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If you're a big fan of Initial D, and you wanna bring the fun of Arcade Stage 4 to your home, then Initial D Extreme Stage is for you!

Don't need a modded PS3 to play it; Playstation 3 games are 100% region free. Bought the Japanese version of Extreme Stage, popped it into my US PS3, played with no problem!

This game is pretty much a home adaptation of Initial D's Arcade Stage 4, complete with the Challenge Of The Streets storyline, time attack, and garage.

Unlike the arcade, you can upgrade and tune your car anytime you want, since there's no "IC card" system.

If you buy the Japanese Version, the instruction manual is 100% Japanese, but this version allows for online play via the Playstation Network. Again, doesn't matter what region you live in; works 100% fine!

There's also the Asia Version which has an English instruction manual, but -does NOT have online play-.

Pay attention to which one you buy!

(You can find the English manual online in PDF format easily by doing a Google search; I found it)

The support for steering wheels is also quite wide. On the box the game recommends the GT Force RX/GT Force Pro and the G25 wheels, but I've seen that it also works with the Driving Force GT Wheel.

You can play with the regular controller too if ya want...but if you want the more "authentic" feeling you'd go for a wheel.

The only thing that might be a problem is that the Downloadable Cars (which includes the Mazda RX8 with a few other cars) requires a Japanese PSN account, and cost about 300 yen each (which also requires buying an imported prepaid card). This bit is 100% optional though.

If you're a fan of Initial D, and loved Arcade Stage 4, then you should import this while you can, cause this title became rare-to-find when it was first released, and SEGA/Sony has no plans to port it over any time soon.

Long live the Eight-Six!

EDIT: I played this game after buying and using the Logitech Driving Force GT wheel for the Playstation 3/PC. It works with Initial D Extreme Stage! While there is force feedback, it's not as well supported as it is in Gran Turismo 5. The turning sensitivity is about the same as you get with Arcade Stage 4 (if you can use that for comparison).

Also it doesn't fully optimize all of the GT exclusive buttons (like the "Horn" button and the TCS dials) and the PS button doesn't work either.

However the game does support the wheel and the accelerator, brake, stick and pedal shifters.

If you're using the G25/G27, you'll have to either use the pedal shifters or use sequential shift mode (This game does NOT use the clutch or H-style shifting)

It's still a good cheap alternative to bringing Arcade Stage 4 experience to your home!

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The game is fun to play just wish it would of been in english and had a split screen aswell.

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Most fun and amazing racing experience to date. Played with Playseat racing chair and G27 racing wheel and could never go back to anything else.

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Reminded me of the good times I used to have playing the arcade version. It is much harder to play on the console, but fun none the less.

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Love the game, just remember that this is Japanese language only. You will have to figure it out on your own or learn to read Japanese if you want to play this game. The menus are still pretty straight forward if you take the time to remember them and go through each menu and section with care if you don't know how to read the language.