If Initial D were based in America

>inb4 he drives a Merkur

That webcomic desperately needs to die now.

merkur was BASED

>where would it be located
texas
>what time period
early 2000
>what music would make them go faster
grunge
>what would the main characters car be that everyone doubts?
foxbody

Entire racing would be drag racing and the show would be cancelled halfway into first season since everyone lost interest after the first few episodes as drag racing is boring as fuck

>Nevada deserts
>late 70's-early 80's
>rock 'n roll, heavy metal
>1963 Dodge Dart wagon that has a secret compartment in the back with a transverse-mounted V8 that can be started up during the race so that nobody hears it on the starting line

>Slow and FWD but it's small and lightweight, a true driver can corner it fast with late braking and left foot braking.
All while oversteering the shit out of the car.

>nani?
>slow FWD shitbox while drifting beat fast RWD sports car on grip line

4 banger foxbody mustang.

>not rallying in the Oregon forests
>00's
>shitbox ur-quattro against modern AWD

And Smokey and the Bandit is Wangan Midnight.

>5 minute monologues about the characteristics and dynamics of sticky drag tires on a strip

>inland S. California in the mountain towns
>early 00s
>nu-metal
>Dodge Neon SRT-4

>nobody says late 80's
>because everyone on this board was born in 1999
I'm too old for this shit.

what webcomic

>takes place in North Carolina because go fast capital of american racing
>first race down mtns as homage to OG initial D
>second race is mix of boondock roads and slight hills
>third race is a mile long drag race down empty street 2 fast 2 furious style
>fourth race is repeated interstate pulls from NC to SC
> final BOSS race is up a mountain than down the other side
The year is 1997
Main car- 89 Mustang LX hatch
Keisuke- 95 Trans am
Ryosuke - 89 Camaro z28
Nazakato- Buick Grand Nattie in black on black
Shingo- Of course, a mega modded Civic, any type just has to be red and FWD
Mako- Mustang SVO with 93 cobra Front and rear end with ground effects
Itsuki - 89 Mustang LX 4 banger
BONUS- the cappuccino race is done with a brand new 97 cobra mustang

Misfile. Started off good but quickly turned into the Pro and Deu WANGSTing over life for every fucking chapter after the intro up to now.

>89 Mustang LX 4 banger
oh god

>Itsuki you stupid fuck, you bought the 4 cylinder
>b...but it sounded loud
I can see it

>Located?
Somewhere with mountains. Probably the west coast. Don't know the US very well. Washington?
>Time Period
early 2000's
>Shitty indie pop
Underdog car
Pontiac Firefly4

OMFG IM DYING LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Isn't F&F the American initial D?

>Southern California Canyons because they already have a street racing subculture that's been around as long or longer than the Japanese touge subculture

>Early-Mid 2000s

>Eurobeat because they're still disgusting weeaboos, jungle asians, and japanophiles

>1.6 Miata or beat to fuck S13 240SX

Pretty much S/o/cal just set ten years ago. It'd actually probably look like the streetfire video from 2005 where a pair of weebs understeer their NA into a guardrail on GMR after playing Initial D on the Arcade.

Shingo needs dodge omni GLH-S
>stock
0 - 60 in 6.7 seconds
>boss battle version
youtube.com/watch?v=1r6NLSzI0XU

Nah, Dagumi's AE86 is top trim, so Americumi would have a 5.0 GT. Itsuki buys a V6 and that guy with the turbo 86 coupe instead has a turbo-4 Capri.

>Mako having the same type of car as the main character and Itsuki
>not giving Iketani a Camaro, Kenji a Firebird, Mako a Transmarobird and the rotary brothers a C4 and C5 Corvette

Initial D didn't rip off Pointu Breaku.

CAN WE GET A STICKY FOR THIS THREAD

heh burnout is useless
tire softening compound overnight is much more effective

Close, but Keisuke has a E36 M3 and Ryosuke an E30 M3

>krautshit

By far the closest non-japanese analog to their cars as no American cars at the time were really anything like RX7s

>Bango
youtu.be/85mDyWCgHy0

Really?

garbage car

>Pair of consuctutive lightweight, precise pro touring-car derived sports cars of the same model
How is the M3 not the best fit?

