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Two RX-7 FD3S drifting side by side through a corner, in an in-game replay

Initial Unity: Sorcery

Brake later

A free Initial D fan game for PC. Pick a car, pick a pass and chase whoever's in front of you down the mountain.

Join the Discord Built on Initial Unity: Reborn
A white RX-7 FC3S under cherry blossom on a pass

What is
IU:S?

Night

On the passes in Japan now.

  • 16passes
  • 21cars
  • Freeon PC

Sorcery is mountain racing in old Japanese cars. It's built on Initial Unity: Reborn and keeps what made it good: stylish arcade handling and proper racecraft on the touge.

On top it adds sector practice for the corner you keep losing time on, reworked online battles with synced starts, and replays cut like manga panels. Pick a car and you're racing down the hill in minutes.

Choose
your ride

Twenty-one cars, from the AE86 and both RX-7s to the R32 and R34 Skyline GT-Rs. Every one of them is below.

An AE86 sliding down a pass at night
AE86
A red Cappuccino EA11R in fog
A white Supra JZA80 head-on down the centre line
Supra JZA80

The passes

Every pass has Time Attack with a leaderboard, the ghost of every record to race line for line, and sector practice. See the fastest times.

Join the battle

Cat and mouse

Lead one round, chase the next. Lose the leader and the round is gone. The gap decides who wins.

  • Win meter drops after tied rounds
  • AWD leaders start side by side
A red Silvia S14 sliding through a corner at night

Sprint to the bottom

One run, both cars, an all-out dash. Both launch together, and hosts run their own lobbies.

  • Live sector splits in PvP
  • Live gap to your rival
A white Lancer Evolution III with its headlights on at night

Chase the ghost

Upload your Time Attack run, then race the ghost of the driver one place above you, line for line.

  • Ghost of the driver one place up
  • Sector practice for your worst corner
A blue RX-7 FD3S along a guardrail

Replays like manga

Watch the run back as tilted panels, sound effects and postcards from the pass.

  • Tilted manga panels
  • Spectators get full telemetry
A yellow Lancer Evolution IV at the Tsubaki Line, styled as a postcard

What's new

Akina in True Night and heavy fog
Akina, in the conditions this update adds

October 2026

The Freeroam, True Night and quality fix update. 19 changes in four parts.

Modes and multiplayer

  1. New

    5-player Freeroam

    A dedicated Freeroam mode for up to five drivers on the same pass.

  2. New

    UGS matchmaking

    UGS is now the default way to find an online race.

  3. New

    Live splits in PvP

    Sector splits and the gap to the other car show up in real time.

  4. Improved

    Team Battle rework

    The win meter drops after tied rounds, AWD leaders start side by side, and thresholds are set per pass (Usui 40m, Enna uphill 30m).

  5. Improved

    Bigger chat

    Double the characters, a scrolling window, Mandarin text fixed, and you can keep talking after the race.

Visuals and lighting

  1. New

    True Night and heavy fog

    Pitch-black True Night and thick fog, for when the road needs to be harder to read.

  2. New

    Majestic Sky

    A new daytime sky preset.

  3. Changed

    Pure white headlights

    Every car now gets the pop-up headlight beam, so nobody has an edge in True Night.

  4. Restored

    Original colour grading

    The passes and Arcade Night are back to their vanilla colour grade.

Gameplay and HUD

  1. New

    Rearview mirror

    Keep an eye on whoever's behind you and hold your line.

  2. New

    Automatic gearbox

    Optional auto shifting, handy on a controller.

  3. Better

    Settings mid-session

    Change controls, audio and video without leaving the race.

  4. Better

    Spectator telemetry

    Spectators see the rev counter, minimap, steering input, gauges and splits.

  5. Better

    HUD toggles

    Hide any part of the HUD you don't want.

  6. Restored

    HUD hides with headlights off

    Kill the lights and the HUD goes with them, like the original.

Fixes

  1. Fixed

    Teleport loop

    Going off track no longer throws the car into an endless teleport.

  2. Fixed

    Mouse steering resolution

    Changing mouse steering no longer changes your screen resolution.

  3. Fixed

    Nagao and Tsukuba meter

    The advantage meter behaves on both passes.

  4. Fixed

    Ashinoko thresholds

    Ashinoko Skyline's times no longer show backwards.

Ready to race?

Free on Windows PC, with wheel, controller or keyboard. The download goes up at launch. Join the Discord to hear first.
A red S2000 AP1 under a shrine gate on a mountain road

Follow us

Updates, replays and clips from the pass. The channels open with the first build.

YouTubeComing soon TikTokComing soon XComing soon DiscordJoin now
A green Civic EG6 with a Night Kids sticker at the top of a pass

Join the
community

The Sorcery Discord is for casual and competitive drivers alike. Get help starting out and find someone to battle.

  • Battles and events
  • Help with lines, braking points and controls
  • Bug reports go straight to the developers
Invite link coming soon

A black Impreza GC8 STi up close on a country road

Trailer

The trailer lands with the first build.

Good questions

Is it free?

Yes. Initial Unity: Sorcery is free on Windows PC.

Is this an official Initial D game?

No. It's a fan project built on Initial Unity: Reborn, and it isn't affiliated with Initial D or its rights holders.

What do I drive with?

A wheel, a controller or a keyboard. There's an optional automatic gearbox if you'd rather not shift on a controller.

Can I race my friends?

Yes. Online battles have synced starts and hosts run their own lobbies, UGS matchmaking finds you a race, and Freeroam fits five of you on one pass.

How do the leaderboards work?

Every pass has Time Attack with its own board. Upload a run and you can race the ghost of the driver one place above you, and sector practice drills the corner you keep losing time on.

When can I download it?

The download goes up at launch. Join the Discord to hear first.

Get in
touch

Questions, ideas, or want to help build Sorcery? Send a note, or find us on the Discord.