instore multiplayer (2-4 players)
The Game Featured up to 2 Seasons of revisions as of October 6th 2022
