======================================= Initial D: Special Stage's Menu Guide ======================================= Version 1.0 (20.11.2003) FAQ by faboo95 (faboo95@hotmail.com) Contents: 1. Intro 2. Main Menu 3. Car Selection 4. Arcade Mode Menu 5. Story Mode Menu 6. Time Attack Mode Menu 7. Exiting 8. Save & Load 9. Replay & Record 10. Iketani Car Guide 11. Options 12. Thanks 13. Copyrights ========== 1. Intro ========== Seems like a lot of people have trouble with the japanese here, so I've decided to make a thorough FAQ about the menus in this game. If you need info on how to unlock stuff or how to beat so and so, go to a different FAQ. And I'm not here to translate story mode, just the menus. This is also my first FAQ so keep that in mind if you find mistakes. Here we go!! ============== 2. Main Menu ============== Arcade Mode Story Mode Time Attack Replay & Record Iketani Car Guide* Save & Load Option *appears once you start unlocking cars in Story Mode ================== 3. Car Selection ================== Before you can start either Arcade Mode or Time Attack you got to select your car. Anyway, when you start either modes, the following options appear: NEW CAR GARAGE 3.1. New Car ============== Here's a little step-by-step on how to start: - Choose a make: Toyota-Suzuki - Choose the car (you can change the colour of the car by pressing up/down) - Choose the parts course - Type your name - To enter in an english name, first choose the letter right above the red one on the bottom right. The letters then should change to english. - Choose the red letter (bottom right) to finish - Option to save in garage or not. YES or NO - Select transmission. AT or MT (Auto or Manual) 3.2. Garage ============= Pretty simple. Just select the car you want to load up and press X or O. It'll also ask you to select transmission. AT or MT Also if you want to delete a car from the garage, select the car you want gone and press Select. 3.2.1. Car Info ================= To look at your car info instead of pressing X or O, press down. Out comes a menu: NAME MAKE CAR COLOUR POINTS press down again: PARTS COURSE TUNING STEP PARTS ACQUIRED And that's it. Now to start racing!!! ================ 4. Arcade Mode ================ Arcade mode is...well, the arcade game. Pretty much why this game was made. 4.1. Before the Race ====================== Just simply go to the course you want to race on, then choose the opponent on that course. You may also change the Battle BGM buy pressing up/down. To skip the dialogue sections, just press Start. 4.2. The Race is Over ======================= Right after the race, you are given 3 options: REPLAY REPLAY SAVE NEXT 4.2.1. Replay =============== Replay is pretty self-explanatory. You just watch the replay of the race you just did. You can change the view by pressing R2 or your assigned button. To exit, just press Start and select Exit or just wait for it to finish and select Exit (the red option) 4.2.2. Replay Save ==================== Here you get to either save the replay or delete a previous one. SAVE DELETE Either way, both options will give you a YES/NO option for saving or deleting. 4.2.3. Next ============= Choosing NEXT will direct you to a screen with info about the race (lap time, total points earned etc.) Sometimes you will earn parts, or the next tuning step depending on how much points you have. Also later on PARTS CHANGE!! may appear. Basically that means you can spend some of your points to buy a new spoiler, rims, muffler etc. Again, a YES/NO option will appear. 4.3. The Next Opponent ======================== After all of this, your next opponent will appear and challenge you. You are given 3 options: BATTLE CHOOSE OTHER OPPONENT EXIT Pretty self-explanatory. And that's the end of Arcade Mode. ========== 5. Story ========== The great addition to the game, with great voice acting too! When you get into Story Mode you get the following Chapters: AKINA'S HACHIROKU AKAGI RED SUNS PROJECT D You must first finish Akina's Hachiroku to unlock Akagi Red Suns, and you must finish that to unlock Project D. When you pick one of the chapters, you are asked to select transmission: AT or MT. Next, you must pick a stage. 5.1. Getting Started ====================== Once you select a stage, you are shown a small video telling the story. After some dialogue, you are then told the stage outline. You are also given 2 options: BEGIN CHECK THE MAP 5.2. Afterwards ================= Right after the race, you are given the 3 same options in Arcade Mode (see section 4.2.) Now after the small story section after the race you are given 4 options: RETRY NEXT CHOOSE STAGE EXIT Choosing NEXT will direct you to the very next stage while CHOOSE STAGE will allow you to select another stage. This brings Story Mode to an end. ================ 6. Time Attack ================ You know what they say, "Practice makes perfect". This is the place to be to get better. 