Heres my idea for a side challenge that i've been thinking would be good fun for a while but not told anyone about it.
Initial D Recreation season
The Idea for this would be each player would register their name but have their car chosen at random. The cars used would be from the teams seen in Initial D anime.
There is 38 cars that could be used according to the
Initial D wiki With some exceptions as certain model variations arn't available in the game, three I can think of now are:
Itsuki Takeuchi and his AE85
The AE86 Levin would have to used to replace this I guess
Atsuro Kawai and his Skyline GT-T 2.5 Turbo(ER34)
The Skyline GTS25 Type S (R32) '91 could be used as a replacement or any rear wheel drive R32
Shinji Inui and his Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX Coupe
The AE86 Trueno would have to be used
If you spot more please tell me so I can fix it.
On average there has been 39.5 unique players from all 4 core seasons, but not everyone who registers actualy joins to battle, but side seasons generaly have less players registering, if more people register than the number of cars available I guess they will have to use duplicates or we could have a cut off date for registrations once 38 players is reached.
The way each player is given their car is once they register they are asigned a random number between 1 and 38 using a random number generator like the one
here.
Here is the list of cars with their asinged numbers, below each car in red will be the in game version you must use.
Takumi Fujiwara - Anime Stage 1 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) #1
Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT-APEX '83 - Colour: High Tech Two Tone
Takumi Fujiwara - Anime Stage 4 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) #2
Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT-APEX (S. Shigeno Ver.) '00
Bunta Fujiwara - Subaru Impreza WRX STI Coupe Type R Version V (GC8) #3
Subaru IMPREZA Coupe WRX typeR STi Version VI '99 - Colour: Sonic Blue Mica
Ryosuke Takahashi - Mazda Savanna Infini III RX-7 (FC3S) #4
Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 INFINI III (FC) '90 - Colour: Crystal White
Keisuke Takahashi - Mazda Ẽfini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) #5
Mazda éfini RX-7 Type R (FD) '93 - Colour: Competition Yellow Mica
Kenta Nakamura - Nissan Silvia Q's Aero (S14) #6
Nissan SILVIA Q's AERO (S14) '93 - Colour: Orange
Koichiro Iketani - Nissan Silvia K's (S13) #7
Nissan SILVIA K's (S13) '88 - Colour: Lime Green two tone
Itsuki Takeuchi - Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85) #8
Toyota COROLLA LEVIN GT-APEX (AE86) '83 - Colour: High Tech White
Kenji - Nissan 180SX Type X(RPS13) #9
Nissan 180SX Type X '96 - Colour: White
Takeshi Nakazato - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32) #10
Nissan SKYLINE GT-R Vspec II (R32) '94 - Colour: Black Pearl Metallic
Shingo Shoji - Honda Civic SiR II (EG6) #11
Honda CIVIC SiR-II (EG) '95 - Colour: Milano Red
Mako Sato and Sayuki - Nissan Sileighty/Sil80 (RPS13) #12
Nissan SILEIGHTY '98 - Colour: Midnight Purple Pearl
Kyoichi Sudo - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A) #13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR '95 - Colour: Pyreness Black
Seiji Iwaki - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A) #14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV GSR '96 - Colour: Scotia White
Tohru Suetsugu - Mazda Eunos Roadster NA Special Package(NA6C) #15
Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA Special Package) '89 - Colour: Classic Red
Atsuro Kawai - Nissan Skyline GT-T 2.5 Turbo Coupe (ER34) #16
Nissan SKYLINE GTS-t Type M (R32) '91 - Colour: Dark Blue Pearl
Daiki Ninomiya - Honda Civic Type R (EK9 Kouki) # 17
Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) '98 - Colour: Sunlight Yellow
Smiley Sakai - Honda Integra Type R (DC2) #18
Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC2) '99 - Colour: Championship White
Tomoyuki Tachi - Spoon Honda Civic Type R (EK9) #19
Spoon CIVIC TYPE R (EK) '00 - Colour: Sunlight Yellow
Wataru Akiyama - Toyota Corolla Levin GT APEX (AE86) #20
