Posted By: wraggster
Fans of this virtual racer have been waiting for five long years since Sega released Initial D Special Stage on PlayStation2. To justify this long wait, Sega upgraded this installment by making use of the advanced graphical capabilities of the PlayStation3 console, the visions of familiar cars and mountain regions are recreated with striking resemblances to reality, making the game play more exciting than ever.
The event scenes and characters are drawn with water color shading techniques similar to the style of the comic artist Shuichi Shigeno so players can experience a full absorption into the world of Initial D.
The old courses in the Gunma prefecture and characters as featured in the arcade games are included in this new installment. In addition to that, the developers put in new characters like the pro-racer Tomoyuki Tachi whom Takumi regards as his eternal rival and new courses in Happogahara.
The twenty eight race courses in the game are from the hilly regions of Akina and Myogi etc. There are twenty three cars and twenty six drivers to choose from and to beat.
Choose your favourite race car and challenge the mountainous race courses throughout Japan in Inital D Extreme Stage. The Asian version of the game is sold at a bargain price of US$ 34.90 only for your PlayStation3™.
Please note that the Asian version comes with a bilingual manual in Japanese and English and does not support online game modes.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...9-en-84-n.html