Arcade Mode
Like the name suggests, this is basically the Legends of the Streets mode from Initial D Arcade Stage Ver. 2, but with some differences.
If you still haven't picked any car yet for your garage, make sure to pick one, but make sure that you pick wisely, since the progress is tied to each car, so if you wanna switch to another car, you'll have to do everything from scratch (thankfully you can store multiple cars in your garage, so you can switch back to your old car at any time if you feel like your newer choice isn't your cup of tea).
Fundamentals of this mode
Like I just stated two lines of text ago, the first thing to do is to pick your car. Refer to the Pick your Car page for more information and some guidance on the matter.
Once your car has been chosen, it's time to actually start the races. If you have never raced before in that mode, you'll be greeted with this screen:
(screen 1 with og courses)
As you can see, you'll only be able to race on the following courses against the following characters:
Myogi
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Itsuki Takeuchi |
Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85) |
Day - Dry - Counterclockwise |
1 |
| Takumi Fujiwara |
Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85) |
Day - Dry - Clockwise |
2 |
| Shingo Shouji |
Honda Civic SiR-II (EG6) |
Night - Dry - Counterclockwise |
4 |
| Takeshi Nakazato |
Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32) |
Night - Dry - Clockwise |
5 |
Usui
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Two Guys from Tokyo |
Nissan Silvia Spec-R (S15) | Day - Dry - Counterclockwise |
2 |
| Nobuhiko Akiyama |
Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition (SXE10) |
Day - Dry - Clockwise |
2 |
| Mako Sato and Sayuki |
Nissan SilEighty (RPS13) |
Night - Dry - Counterclockwise |
6 |
| Sakamoto |
Suzuki Cappuccino (EA11R) | Night - |
7 |
Akagi
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Kyoko Iwase |
Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) |
Day - Dry - Uphill |
3 |
| Kenta Nakamura |
Nissan Silvia Q's (S14) |
Day - Wet - Downhill |
4 |
| Keisuke Takahashi |
Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) | Night - Dry - Uphill |
7 |
| Ryosuke Takahashi |
Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S) |
Night - Dry - Downhill |
8 |
Akina
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Kenji |
Nissan 180SX Type X (RPS13) |
Day - Dry - Uphill |
2 |
| Koichiro Iketani |
Nissan Silvia K's (S13) |
Day - Dry - Downhill |
3 |
| Wataru Akiyama |
Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86) |
Night - Dry - Uphill |
8 |
| Takumi Fujiwara |
Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86) |
Night - Dry - Downhill |
9 |
Happogahara
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Toru Suetsugu |
Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA6CE) |
Day - Dry - Outbound |
4 |
| Daiki Ninomiya |
Honda Civic Type R (EK9) |
Day - Dry - Inbound |
8 |
| Smiley Sakai |
Honda Integra Type R (DC2) |
Night - Dry - Outbound |
8 |
| Tomoyuki Tachi |
Honda Civic Type R (EK9) |
Night - Dry - Inbound |
9 |
Irohazaka
| Driver |
Car |
Race conditions |
Difficulty (out of 10) |
| Seiji Iwaki |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A) |
Day - Dry - Downhill |
6 |
| Kyoichi Sudo |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A) |
Day - Dry - Downhill |
7 |
| Kai Kogashiwa |
Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20) |
Night - Dry - Downhill |
8 |
| Keisuke Takahashi |
Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) | Night - Dry - Downhill |
9 |
In order to progress, you simply must beat these guys in order to unlock more races, and once you do it, you'll see that their character portrait image has a single red slash above it:
(image of portrait)
What this means, is that you have beaten that character one time, but what happens if you try to beat him again? Well, check these cutscenes, now they feature rain! Yes, as you might have seen already in the rival selection screen, you are doing the exact same race but now, instead of doing them in dry conditions, now they must be done with rain (with the exceptions of Kenta and Sakamoto since those always feature wet conditions).
Beat them once again, and their portraits will now display a double slash on their portrait, indicating that you have succesfully now beaten them twice.