1UP writes: "THQ's Baja is trying to be the Gran Turismo of off-road racers: it's less about arcade-style insanity (a la Motorstorm) and more about the actual experience of bouncing oneself down desert paths in a car that's a venerable exoskeleton of rollbars and suspension shafts. But given the wild style of the Baja 1000 races, this isn't a game that exactly screams "simulation," either. Developer 2XL Games wants to push the off-road racing genre forward, even if it's just a little bit.
Baja is also a little more serious in its vehicle selection. This is a purely four-wheeled game with buggies, jeeps and pickups; nothing as small as a bike or ATV. The vehicle tiers go up to the "trophy trucks" -- pickups worth up to several million dollars that are expertly built and tuned for cutting across the desert. But of course, it will take time to earn the in-game cash for one of those monsters. "
Baja Edge of Control coming digitally to Xbox One, PS4.
It’s no secret that the Xbox 360’s lifespan is coming to an end, meaning we’ve got an extensive library of games to sort through and possibly trade-in to GameStop or EBGames. Because of this, used Xbox 360 games are incredibly cheap, and a lot of people might be spending this summer adding those last few games to their collections.
Time to round up the best racing titles in a Top 10 run down.
There are games with niche followings, and then there are games that absolutely nobody played. Baja: Edge of Control is one of those games.
Lost in the skyrocketing popularity of Call of Duty and Halo, Baja: Edge of Control quietly landed on store shelves in late 2008, a month before the two major shooting franchises released their yearly variations. And it sat there. After six months, those copies were moved to the bargain bin, and eventually, GameStop. Today, over five years after release, online leaderboards struggle to show more than ten or eleven people with registered lap times at most tracks. Online itself was a ghost town since launch day. People simply didn’t buy this game.
And that’s a shame, because Baja: Edge of Control is a title that any motorsports fan shouldn’t hesitate to add to their collection.
i'll just wait for Motorstorm 2