Baja Edge of Control

[TTR Dr Payne]

coupe, you wanted to know some things about this game now that I can play it.
Anything specifically you want to know about the game?

I dont have much to say about it atm as I havnt played it much(been playing my PS3)

Graphically, as expected, is sub-par, although not terrible.
Difficulty, I dont know if I suck, if my car is pathetic in comparison to the AI, but its pretty dam hard. Theres 2 difficulty settings, Easy and Hard. I selected Hard to start, did like a dozen races or so finishing above 5th like once lol. So I then put it down to Easy, I finally found out then how to do a proper start(its like in the MX vs ATV Unleashed think was the game where you have to hold the Clutch down and rev the engine, then as soon as the Green light goes let go of the clutch and you'll get a fast start. If you dont it'll take ages to get moving.) So I was finally able to keep up with the AI off the starting line, but it didnt help me much. On easy I'm only finishing in 2-5. finished in 1st once I believe. So even on easy the game is still pretty decently hard. I dont know how any kid or anybody who sucks at racing games would ever be able to play this game. I've pretty much, if not, fully upgraded my starting car and I still cant easily keep up with the AI. It definitely is partly due to me still learning the physics but it cant entirely be that. This is something I'll try to update as much as I can as I play the game more.
Physics, its definitely more simulation then the other off-road racing games out there atm(aka DiRT) however I wouldnt call it a full racing sim. The game has a bit of a weird feel to it, but its still fun and definitely doesnt put me off wanting to play it.

I remember reading a part of a review on this game before I played it, and the person said it perfectly, its going to be a complete love/hate with this game. Either you play it and you love it, or you play it and you hate it and never want to touch it again.

It really sucks theres no demo for it so you cant give it a free try, but if you can I would suggest renting it to give it a go to see what you think. Would you be able to convince your parents to cover the cost of the rental? Thats what I would highly recomend you do.

So I would say its a fun game and I would recomend it, but it really will be a love/hate thing.

[milecoupe]

lol well if u did'nt noticed i actully rented it and have been playing the hell out of it as already got 25/50 achivements in 2 days haha

Graphic wise yeah its not up to rally sport challange or dirt but otherwise its right behind those 2 and with how the gameplay is who cares for graphics as i've said in the past i don't care if the game looked like pole postions its about gameplay not how pretty it is gez and when your truck buggey w'e your racing is going 100mph down a bumpy ass road i'm sure your gonna be looking at how nice the trees and sky are.Me personally i'm holding on for dear life trying to keep that thing straight

Well i'd say its alittle of both payne hahaha cause i can play it on hard with no traction control at all and i've already beat the first 2 leagues with all golds.You just really gotta play this alot to get it down but payne if ur have problems just race easy and put full traction control.I personally love no traction as that things sideways on two wheels with me having a riot

My problem is i can not find were the invetational events are i've looked all over and nothing

I also had a problem with the dam starts as those were b****s but yeah you gotta use the clutch and thats not a problem.

It depends on your car,the lines your pick etc you gotta race really smart with this game or eles yeah your gonna finish worse then 3rd every race as you actully gotta take ur time and learn the tracks and find the right lines and what works.For the cars you gotta try different ones i've found as i started off the first league with a crappy open wheeler finished 1st onec or twice but then i bought another one and that thing just flys for me so its all about prefference

The game is actully really the most realistic off road game next to rally sport challenge i've ever played but is right up there with it.Its not 100% like a forza but its not even close to dirt or any other game in this genre.

The only thing i have a hard time with is i can't figure out how to get out of the hairpins and slower turns fast and thats were the ai's keep up with me and give me a dam good race

Ai wise i love this game its actully a challange for onec first ever game i played with good ai that can actully race smart and beat you.

Naaaa the people who have reviewed this game are totally idiots and are only playing one or 2 races then collecting a pay check.there all praiseing pure because disney paid them $$$$$ out the ass and i wonder why cause baja is a way better game then pure.

The reason there was no demo was because in the past games put out a demo and it lost them sales so they figured if no demo it might help with sales just like pure did as alot of people wanted that game then played the demo and hated it.

I'm going to do some live play with it tonight or tommorow and if all go's well I will say this after christmas this game will have its own league so if your intrested pick this up

This game has about 8 different race modes which is awsome.You can race the baja 1000 on it with 8 of your friends online and that race is at least 3 hours,you blow tires,gotta get the heli to come help you repaire you truck and just i love this game.Theres a free rome mode which is just amazing.You get a huge map about 10 different if i remember right and you can go anywere unlimited time and i can't imageing the games we could make in this mode.

I'll list more as i play as i still have it till next monday.

