Usui Pass (碓氷峠, Usui-tōge) is a mountain pass that lies between the Nagano and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. It has served as one of the major transportation routes in central Japan since at least the eighth century. It is the home course of Impact Blue. It is also the home course of the Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya.
The pass is perhaps famous for the consecutive arch bridges that lie on the outside of the pass.
In Initial D The Arcade, a new snow variation of the map was added as part of the Version 3.00.00 update.
Gallery[]
The Usui Pass as a circuit in early Arcade Stage games
The Usui Pass as a circuit in later Arcade Stage games
Trivia[]
- Despite a real-life depection of the course appearing in Special Stage, the Usui Pass has remained as a circuit in all of the mainline Arcade games that it has appeared in.
- It is unknown why the course remains as a circuit, but it could be due to how long the real-life course is, at 11.6km
Arcade Soundtrack[]
- Love Is In Danger - Priscilla (Arcade Stage, Arcade Stage Ver. 2 (Night), and Special Stage (Night))
- Don't Stop The Music - Lou Grant (Arcade Stage Ver. 2 (Day), and Special Stage (Day))
- Stay - Victoria (Special Stage (Shin))
- Remember Me - Leslie Parrish (Arcade Stage Ver. 3, Street Stage, and Arcade Stage 7 AAX)
- You Are My Wonder - Queen 26 (Arcade Stage 6 AA)
- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Tonight - Annalise (Arcade Stage 8 Infinity)
- Curious (D Mix) - Backdraft Smiths (Arcade Stage Zero)
- Drive Your Ambition - Mie (Initial D The Arcade)
Game Appearance[]
| Initial D Games | ||||||||||||
| Gaiden: | Appears | Street Stage: | Appears | |||||||||
| Fastest Public Road Legend: | Appears | Arcade Stage 4: | Absent | |||||||||
| Initial D: | Appears | Extreme Stage: | Absent | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage: | Appears | Arcade Stage 5: | Absent | |||||||||
| Another Stage: | Absent | Arcade Stage 6 AA: | Appears | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage Ver. 2: | Appears | Arcade Stage 7 AAX: | Appears | |||||||||
| Special Stage: | Appears | Arcade Stage 8 Infinity: | Appears | |||||||||
| Mountain Vengeance: | Appears | Perfect Shift Online: | Absent | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage Ver. 3: | Appears | Arcade Stage Zero: | Appears | |||||||||
| The Arcade: | Appears | |||||||||||
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| Locations | |
|---|---|
| Gunma Prefecture | Courses: Mt. Akagi • Mt. Akina (Lake Akina) • Gunma Cycle Sports Centre (Gunsai Touge) • Mt. Myogi • Usui Pass Other Locations: Shibukawa (Esso Gas Station • FamilyS • Fujiwara Tofu Store) • Takasaki (Takahashi Mansion) |
| Saitama Prefecture | Courses: Maze Pass • Sadamine Pass • Shomaru Pass • Tsuchisaka Pass Other Locations: Saitama (Jonny's Coffee and Restaurant) • Higashichichibu (Coffee & Studio Konjin) |
| Tochigi Prefecture | Courses: Enna Skyline • Happogahara • Irohazaka • Momiji Line Other Locations Nikko City (Lake Chuzenji) |
| Ibaraki Prefecture | Courses: Mt. Tsukuba Fruits Line |
| Kanagawa Prefecture | Courses: Hakone Turnpike (Odawara Pikes Peak) • Nagao Pass • Nanamagari • Tsubaki Line • Yabitsu Pass • The Peninsula Manazuru |