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Rumors from Japanese sources say that a new version of the driver is on test for a AOU'08 launch. The game includes two new courses and new cards. Will try and get more detail before the end of the year.

two new courses...nice!!

WTF?
2 NEW COURSES?
YAY!!!

If this is true, I hope they bring back Shomaru.

The quote from the source says it is a software update - that the game has new courses and cars and will be on full test end-of-the-Month, aiming for 2008 (AOU'08) show appearance. This source is very good and is why I have posted it now rather than wait till 2009, but the exact number of new tracks and cars is an issue - I have heard one source say more than two, but again too early for confirmation.

This post has been edited by editor on Dec 21 2007, 08:06 AM

New courses... YAY

NEW CARDS? NO WAY!!!

Yay!! 2 new tracks!! hope they kill the massive power of the S2K and the AE86T also.. and the FD.. haha.. Tsuchisaka!! COME BACK!!!

i think they gonna make ID4 the last arcade game....
By 2009, i believe ID will have been finished =(
Most likely, the new cars will be the ones in the future release of the manga..
Plus, MRS, Supra and NSX

new courses and new card?well...new courses is ok for me...but new cards??does that mean we had to buy a new card again?hope will hav some new cars added on and new opponent....getting bored wif Iggy (Itsuki)..

I do hope you mean new CARS. I'd hate it if I have to get new CARDS.

one more question....if they were to launch it in japan in 2008...then how long to take the machine to reach Malaysia and other country?

Sorry my typo (all thumbs today) yes CARS not CARDS - though I know the cards have been hacked I think Sega dealt with than in the ID4 v1.1 update (that was the release version in the UK)?

On how quick - the game has not been as popular internationally as first hoped. I saw numbers that had MT3 doing better revenue numbers - for operators with ID4 it would be a quick LindBergh.1.1 update. I asked about it being at ATEI'08 but no answer.

This post has been edited by editor on Dec 22 2007, 01:12 PM

Editor, if you can find a way to suggest the aura levels and ranks for the international version, that would boost more popularity for the game. Even that alone for just now.

Why not get the forum to send the comments to the ID4 ranking site at SOJ - they always like suggestions. The R&D team will be at AOU, but I am sure they would reply to forum member suggestions. I have zero influence as I only write in the scene.

PM to me how to do it, I'll do it first thing tomorrow.

If they bring Shomaru, Happogahara and tune down the driftyness... I'll play this game.

Hw do u comment?
Could u tell us hw to give comments?=)
I believe PM'ing pple who are reallie interested is better=)

Not only you, but the whole IDAS4 community will HATE it too if the card is changed.

Luckilly it's NEW cars...
So, any news about what car they gonna put apart from NSX, Supra and 350Z?

Wow, looks like really good news on the new version of Initial D Hmmm... in that case, there may be a need to transfer data from old cards to new cards because of the new courses

Cards only holds personal data such as particulars of the driver (avatar) and the car[s] an it's respective tunings.

Maps are stored in the machine hard disk itself and there's no need for a card transfer. We'll have to change card ONLY IF there is a card system/structure revamp.

well...if we really add new courses...thats mean they need to add 2 more slots in the ID4 card....which mean we need to get a new card anyway...correct?

He said the Cards was a typo, it's Cars.

i really hope that's a typo error, otherwise i'll just observe IDv4.1 from afar if new cards would have to be made...

it would be better if these would happen to IDv4.1 -- it's basically my ID5 wish list...
--the return of the "lost courses" from IDv3 and ID special stage (at least tsuchisaka is fine for me)
--the return of the "lost characters" (at least tomo and the 2 evo punks)
--BGM select
--battle level/aura system
--no more godly AE86 trueno

game physics can stay as is (in other words PC, in-in-out, and the like can stay), otherwise it'd be a huge flop...

don't worry...he did corrected himself by saying its a typo

I think what he was trying to point out was that on the current cards there are only 6 courses that each time 1 is cleared it would be crossed off, if there was 2 new courses, how would they put that on the cards? unless they disregard the current cards and only future card renewals would also have the new courses included aswell.