If anyone has any questions ask

[milecoupe]

The more and more i play this the more i just love it.Just did my first 250 baja took 45ish minutes to do the 3 stages and your on the edge the whole time and its just awsome.Can't wait for the 500/1000 next i'll post as i do more

[munsonator08]

i think im going to pick this up, it looks b***hin'

[milecoupe]

well if u rent it or pick it up any time this week i'll play with you any time of the day as i only have it till monday but i'm forsure buying this game i just love it and if theres anything you wanna know at all just ask

Another quick update

The 4x4 class is quite hard,Your gonna wanna pick a smaller one so you can make your way around the other trucks easyer as these things take up alot of room,From what i've raced so far this is the hardest league and just is a b***h if you make a mistake.

[milecoupe]

Payne enter this code into the cheats

Supermax and you get all the parts without paying for them so your truck buggey etc is always 100% without payin for them that should help you abit.I'm not useing it but saw it and thought it'd help you

[milecoupe]

Another quick update

I just did the first stage of the baja 500.Some of the jumps are'nt 100% real as my buggey flys when it hits a huge one at 120mph but for the most part the jumps are mostly real

The Buggeys wow first time in one so far and i love the things as there a handfull.You gotta make sure to watch yourself as you can flip them quite easy if you hit something wrong but your actully able to save the things if you know what your doing on two wheels.So yeah there alot of fun

Something i've noticed and love yet again with this game is the suspensions.This is one part i can tell they really worked on and made look real and work real.The things bounch like a real one dose and go on two wheels and rotate like the real thing and i really like that.Probelly my last update for today but i'll have more tommorow forsure as i got another hour+ in the baja 500

[TTR Dr Payne]

lol i dont need no stinkin cheat code. I just need to play it more, I've only done a few races so far.

Dont you guys have 'no late fees' over there? They should do since I know the US has it everywhere, and we have it here, so I'm pretty sure all of Canada should have it(so long as theres a Blockbusters or Rogers Video at least)

[munsonator08]

i saw a video with these offroad gokart looking things, does the game have them?
also are the tracks all fictional, or are there some real tracks other than the baja.
the stadium trucks, are they regular corr drivers are fictional, and can you paint your vehicles?
what hop ups are there, similar to world of outlaws, the game for ps2 or computer, or is it just a thing like nascar used to be, with just a few things you can do, do you have money and stuff you win from races to upgrade the trucks, are the graphics good, and do the cars handle appropriately?

[milecoupe]

I'm pretty sure there in this game i just have'nt gotten there yet.I saw small little go kart looking things in the bonus along with mini trucks.

Its really hard to tell whats real and whats fake as far as the tracks.I think some of them are real stages etc but i can't be sure.

There the real trucks that run baja,robby gordons monster energy truck,troy hurbst buggy etc but yeah alot of the trucks are real from what i've seen.You can't paint your own but you get to pick from 5-10 different paint jobs for each one.

The classes are vw buggey,Buggy open wheel,4x4,unlimited open wheel,trophey truck and theres about 4 or 5 other classes and a bonus one with alot more in it.

You can do alot,You can tune them and yeah you have to win races and money to buy the next level of truck or buggey and upgrades

The graphics i would'nt complaine about as i find it looks great and the gameplay is fun as hell i find.I keep noticeing new things like last night i noticed theres actully little bunnys and animals running across the track as your racing and i just found that cool.But you don't really notice them when your being bounched around like hell at 100 mph so like i said with the time they had to make this game and with how much there is i find it amazing.

Its not real world handeling but its not arcadey either and it really depends on what you pick also as far as traction as theres full med and none at all and each has a totally different feel to the game

From what i've seen and played you'd probelly really like this game as much as me its just sometimes you may get upset with how often the buggeys can flip as if you run them on the 100% edge you'll flip alot as there crazy and sometimes its really hard to save one but your able to save the things when you pretty much got them on the side.Hope this helps

[milecoupe]

BAJA: Edge of Control
All 45 Discovery Locations



Note: This guide was written by NumberUno x360a for use on x360a.org and nowhere else, don't steal it's against the law.

THIS IS ROUGH DRAFT ONLY! but I wanted to post them as soon as I was done. Editing to be continued...


!!!PAINTED DESERT!!!

Once you start free roam head the entire way down the road, and once it meets up with sand, you will have discovered Sand Snakes.

From the Sand Snakes continue along the paved road and you will come across a sign (first sign after the sand snakes) that says
BF Goodrich and has a picture of a car, turn onto the dirt path directy to the left of this sign and make you way straight up the path, and straight up the big hill
once you get to the top of this big hill go to the right to discover the Broken Axle Track.

