Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity English Patch Access

First, a quick primer. Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity (often abbreviated as IDAS8 or ID8 Infinity) was released by Sega in 2014 for the RingEdge 2 arcade hardware. It sits in a sweet spot in the franchise’s history:

: Significant portions of the "Legend of the Street" mode, including team icons, rival side cutscenes, and win/loss quotes, have been translated to provide context to the races. Accessibility and Implementation initial d arcade stage 8 infinity english patch

If you do not want to use the Apex mod, but you found a partial UI translation, here is what you need to know to navigate the remaining Japanese menus blindly: First, a quick primer