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The first-generation Flying Spur W12 was never built for second-owner budgeting and definitively not for the future owners of 2026. Twin-turbo W12, dense electronics, air suspension, it required a maintenance mindset aligned with its original price tag. Many buyers entered at a fraction of the new cost, believing they...

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The Atari 2600 launched in 1977, with the ageless classic Combat as one of its launch titles. It was based on Atari’s earlier arcade game Tank (released in 1974). In Combat, you controlled a tank, biplane, or jet and battled against another player. The gameplay was simple to grasp, yet the skill ceiling was surprisingly high. You had to carefully judge enemy movement, shot trajectories, and your own positioning to avoid getting hit. For a game that’s soon approaching 50 years old, it was remarkably advanced for its time. It remains one of the most iconic games of early gaming history. Younger generations will probably never come across it - and if they did, they’d likely laugh at its primitive graphics. But for those of us who grew up with it, Combat was one of the best two-player experiences of its era.
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The Atari 2600 launched in 1977, with the ageless classic Combat as one of its launch titles. It was based on Atari’s earlier arcade game Tank (released in 1974). In Combat, you controlled a tank, biplane, or jet and battled against another player. The gameplay was simple to grasp, yet the skill ceiling was surprisingly high. You had to carefully judge enemy movement, shot trajectories, and your own positioning to avoid getting hit. For a game that’s soon approaching 50 years old, it was remarkably advanced for its time. It remains one of the most iconic games of early gaming history. Younger generations will probably never come across it - and if they did, they’d likely laugh at its primitive graphics. But for those of us who grew up with it, Combat was one of the best two-player experiences of its era.

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"In the last race, all of us complained that it was too dangerous with the safety car. Yes, it was with the safety car. And we were all shouting it, at least I was shouting it." "And then the safety car came out, and I think it was Isaac who had an accident, because he couldn't see. So we sat down in the meeting and we talked about it, and often the engineers can overreact, as they have done this weekend. So they have waited for it to dry out more, and a rolling start, which was not necessary." "But at least everyone was safe. Although I would have liked to start earlier. I like racing in extreme conditions. And also when you set the car up for those extreme conditions, and then you don't even compete in them, it's a shame."
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"In the last race, all of us complained that it was too dangerous with the safety car. Yes, it was with the safety car. And we were all shouting it, at least I was shouting it." "And then the safety car came out, and I think it was Isaac who had an accident, because he couldn't see. So we sat down in the meeting and we talked about it, and often the engineers can overreact, as they have done this weekend. So they have waited for it to dry out more, and a rolling start, which was not necessary." "But at least everyone was safe. Although I would have liked to start earlier. I like racing in extreme conditions. And also when you set the car up for those extreme conditions, and then you don't even compete in them, it's a shame."

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