Continuing from the sand snakes discovery along the same way, keep going down the road past where you went to discover Broken Axle track
until you pass two big red towers. After the towers and continuing on the road you will begin to go up a hill and facing the sunset, on your left down below the cliff wall will
be the discoverycalled the Desert Playground. Also when looking down at the Desert playground from the road, take a look directly behind it also see the Sand Dunes Discovery.

After Continuing from the Desert playground and the Sand dunes going the same way along the paved road
you will come across an old brown water tower all alone on the left of the road, and in behind it a big hill. Get to the top of that hill to discover the Sunset Mesa.


!!!UYUNI SALT FLATS!!!

All Directons are giving as if your beginning at the start!

As soon as you begin look to your left and you will see a bunch of mini lakes, head down dirctly towards them and you will discover the Slat Flats track.
Keep going in a straight line to also discover the Mud Pits in behind the track.

From the beginning head down the dirt road and cut left at the fork in the road, go so far and you will see a building to your left next to a
lake head to it and you will have found the Uyuni Prison.

From the beginning reverse until you hit the intersection behind you, you're going to have to go left in the same direction as the Salt Flats
track and the mud pits but stay on the road until you come to a Reddish lake on the left, go into it to discover Blood pond.

From the beginning head down the dirt road and go straight at the fork in the road and down into the water to discover the Salt Flats.


!!!COCONO ISLAND!!!

Along the outside edge of the island you will notice a white lighthouse go to it to discover the Lighthouse lookout

this next one can also be found along the edge of the island look for a grouping of little islands forming what looks to be a path across the water, head out onto
these islands to discover Island hopping

There is a long bridge leaving from the Island along the edge which is blocked by two orange barriers go through the barriers to discover Bridge out

Once you find bridge out head onto the bridge itself and turn around, now that your facing the fork in the road head directy straight over the
sand and hills to come apon a little grouping of houses to discover Capital City.

Get up high and look for the tallest mountain, once you find it you must make you way to the very top of it, once your at the top there will be a little
more hieght to go on a little peak, so climb up it as well and discover Top Of the World.


!!!CABO SAN LUCAS!!!

Go straight down the road directly from the start and you will discover Downtown Cabo.

From the start take an immediate left and follow the road until you see the road coming from the City, at that point take the left and head up until you
notice a Golf Course go to the front of the clubhouse to discover it.

Head straight and take your first right, then follow the road along until you begin to go up a hill, once your going up the hill go slighty over to the
left and up through the green tress to discover Cabo wash.

From the Start head North East and keep going until you begin to se the ocean. Keep head North east and you will come to a little nieghbourhood with a
lot of houses, but you must go to the middle grouping and find the dead end street to get the discovery.

Don jaun Mendosa's Compound is near the little nieghbourhood and can be spotted easily by going to a high hill and looking around.



!!!NEVADA!!!

Head directly forward and into the city to discover Laughlin.

Turn immediatly left at the start and you will see a large dark brown hill, head towards it and drive up it to discover Granite Peak.

From the start go straight until you reach the bridge, once you do turn right just before and take the paved road all the way until you see a big
shopping centre and you will have discovered Parker.

On the right side of the Big shopping centre is the Parker Run discovery.

From the start go straight until you reach the bridge, once you do turn left this time and head down the paved road until you come to the roller coaster
that will be on the left hand side along the road, just drive up to it to discover Primm.



!!!MOGOLLON RIM!!!

Head straight from the start past a sign, and a house and you will spot some Rail Cars head to them to discover Southern Mann Trainyard.

If you go the same way towards the rail cars you will notice a lake slightly to the left of them, head to it to discover Horseshoe lake.

From the start turn around a go the opposite way your facing, you will come to a big lake, drive near it to discover Hourglass Lake.

From the start head left down the paved road until you reach the fork in the road near the lake, at the fork take the left way and go until you see a
red Barn with a few fair rides next to it. Drive near the entrance or even through the red barn to discover Baltman Farm.

From the start head left down the paved road until you reach the fork in the road near the lake, at the fork take the left way and go until you see a
bridge going over a stream once your beginning to take the turn on the road towards the bridge cut sharp left instead and head up the hill and through
some trees to discover Mogollon Speedway.



!!!CANYON DE CHELLY!!!

Go straight from the start down the dirt road and head to the Two blue barns on the right to discover Ron Ron's Farm.

From the start do a 180 and head straight you will soon see a large Cliffwall in the distance and a road going up it, your going to want to get the the
outlook that is above the sharp turn it has a single large tree on it go up and to the edge to discover Spider Rock View.

From the start do a 180 and head straight you will soon see a large Cliffwall in the distance and a road going up it, instead of going up this time head
to the right along the paved road and follow it until you reach a REMAX sign, right under the sign is a dirt road going up head up to the top and look for
a blue house and a windmill head to the edge near the house and you will discover Valley View.

