
An export edition was released in Asia starting from the 29th of July 2021. The game had a second broadcast on the 19th of February 2021 before its nationwide release in Japan on the 25th of February 2021. It was officially playable again from the 8th through to the 18th of January 2021 during its final test.

More information was revealed on the 11th of December 2020 in its first "official live broadcast". This game was first playable on the 23rd and 24th of July 2020, in its location test, or "Ignition". Despite this, one-on-one battles are still available, with several appearing in the story. Unlike the previous one-on-one experience of the Arcade Stage games, Initial D The Arcade features up to four players racing at any one time. Unlike previous games, which used proprietary game engines, the game makes use of Unreal Engine 4.

It is the tenth Initial D arcade game, although it is separate from the Arcade Stage series. P Initial D Initial D The Arcade is a 2021 arcade racing game based on the Initial D series.
