So certainly the decision to allow chip modification just on even a legitimate basis, can certainly loosen the hold that Sony and other games console manufacturers can have on a very important part of their marketplace in terms of adoption.īrian Fitzgerald: It shows the spirit I suppose of the law, to open up user rights, which we probably haven't seen to this point. They're the people who are excited about new releases, and they will be willing to pay a premium to be able to buy that particular game much earlier than the rest of their peers. “Too soon, junior”.Today on The Law Report, computer games, competition policy and copyright a recent decision of the Federal Court that has global electronics giant Sony in a spin.ĭaniel McHugh: Part of the gaming community which Sony and the other games console manufacturers want to really get a tight handle on is that very advanced, very aggressive consumer. Oh, did we not mention the nitrous? Yeah, this thing’s got the quintessential Fast and Furious key to speed. Well, it did have nitrous oxide boost to help.
In 2008, this Top Secret Supra hit a top speed of 222.4mph on the constant curve of Nardo’s circular test track in southern Italy. All of which goes to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox. Upgraded from sump to heads and fitted with two turbochargers, it develops a claimed 943bhp. Its streamlined, airsmoothed nose looks quite different from a factory Supra’s smiling face, and beneath it we find a V12 originally housed in Toyota’s retro luxury limo, the Century. The Top Secret Supra is up for auction in Japan, albeit in a guise even more extreme than during its illegal activity on British soil. However, if you’d like a slice of that era of Japanese tuning madness, we have good news.
Needless to say, it’s not something you should go looking to beat. Arrested and deported shortly afterward, the Top Secret Supra unofficially holds the dubious record of the fastest speed ever reached by a car on a public highway in Britain. When that became boring, he hit a claimed 197mph on a stretch of the A1 M motorway in the Midlands at 4am.
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