Initial D Arcade Stage 5
Released on February 25, 2009 in Japan, Initial D Arcade Stage 5 was the second game in the series released on the Sega Lindbergh hardware. A few notable differences include massive physics changes. Compared…
Initial D Arcade Stage 5 is an arcade developed by Sega CS3, released 25 February 2009 on Arcade.
What Initial D Arcade Stage 5 is
Initial D Arcade Stage 5 is an arcade game developed by Sega CS3 and released in 2009. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Released on February 25, 2009 in Japan, Initial D Arcade Stage 5 was the second game in the series released on the Sega Lindbergh hardware. A few notable differences include massive physics changes. Compared to Arcade Stage 4/Extreme Stage, which used "drifting" physics, Arcade Stage 5 featured more realistic driving physics, which included tire and brake wear down. Although the tire and brake wear are not displayed anywhere in the game, experienced players can notice the difference in the change in physics as they progress in races. New characters that appeared for the first time in the game are Kobayakawa, Satoshi Omiya, Imposter Project D, Kai Kogashiwa (R.T. Katagiri S.V.), and Hideo…
Where it sits in the Initial D series
Initial D Arcade Stage 5 is the 14th of 24 entries we hold in the Initial D series. It arrived 8 months after Initial D Extreme Stage. The next entry was Densha de D: Lightning Stage in 2010.
What it launched against
Initial D Arcade Stage 5 launched on 25 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Official trailer
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