R
thefront wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead posi‐
tion .
R theve hicle ison leve lgr ou nd .
R theve hicle isstatio nary,thebr ak epedal is
depr essed (leftfo ot )and thepar king brak eis
re leased.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin position 005B.
R theDRIFT MODE isdeactiv ated.
R one ofthedr ive pr og rams C, Bor
I issele cted (/ page13 ). #
Rapidl ydepr esstheacceler ator pedal fully.
The engine speedincreases.
% Ifth eactiv ation conditions areno tfulf illed,
RA CE STAR Tcanno tbe acti vated. The RACE
STA RTNot Possible SeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. #
The RACE START Release braketostart mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Inthis phase youcan adjustRA CE STAR T
de pendi ng on thero ad con dition s:youcan
va ry theengine speedbypulling onone of th
esteer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles .The
segm entsin themultifunc tiondispla yflic ke r
ra pidly .
% Ifth ebr ak epedal isno tre leased afte ra
shor twhi le,RACE STAR Tis cance led. The
RAC ESTAR TCa ncel edmes sage appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n.The RACE STARTActivemessag e
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedimmediat elyif yo u
re lease theacceler ator pedal during RACE
ST AR Tor ifan yof theactiv ation conditions are
no long erfulf illed. TheRACE STARTCanceled
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Afterusi ng itse veraltim esinshor tsucc es‐
sion ,RA CE STAR Tis una vailable untila cer ‐
ta in dis tance hasbe en driven. DRI
FTMOD E Fu
nctions ofDRIFT MODE
% DRIFT MODE isavailable onlyforth e
Mer cede s‑AMG E63 S4MA TIC+ model or
fo rve hicles withAMG DYNA MIC PLUS
pac kage.
DRI FTMODE enables intenti onaluns table move‐
ment (drifting) andoverste er ing oftheve hicle.
All activ ation conditions mustbe fulf illed forth is
(ES P®
deact ivat ed, forex am ple).
% Onlyahigh lyqu alif ied and exper ienced
dr iver should drive in DRIF TMODE .
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(/ page16 ). &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
Whe nyo uuse DRIFTMOD E,ES P®
is no t
av ailable.
Ther eis an increased risk ofskidding and
ha ving anaccident. 20
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