6.1. Getting Ready ==================== A little different from choosing a course on Arcade Mode, so here's some step-by-step help: - Choose a course - INBOUND/OUTBOUND, DOWNHILL/UPHILL etc. (check the map on screen to see route) - DRY/WET - DAY/NIGHT - USE A GHOST CAR? YES/NO In order to use a ghost car, you must have a Time Attack Replay saved at that exact course (Uphill/Downhill and Dry/Wet). The car or time of day makes no difference. 6.2. Once You're Done ======================= Just like in Arcade Mode, you are given the 3 options: REPLAY REPLAY SAVE NEXT But unlike Arcade Mode, after the stats and points calculations are done, you get the the following options: RETRY CHANGE COURSE CHANGE CAR EXIT And that's pretty much it for Time Attack ============ 7. Exiting ============ Now, every time you choose the EXIT option you are asked another YES/NO question. Basically it's asking if you wish to save or not, which brings me to... ================ 8. Save & Load ================ Yes yes, Save & Load is 6th on the menu list. But I found this section a little more important. Sometimes you may exit by accident by pressing the Triangle button, causing the game to skip the whole "Do you wish to save" screen. Or sometimes you may say YES to PARTS CHANGE!! by accident. Or maybe you did something in the Option section and wish to save it. This gives you the choice to Save or Load from the memory card. You just choose either SAVE (top) or LOAD (bottom) and choose the memory card to save/load from. It gives you the YES/NO option to confirm your choice. ==================== 9. Replay & Record ==================== Want to watch a replay you saved? Or just want to check on all the top records you accomplished on every course? Look no further. You are given 2 options when you enter: REPLAY (top) or RECORD (bottom) 9.1. Replay ============= You only get 2 options here: PLAY REPLAY DELETE REPLAY Pretty straight forward. When finish watching the replay though, you get 2 options: REPLAY EXIT EXIT will just bring you back to the memory card selection screen. 9.2. Record ============= Step-by-step guide, even though there's like no japanese in this section: - Choose a course - Press left/right to see records for Uphill/Downhill and Dry/Wet - Press up/down to highlight a specific record to get the KEY and PASSWORD - Press X to see record list on a specific course by make (i.e. Honda, Subaru) ======================= 10. Iketani Car Guide ======================= This section has nothing to do with the actual game itself, but just nice guide to every car in the game. Just select the car from the menu you like to learn more about, and a video of it will be loaded. To get the cars, you must first unlock them in Story Mode ============ 11. Option ============ Lot's of japanese here, so here it is in english: GAME SETTINGS CONTROLLER CONFIG SCREEN ADJUSTMENT SOUND 11.1. Game Settings ===================== Difficulty EASY NORMAL HARD (seems to only affect Arcade Mode) Map ON OFF CUP Time Display NORMAL SIMPLE Vibration ON OFF 11.2. Controller Config ========================= Controller GT Force (steering wheel) 11.2.1. Controller ==================== Accel X Brake Square View Change R2 Shift Up R1 Shift Down L1 Head Light L2 Press Select to leave Press Start to return to default 11.2.2. GT Force ================== Stiffness LIGHT MEDIUM STRONG Force Feedback ON OFF Calibration: Test 1. Full turn left and right Test 2. Centre of steering Test 3. Full Accel and Brake 11.3. Screen Adjustment ========================= Just use the image in the middle as a guide, and press the D-pad around to fix the screen to your liking. Press Start to return to default 11.4. Sound ============= Audio STEREO MONO BGM ON OFF SE ON OFF Voice ON OFF Sound Test 11.4.1. Sound Test ==================== Battle BGM BGM SE ============ 12. Thanks ============ Special thanks to Akira Toriyama for getting me to like animes with Dragonball as a kid And of course Suichi Shigeno for Initial D!! Ryosuke, Keisuke, ViperMask, GrAyEeWoLf, Esquire J, Odie and many others for keeping the message boards interesting :) Thanks again to ViperMask since I used his FAQ as a model for this FAQ ================ 13. Copyrights ================ Kashiramoji D/Initial D (c)Shuichi Shigeno, published by Kodansha Game by (c)Sega/Sega Rosso Music (c) Avex This FAQ is for private use only. RETAIL USE IS PROHIBITED. FAQ is only available on Gamefaqs.com FAQ Copyright 2003 faboo95