Forth and fifth gen Corvette, obviously. Perfect FC and FD RX7 analogue for the American setting- purpose-built domestic sports cars faster, better handling, and more expensive than the wet-noodles the rest of the main cast is driving, such as the sport coupes like the nipland S13s or the ubiquitous domestic Foxbody's corner-whore platform and parts sharing.

Late 80s, CA
Period correct metal
AMC Javelin or 65(? Fastback) Charger

Oh shit of course, how could I forget? Definitely the vettes

Team names:
Speed Stars'n'Stripes
The Setting Suns
Night Riders
Kangz
>corvette c5 pulls into the gas station
>massive aftermarket wing
>"huh? is he planning to sell drugs to kids with this thing?"

Nebraska

2002

Nickleback

Mercury marauder

Midwest
Mid-late 90's
Shitty glam metal (Eurobeat is basically shitty 80's electro disco)
Pinto

It would just be drag racing. Watching shitty American cars pull unbelievable feats such as cornering at 100 kmh would just be boring.

Or the Taurus SHO.

Nah man, mustang gets overestimated rather than under.

Try chevy nova or AMC Eagle SXT with a ton of patina.

Because the corvette exists. Adding in a euro-rivalry element would change the tone of the series a bit.

Outskirts of Seattle

Late 90's Early 2000's

Grunge / Punk

v6 1993 Camaro that he uses on his pizza routes

he overtakes a(n) 2002 Mustang GT

"The fuck? this shitty Camaro passed me?"

*Green Day blaring from Camaro*

>Free Bird instead of Rage Your Dream
>87 foxbody 5.0 hatchback
>Cletus BBQ instead of Fujiwars tofu shop
>Porsche bros instead of rotary bros
>Probe GT instead of Civic
>C4 ZR1 instead of GTR
>Bubba (Bunta) calls Dale Earnhardt instead of Keiichi Tsuchiya
>Tommy (Takumi) works at a speedway

Devil went down to georgia is unironically a good touge song

Honestly I figured the Corvettes would be a little much for takumis fox body to handle. But I suppose that makes more since my dude. I prefer that.

Could you find that video?

How about they just get rotaries? Rotards still exist here.

It has to be all-american redneck adventures.

Why find an analogue? wouldn't they just drive LHD FC and FDs?

Then what would be the point of setting it in the US, you fucking weeb moron?

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS

The Hero has to be the all-american. His opponents can be anything. In fact i think it would be better, if we're trying to market to the NASCAR demographic, if the hero's american car magically beats foreign cars on a regular basis.

>

Midwest
80s
Detroit techno
Fiero

Yeah, and takumi would drive an AE86

after he blows up the iron duke in the fiero, his dad puts in the 3.3L SD4 race engine

Debatable but plausible.

The real answer is that American Takumi would be driving a 1979 AMC Spirit.

He would start out with the 3.8L straight six, which when blown would be replaced with a 5.0L V8 from one of the AMC Spirits racing in the FIA Group One 24-hour race at the Nurburgring in 1979.

Itsuki would buy one with the most basic trim and only the 2.5L straight four.

Wataru would have a more recent AMC Spirit with the redesigned grill and the 4.2L straight six, turbocharged of course.

That stupid fucking kid from the end of the series would drive one with the "sedan" bodystyle (it actually looks nothing like a sedan, but whatever).

The AMC Spirit is the right choice because it's a lightweight subcompact economy car with options for performance upgrades and some real usage in racing, just like the Corolla of the mid 80s.

What would you put 'Stayan Tacuntmi in?

>oregon or washington mountain roads
>stick with the 90's, or do early 2000's and have avoid mexicans and civics enitrely
>Eurobeat, Dubstep, Anything but hip hop and trap, unless Eminem wants to have a shot at the first two options
>pretty much all the same cars, but left hand drive, but there would have to be corvettes, cameros, mustangs, and some retard in an iroc at some point

Oh, and a scene that specifically puts a redneck in a lifted pick up against our hero driver. Then crack some joke about diesel truck cornering capabilities and small penises.

