Baja 1000 game coming this fall @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on May 28, 2008

News: Race through the mud and the blood and the beer this fall.

Activision has announced they will be publishing a game this Fall based on the grueling Baja 1000 road race. The game will be known as SCORE International Baja 1000 and it will be coming to the PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. It is being developed by Left Field Productions, the development best known for the highly acclaimed N64 game Excitebike 64 and most recently known for the lackluster Wii pseudo-sequel Nitrobike.

Baja 1000 will be attempting to create a realistic version of the race as many vehicles may not make it to the end:

Sporting over 90 vehicles across multiple classes in the real Baja 1000 Ц including trophy trucks, class I, motorcycles, ATVs and more Ц the game challenges players to not only be first across the finish line, but also keep their machine intact! Hyper-realistic dirt and damage modeling in the game means players need to be crazy enough to take chances, but not so reckless that their vehicle is destroyed before the race is over.

УIn creating SCORE International Baja 1000, our goal was to create something true to the sport that made you feel the speed and heart-pounding conditions,Ф said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. УPlayers will see potential shortcuts on the tracks, but wonder if their vehicle can handle it. That's a conundrum every driver on the Baja 1000 faces.Ф

We'll have more soon.