Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Last weekend Episode 2 of Initial D Fifth Stage has been broadcasted in Japan. Obviously it was fansubbed just within a couple of days!
This episode focusses on the battle between Keisuke in his RX7 and Kobayakawa in his LanEvo VII.
A bit different this time is that I actually managed to embed the video: Continue reading
With the fresh new start of Stage 5 it kicks off with a fake Takumi and Keisuke (still have to watch the first episode fully…) it might be good to warn for all the real wannabe Takumis in the world that will start getting inspired again and try to do what you should not do at home kids:
Just like this Itsuki did half a year ago in the Utsunomiya prefecture…
Guess what they found inside this Tofu Special: Continue reading
I had a good laugh when I watched this short video of kimiga aruzide shitsuziga orede where a Lincoln Town Car limo goes downhill sideways head to head with a BNR32 GTR!
Obviously the Town Car wins! :D :D
(or should it be called Lincoln Touge Car then?)
Today it’s exactly 9 years since Initial D Second Stage aired on Fuji TV! It made me think about that I read some time ago that Initial D Extra Stage 2 was coming soon. I totally forgot about it!! I went to the site of Avex Mode and saw it is for sale on 5th of december! :)
So, I dug a bit deeper and found out that it was announced to be aired on 3rd of october already. So that means I’ve missed it!!
At least I got the trailer from the Avex Mode website:
Small spoiler: it features Mako and Sayuki again (and the Nissan Sil80), just like in the first Extra Stage, who will be racing a Black Altezza (probably a RS200). As you can see in the image above the video Iketani features this special and my best guess is that he goofs up again! This all should take place around the time that Takumi and Project D take on the Todou Juku racing school, so Mako and Sayuki should have improved their skills. ;)
A lot better to see the original flv than the resized versions on Youtube and Streetfire. ;)
Hachiroku.com.au posted that a new Initial D game called Extreme Stage is coming soon.
Hachiroku.com.au posted the youtube trailer:
You can see the trailer in more detail here:
http://www.initiald-ps3.com/movie/promo01.html
I took some screenshots:
Look at the detail in the hand, the gearknob and steering wheel!
And here how much detail there is in the dash! It is just about the same as I had in my Trueno (mine was LHD, so mirrored dash) and it iluminates just a tiny bit more than on full illumination.
And here you can see how much detail there is in the drift scenes!
As you can see it is much more detailed than the previous games (they show them to compare), especially the road and inboard graphics. The question is of course if this the actual quality, or if it is only the intro of the game… I suspect it is the latter… Otherwise it would have been a great tool for the animators of the Anime series!
If I would have owned a PS3 I would definitely buy it! Unfortunately I don’t own one and I probably won’t buy one in the near future… :(
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