!ARCADE STAGE 7 SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION! IF YOU WANT TO DO IT YOURSELF THE STEPS ARE LARGELY THE SAME AS ID6!

Note: Steps labelled with "AA" are for Arcade Stage 6, steps labelled with "AAX" are for Arcade Stage 7

NOTE: YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH A KEYBOARD. YOU MUST USE AN XINPUT OR DIRECT INPUT CONTROLLER/WHEEL!

PREPARATION:

1: Download Teknoparrot and unzip it in its own folder. https://teknoparrot.com/download

2: Visit this site to download the dumps http://xcore64.me/data/resources/gamedumps.html

3: Create a new folder wherever you want and move the Teknoparrot folder (yes, the folder containing all the teknoparrot files) there. We'll refer to it as the "root" folder

SETTING UP ARCADE STAGE 6:

1 AA: Follow the last three links in the AS6 section. Download the game and resolution patches, the update and the patches for the update.

2 AA: Select all four ZIP files labelled "Initial.D.Arcade.Stage.6.AA-Arcade.Dump.Fully.Playable", right click them and click "extract to <folder name>"

3 AA: You should see two folders now: "ID6_UHD_AND_HD_PATCHES" and "Initial_D_Racing_6". Open the latter and you should see another compressed file inside.

4 AA: Extract "id6.7z" to its own folder

5 AA: Move the id6 folder to your root folder

6 AA: Open the patches folder, you'll find some folders named after resolutions (ignore those) and one named "render.ini resolution"

7 AA: Open the "render.ini resolution" folder, inside it you'll find several folders. This will decide the game's engine's rendering quality. The game itself requires very little resources so I suggest using x4. If the game lags then try using x2

8 AA: Open your selected render ini resolution folder then copy and paste the file inside into your id6 folder, overwriting the file

9 AA: Open the "ID6_1.2 .7z" file and drag and drop ALL the files into your id6 folder, overwriting everything if it asks to

10 AA: Open the "1 - Initial D 6 AA v1.2 FullHD, UHD.rar" file, you should see a few folders named after resolutions

11 AA: Pick your resolution, open the folder then drag and drop all the files inside to your id6 folder, overwriting if it asks to

12 AA: We're done for now! Continue to the teknoparrot steps!

SETTING UP TEKNOPARROT AND PLAYING THE GAMES:

1:Open "Teknoparrot UI.exe" as admin. You need to open it as admin every time (as far as I know), might be useful to set it in the properties.

2: Open "emulation settings"

3: Enable "sTo0z Zone" and set it to 18-26% (experiment with it, values closer to 26 will slightly decrease steering sensitivity)

4: Select your Joystick interface. If you're using a controller that works in XInput mode (XBOX 360, XBOX ONE, XBOX controllers in general and a few steering wheels) then select XInput, if not Direct Input.

5: If using a Direct Input wheel or controller, select full axis gas and brake if you're having problems with the pedals. If your pedals/controls work in the opposite way (pressing the gas pedal will make you release the gas / the brake is always pushed in) then select reverse gas/brake axis accordingly.

6: Press "save settings", the emulator will close. Open it again.

7 AA: Select Initial D Arcade Stage 6 from the game launcher drop-down menu, then select "game settings"

8 AA: Use "enable AMD fix" if using an AMD gpu and you're having problems.

9 AA: Disable windowed mode if you want to play in fullscreen

10 AA: Click the box right under "game specific settings", it'll open up an explorer window. Navigate to your id6 folder and select "InitialD6_GLW_RE_SBUU_dump.exe", then click open. Once you're done, click "save settings" and confirm.

11 AA: Click "input mapping", then configure your controls. Test, service and coin buttons aren't needed. Check out the controls guide below if you need help. Once you're done, click "save settings" and confirm.

12 AA: Click the arrow icon near "Game settings" on the top left to go back to the menu, then click "start game" and you're done! Have fun!

If you want to launch the game again, simply open TeknoparrotUI.exe, scroll down to the corresponding game in the game list and press start game! Make sure your controller is connected!

Controls guide:

Wheel axis - simply turn your wheel or move your stick either left or right

Gas - press down on your gas pedal or press your trigger. if your gas axis (pedals only) is set to minus then you might want to enable "reverse gas axis" in the emulation settings.

Brake - press down on your brake pedal or press your trigger. if your brake axis (pedals only) is set to minus then you might want to enable "reverse brake axis" in the emulation settings.

Shift up/down - assign these to your controller's bumper button or your steering wheel's paddles or your shifter's up/down shift. you need to use a sequential shifting mod in order to use your shifter properly so look it up on youtube, it just takes some rubber bands.

View change - assign it to whatever, really. both games will start with the camera behind your car so if you want the classic Initial D first person camera just press the button during a race. props to you if you can play in third person tho.