So, yeah, Baja: Edge of Control. It's like those old Motorcross Madness games (which I have fond memories of finding the outermost boundaries and then being shotputting 200 feet in the air when I attempted to cross it) but with slick, new nex-gen graphics and physics. In fact, Robb Rinard of Motorcross Madness fame is the developer on the project. He gives you a little peek into the upcoming off-road game:


To get us media folk into the whole off-road experience, we witnessed the weekend's Saturday CORR races at the track. They warned me not to stand near the fence and take photos while the races were going on, but who am I to take advice... ever? This, of course, meant quarter-sized rocks hurtling toward our heads and plumes of dirt and smoke scratching our eyes:





So, we took a break from the races. Luckily, we found some other eye candy that made the whole experience a little bit better:

 

Now check out some more screenshots from Baja: Edge of Control.









The game comes out on September 15, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.