Panga is one of many stock cars available in Re-Volt.
Performance
Panga is a Glow-fueled vehicle with a 4WD drivetrain, classified under the Pro rating.
The vehicle is quite unique and odd in appearance, as it consists of an intimidating panda, who is mounted onto a cart. With that said, Panga is very large in size, being much bigger compared to its competitors, and as such, Panga is a relatively heavy vehicle. It has a mass of 2.5 kilograms, which is impressive as it weighs 500 grams more than the modal weight. This makes Panga very resistant to damage and impact from Pickups, taking the strongest of items such as the Bomb with very little consequences. This is further complemented thanks to its large body frame.
In addition to its remarkable weight, Panga is very formidable in terms of swiftness. It has an excellent top speed of 43 mph (69 kph), which is notable for being one of the fastest vehicles in its rating, surpassed by only Cougar by the smallest of margins. This gives Panga a great advantage on vehicle with long straightaways, pulling ahead of races in a matter of seconds. Panga is also blessed with a very lenient grip, maintaining a lot of traction when turning, when traveling at high speeds, or even both at the same time.
Unlike Cougar, who possesses a substandard acceleration stat, Panga's accelerates much faster, clocking in at a decent 2.71 m/s². While its acceleration is certainly not overly spectacular, being easily surpassed by Humma and Toyeca, as well as their visual counterparts (SNW 35, Purp XL), Panga's acceleration stat is sufficient enough to not cause any major problems in regards to reaching its top speed.
However, Panga has the notable flaw of possessing a very wide turning radius, similar to Cougar. The vehicle unfortunately does not turn sufficiently enough even in the easiest of corners, resulting in massive understeer in many situations. This forces the vehicle to slow down, removing a lot of its valuable speed before entering corners. Its turning radius is further hampered due to its large body frame, being pressured the narrower the turns are. This is seen in the aisle hairpins of Supermarket 1, in which the vehicle struggles in performing U-turns to get across those corners, as a result of the terrible synergy in large size and poor turning radius.
In summary, Panga is a very swift vehicle, boasting impressive stats in both top speed and acceleration, as well as having an immense mass, a trait that very few cars in the game possess. However, Panga's potential is impacted because of its dreadful turning radius, and when complemented with the vehicle being excessively large in appearance, makes tight and narrow corners a nightmare for the vehicle. Ultimately, its swiftness is praised, as Panga shines best in wide, open areas, but is unsuitable in tracks lacking those sections.
Additional Information
- This car is not present in any of the various Re-Volt demos.
- Panga's top speed in the mode Junior RC is 44 kph, and in Console, Arcade and Simulation 69 kph.
- Panga is called "Panda" in RE-VOLT 2: Best RC 3D Racing.
- Panga also reffers to a "brand" of the Re-Volt universe.
- Panga is one of few cars that has animations on body — it's head that turns on the sides following the front wheels.
- Excluding the special cars, Panga is one of two cars that is unable to be selected by the AI. The other is Rotor.
- Both vehicles can still be chosen by the AI if the 'Random Cars' option in Game Settings is set to 'On.' Other methods include copying the car's contents into a new folder and adjusting the parameters accordingly.
- Panga is the only Glow-powered vehicle to be unlocked via Single Race.
- The Car Selection Screen lists all of the Panga's attributes to be "secret", or marked with '???'.
