

New courses such as Tsuchisaka, which previously used in Arcade Stage Ver.3/Street Stage also appeared and Nanamagari, Team Spiral's home course. Online battles now include tag battles, allowing two in-store machines linking together and with internet access to battle against two other players in tag battles.

A new class of vehicles is introduced in this game called 'Complete Cars.' These include pre-tuned cars from several tuning shops in Japan, such as RE Amemiya. (to replace the FT-86 prototype from the previous game). New cars include the Toyota Sprinter Trueno 2door and the new Toyota 86 G.T. New characters include Shinji Inui to complete the Sidewinder battles of Project D, also Arcade Stage Ver.2/Special Stage and Arcade Stage Ver.3/Street Stage characters such as Nobuhiko Akiyama (Rebirth), Sakamoto and Tohru Suetsugu (only in Legend) appeared in this game and rewind of Keisuke, from Project.D using Kyoko's F.D. The game is mostly a carry-over from Initial D Arcade Stage 6 A.A., including updates. Like its predecessor, the legend of the streets mode from Original and Another mode are the same as the previous one (Arcade Stage 6 A.A.) with Rebirth mode. Released for Sega RingEdge on November 28, 2012. New characters that appeared for the first time in the game include Ryuji Ikeda, Hiroya Okuyama, Go Hojo, and Rin Hojo.(citation needed) New course such as Usui, which used from Arcade Stage Ver.1 to Arcade Stage Ver.3/Street Stage appeared with new layout, Tsubaki Line, Sadamine and Akina Snow, also appeared before in Arcade Stage Ver.3 which daytime is night change into the day. Mileages could be used to redeem exclusive cars that were later available in updates. The game also added a mileage system to show players their total driven mileage. New cars and courses were added to the game through online updates without upgrade kits like IDAS4 1.5.

Online network was extended to support regions in which earlier versions of the game was known to be popular in, finally achieving both nationwide and international matches. The tachometer now informed players whether or not their speed was below the gear range. The 'Legend of the Street' mode also introduced a 'Rolling Start' since the story mode in Initial D Special Stage. Unlike Initial D Arcade Stage 5, a drift gauge and an updated tachometer were introduced to help inform players when they were drifting. The game saw a change in its driving physics. Unlike its predecessor, it was released for the Sega RingEdge hardware for the first time.
