Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman

Welcome the first truly RWD car in ROR Top Gear .

Most RWD cars in ROR lose lots of lateral traction under acceleration which causes it to be very hard to maintain direction and not to exit the corner sideways / backward / upside down. 4WD cars don't have much more lateral traction, however their front wheels can pull the car out of the corner quite easily which compensates the overall oversteer. The drift is much more controllable with front wheels propulled.

The Merc Pullman is quite a long limusine with overall acceptable power. The length of the vehicle is actually an advantage, the longer the vehicle the more force it requires to swing this coffin around, which gives you more time to react.
The Merc is quite challenging to drive at a good pace. Gentleness with the throttle and ability to turn the steering wheel fast enough to countersteer are definite advantages if you want to beat the clock.

When off-throttle the car understeers like a pig. The turning radius is bigger then radius of Hadron Collider so expect problems at the hairpin [turn 11].
The car needs enter corners earlier than it might seem necessary. Full throttle midcorner should help maintain turning momentum. Release the throttle and tap on the brakes a little in the exit of the turn to catch some grip and obtain the correct direction before you drop the throttle again. Just remember that the wheels and engine have some inertia which keeps them spinning for a second after releasing the gas.

The model of the car is neat, not very high-poly but very acceptable and it is so much fun to crash this big fella. The wheels are very well protected which helps a lot when you get too close to the barriers. The only place where caution is necessary is the hairpin, hitting the inner curb with left front wheel results in total destruction of the front suspension.

Overall, driving with the car is really rewarding. It is a blast to drive on this twisty track and it turns out that the top speed is nothing to be ashamed of. The Merc is quite fancy to drift and play around with as well.

Laptimes. 

I managed to do 1'39.051 using keyboard steering. I made several mistakes however - one at landing after the second checkpoint and again at the hairpin. I will try to beat that with the steering wheel. Perfect lap time is a second slower than the Buggy, which is quite a good result considering the one axle propulsion and length of the car.

Perfect lap time:

1 13.291

2 23.004

3 19.25

4 12.012

5 27.813

Sum 1'35.37

Big thansk to Sam Farrelly for spell-checking.