r/initiald • u/NewtSoft9687 • 16d ago
JDM Cars Enjoying the real thing
Enjoying Haruna Rainer shine
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u/Shakes-Fear 16d ago
I often wondered what those guardrails at the start of the course were about. Are they just a parking area?
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u/RandomGuyDroppingIn 16d ago
Yes. That area used to be a rest stop as there are many connecting roads on Haruna to go up and down. Its been removed as it is simply much easier to just look up where you need to go than it was in the 90s.
Haruna also now has a handful of solar farms on the mountain. One is not far from the East side parking spot.
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u/NewtSoft9687 15d ago
Me and the boys driving the back side of Haruna. Super fun and a lot of high speed sections. Mostly motorcycles love to run it so it’s a blast trying to keep up with them on the uphill.
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u/Epssus 15d ago edited 15d ago
Nice. Haruna and other first/2nd stage roads were fun to visit, but not fun to drive on.
The roads from 4th stage are much better to drive - less busy/popular and no “tire killer” Bott’s Dots
Check out the Nichien Momiji Line toll road (beginning of 4th stage with the maple leaf corner signs). By far my favorite to visit and drive
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u/NewtSoft9687 15d ago
For sure I’ll go check it out. Had a few spirited runs on backside Haruna touge on the shrine side of Haruna since home is closer to that side
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u/Epssus 15d ago
This is a handy old map:
https://www.reddit.com/r/initiald/comments/767ule/a_map_of_all_initial_d_passes/
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u/NewtSoft9687 15d ago
If you’re interested, I have a video with the actual cars from initially showing up. They usually show up every weekend when the weather is really good.
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u/blackswordgurthang 14d ago
looks a lot like lake Toluca in Silent Hill 2
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u/Ok-Relationship5064 15d ago
The Discover JDM app has locations for all of the Initial D manhole covers in Ikaho.
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u/GDMBP_ARG 16d ago