Toyota COROLLA LEVIN GT-APEX (AE86) '83 - Colour: High Tech Two Tone
Nobuhiko Akiyama - Toyota Altezza RS200 (SXE10) #21
Toyota ALTEZZA RS200 '98 - Colour: Silver Metallic
Kyoko Iwase - Mazda RX-7 Type R (FD3S) #22
Mazda RX-7 Type R (FD, J) '93 - Colour: Brilliant Black
Sakamoto - Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) #23
Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) '95 - Colour: Antares Red
Aikawa - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V GSR (CP9A) #24
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V GSR '98 - Colour: Scotia White
Ichijo - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR( CP9A) #25
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR '99 - Colour: Scotia White
Toshiya Joshima - Honda S2000(AP1) #26
Honda S2000 '01 - Colour: Monte Carlo Blue Pearl
Kozo Hoshino - Nisssan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nür (BNR34) #27
Nissan - SKYLINE GT-R Vspec II Nür (R34) '02 - Colour: Millennium Jade Metallic
Satoshi Omiya -Mazda Roadster (NB8C) #28
Mazda Roadster 1800 RS (NB) '04 - Colour: Orange/Red
Kobayakawa - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII GSR (CT9A) #29
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII GSR '01 - Colour: Yellow
Kai Kogashiwa - Toyota MR2 G-Limited (SW20) #30
Toyota MR2 G-Limited '97 - Colour: Dark Purple Mica
Hideo Minagawa - Toyota Supra SZ-R (JZA80) #31
Toyota SUPRA SZ-R '97 - Colour: Super White II
Ryuji Ikeda - Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) #32
Nissan 350Z Gran Turismo 4 Limited Edition (Z33) '05 - Colour: Burning Red
Hiroya Okuyama - Nissan Silvia Spec R Aero(S15) #33
Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) '99 - Colour: Brilliant Blue
Go Hojo - Honda NSX-S Zero (NA1) #34
Honda NSX Type S Zero '99 - Colour: Formula Red
Shinji Inui - Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX Coupe(AE86) #35
Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO GT-APEX '83 - Colour: High Tech Two Tone
Rin Hojo - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-SPEC II(BNR32) #36
Nissan SKYLINE GT-R Vspec II (R32) '94 - Colour: Gun Grey Metallic
Kai Kogashiwa - Toyota MR-S S-Edition (ZZW30) #37
Toyota MR-S S Edition '99 - Colour: Siliver
Miki (From Stage 3) - Celica GT-Four (ST205) #38
Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR (ST205) '98 - Colour: Silver/Grey?
Hopefully I havn't missed out any cars from the wiki, if I have please tell me.
An example would be I register and the number I am randomly given by the generator is 23. I now have to use that car, I can't change cars once I have been given it, I'm stuck with it for the whole season.
I would expect people to try and colour match their car as close as possible to the anime counterpart. Wheels obviously wont be exactly the same. I would also expect people to tune their cars as close as possible to the anime counterpart, but as there is no way to check or enforce what parts people use there's nothing stoping you from putting a turbo on Takumi's AE86 for example as long as it comes under the max PP limit.
The usual LotS regulations would apply:
Sports Hard tyres only
95-100% power limiter use
5% of total car weight can be used as ballast
No Fully customizable transmission
The only thing different would be a max performance points of
480PP this is to try and allow cars like the cappuccino and other low power cars to have a better chance at competing. I havn't checked if all cars fall under 480pp at stock specs but I think they all do. All cars/drivers would be one class, no class A, B or C etc.
Let me know what you think of it, evan if you hate the idea still let me know. Some things might have to be changed to get it to work right as this is still just an idea, nothing as been tested to see if this would work as planed.
Sorry for the big post, and I don't mind if this isn't what you had in mind to replace the PP ballance testing, but I hope its something you may consider for a future side season.
👍 Because such great organization; I am very keen to enter in the hope of finding some great Mountain pass battles! 
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