>Takumi outspeeds truck and takes the first turn
>truck blows through the corner, drives down the hill and to the next bit of road

...

>ls swap when tommy blows the motor

>highway 18 near big bear
>2010s
>eurobeat
>1996 Dodge Neon RT

>takumi evolves and learns how to break the laws of physics
>doesn't matter, because trucks lift blocks crack and shatter
>truck becomes low rider
>truck flips over after hitting a twig
>red neck crawls out cursing
>red neck is missing pants
>everything becomes clear now

youtu.be/ec0XKhAHR5I

Haha this nerd things he can pass my lifted chevy v8 with an old beat up fox body?

Impossible

*checks rearview*

What?! The mustang disappeared??

Music: Outlaw country

youtu.be/pw7i8cKJOLI
youtu.be/MfmYCM4CS8o
youtu.be/xhoq8KTfb1E
youtu.be/x_1H2njznEU

>where would it be located
Southwestern ontario
>what time period
late 80s to mid 00
>what music would make them go faster
Country music and shitty rap
>what would the main characters car be that
everyone doubts?
Takumi: 1989 Chevrolet C10 2-door 5-speed 305 with the bed rotted off
Keisuke: 1970 Chevrolet Nova with a 350 smallblock and turbo 400 Auto
Ryosuke: 1996 Pontiac Firebird with 350 small block, 6 speed manual
Shingo: 1984 Dodge Aires Turbo 2.5 5-speed
Mako: 1991 Chrysler LeBaron Convertable
Itsuki: 1980 Chevy Citation with a 2.8 V6 swap

man i wish this would be an anime

Stupid. Every single racer's car in Initial D is Japanese. It's only fitting for every one of them in American D to be American, it's not like there isn't enough variety.

>some retard in an iroc
>can't even spell 'camaro'

>literally drives a 250hp 900kg downhill machine after 2nd stage
>o lmao its just a piece of shit junker!

Stupid, this is because it’s Japan. Foreign cars are rare and expensive and young teenagers racing on mountain passes can’t afford to crash rate and expensive.

Japanese cars stopped becoming rare after the early 1980s. Every dumb hick boomer has at least heard of Datsun Zs and Mazda RX7s by then. If it’s anywhere other than backwoods Iowa/Kansas I would’ve even guaranteed Japanese cars making up half of the cars on the road.

If Initial D took place in America it’d be SoCal Veeky Forums set in the 2000s. California Canyons have had a longer racing history than Japanese Touges since 1950s Hollywood Stars were speeding in Porsches and Jaguars up and down Mullholland

>s/o/cal shitter trying to force himself into everything

>Anything but hip hop and trap, unless Eminem
wow what a way to out yourself as a huge faggot

Top trim was SVO

SHO are powerful but too heavy

Mulholland Drive in the late 70s

west virginia/kentucky, moonshine running
late 90s
show would feature various american shitboxes/pickup trucks/jeeps and things like some of the better muscle cars would show up later
plenty of banjo and dukes of hazard esque shenanigans to go around

Now this I want

Neon r/t would be a great option but i think a 80s chrysler turbo car would be great repping for a daytona

You fucks aren't even trying.
>>where would it be located
Blue Ridge Parkway, tail of the dragon.
>>what time period
mid 90's
>>what music would make them go faster
Motorhead.
>>what would the main characters car be that everyone doubts?
Neon SRT4.

>Mid 90's
>SRT-4

Pick one you mong

>s/o/cal shitter

I'm not even from s/o/cal but you're delusional if you won't accept simple facts

what other place in the world aside from socal's canyons has a street racing history similar to japanese touge racing

edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/street-racing-mulholland-drive-in-1978.html

>
ive been lookin for everr

Initial D in Germany

>Location
Eifel Montains

>Time Period
Mid to Late 90s

>Music
Techno

>Cars
Takumi: BMW E30 325I

Keisuke: Porsche 993 Carrera

Ryosuke: Porsche 964 Carrera

Takeshi: Audi RS2

Shingo: Golf GTI Mk.II

Iketani: Mercedes 190E 2.3-16V

Itsuki: BMW E30 316i

Mako: Mercedes 190E 3.2 AMG