When looking out from Valley view look below and notice the road taking two different directions, well in the middle of the roads is some race tracks, go
down and find the Oval track that looks like a Nascar oval style track with a big huge boulder in the middle drive on the track to discover Playground SR21.

Head the same way towards Spider Rock view and continue along the paved road until you come to a large dark brown crater along the left, now just after
circling it on the road head right from the road and up the big cliffwall to discover Rolling Hills raceway



!!!CANYON LAKE!!!

To your right as soon as you start there is a metal bridge if you look at it you will notice just before it there is a boat and a beach, head to it
to discover Broken Bottle Beach.

Fromj the start head straight down the dirt path and follow it until you discover Rattlesnake Ridge track.

Turn right from the start and head right down the paved road until you come to the covered marina (place where boats park) once you see it head down
to the beach and circle the marina staying along the waters edge along the beach until you come to discover the Flip Flop beach.

Turn right from the start and head right down the paved road yu will take a long bending left then it turns into a sharp right, just at the sharp right in
the road you should be able to view the right side of the bridge and behind you should be a slight elevation with a bunch of cactus on it head
onto that to discover lake view.

From the start look in the distance to the right of the sunset, you will notice some white buildings, head over to them to discover the Lowell Observatory

[milecoupe]

!!!LAKE POWELL!!!

head straight towards the smoke stacks and make your way onto the paved road, continue along until you see a tower to the right of the road not far along
from the three smoke stacks, when you find it head to it to discover the Powell Solar Plant.

Head directly to the left from the start and you will come to a bunch of odd shaped light and dark brown rocks, head to them to discover Antelope Canyon.

From the start face to the right and you will see a large lone hill in the distance head to it and make your way up top , along the edge is a flat section
where you will discover Lake View.

While looking off from lake view towards the smoke stacks you will notice a sandy race track down below head down and you will discover Whispering Wind
track


At the start take a right and cross by the lake then hit the paved road and head left follow it all the way until you reach the bridge, after crossing
the bridge take a left and begin following the lakes edge until you see an outcrop of land with a bunch of trees on it, head onto that to discover Juniper
Hill.

[milecoupe]

I need help with the lake view and whispering track on lake powell! I've been driving everywhere to left and can't find it. HELP!

From the starting point pan your camera to view the left view of the truck and you will see a large lone hill in the distance, head to it and make your way up top , along the edge is a flat section where you will discover Lake View.

When you get to Lake View look down below and you will see a race track go to it and that's Whispering Wind Track

[milecoupe]

hey, sorry, not trying to sound like an idiot, hehehe, but when I pan left from the starting point on lake powell, there's no clear view to the left of a lone hill - from the starting point the 3 smoke towers are barely in view on left side - is the lone hill further left of the smoke towers? based on the vehicle pointed straight ahead at start point, where is lone hill? 11 o'clock, 9 o'clock, etc? Sorry to be difficult, these are last two i have left.....

actually found it, it's the hill off in the distance to the "right" of the truck....at about 3 o'clock - btw, your guide for the discovery locations was great, I couldn't have come close to getting this achievement without it....THANKS AGAIN!

www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96027

[TTR Dr Payne]

man, I think this is probably my favourite off-road racer of all time. Not having played RSC2 all that much I never really got into it and dont remember all that well what it was like. I just spent the last about 4 hours playing this game and I didnt want to stop I was having so much fun. I only stopped because its 4:30am Once you get a feel for the physics and understand how to control the car it is unbelievably fun. I started enjoying it alot more once I got into the 2nd group of races(Unlimited VW Buggy or something like that? Whatever is after the first VW Buggy race group...) I just 100% completed with 1st places. I've only got 2 medals in the first group of VW Buggy, the first 2 events, the events after that are hard, although now I might be able to comeplete a couple more of them. I dont have a clue how your expected to win the final event though...Its an open event where your in the sh*tty VW Bug while the other races are in cars of much higher categories, like the 4x4 Trucks and other vehicles. Your started with a few second lead, but how the f*ck your supposed to stay in 1st for 2 laps is beyond me.
This is really a game you have to play and get 'into', its definitely not a game you can just pick up and play for a few mins at a time like I was doing before.

[milecoupe]

hahaha it took me 2 trys on expert or w.e the hardest mode to beat is in the open not that hard just gotta know what your doing hahaha

I have 1st place on expert all the way up too the 2nd set of trucks befor u get to the 2nd to last class.I really need to buy it ugh but i'll wait for christmas

And i told u it was fun

if you think thats fun just wait untill you get online hahahahahahaha that takes up some time lmao