TeamXbox writes: "There's something special about traversing terrain that was only intended to be explored by wild animals. We're not talking about the urban jungle of course; games like 2XL's soon-to-be-released BAJA: Edge of Control are all about hitting the open trail.
The early American settlers and their Conestoga wagons we're the true pioneers of the off-road. But the problem was that these wagon treks were about finding Point B, and not about how to get to it– via Point A– in the shortest time possible. This is where rally racing came in, albeit years after the wagons and after these states became united.
The invention of the automobile was shortly followed by individuals wanting to compete in said autos; sometimes off-road. While the French and their European counterparts were battling it out in Monte Carlo in the early 20th century, Americans were dueling in the desert– from L.A. to Phoenix to be exact– in what many believe to be the first organized baja-style racing. Born out of this "Cactus Derby" is modern day baja– 800 horsepower trophy trucks, two-plus feet of suspension travel, fully-sanctioned events all over the world and huge, sponsor-backed race team budgets."
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.
