We Rocket Through The Desert In A Polaris RZR XP 1000

I used to be the unsuitable man for 50% of this journey, as I advised the great man who invited me.

Drive the RZR XP 1000, one among Polaris’ most ferocious off-roaders, within the desert sand? Amen.

Check out the brand new Battlefield 2042 sport, the place gamers can shoot, launch rockets, hunt and get shot?

As I additionally advised the great man, “My final gaming expertise was the Galaga I performed at a lodge in Austin in March. Earlier than that, it was House Invaders, Pac-Man and Moon Cresta.”

It was happy with him. Perhaps I’d get the bug, so I may perceive what my BFF means when she talks about final night time’s Frogger, I imply “Dungeons and Dragons.”

So, off with me.

First I’ll inform you concerning the RZR XP 1000. A mighty trip. An explosive trip. A trip delivering a skull-rattling afternoon of woah.

A bunch of us packed, masked and carrying lunches, right into a van, winding via the mountains outdoors San Bernardino, the place the heavens had chosen kindness today of delicate temps and winds. (The following day would deliver a vicious rainstorm and freezing chilly and fog that slowed speeds on the mountain to about 15 MPH.)

We disembarked at Happy Trails Rental, obtained helmets, went via a security briefing, and away we sped in a bunch of RZR XP 1000s.

It wasn’t lengthy earlier than we thought our faces would break off from laughing, regardless of reaching speeds of solely about 30 MPH.

One may think about, throughout the occasions once we weren’t being tossed round like a leaping bean, a Brontosaurus lumbering over the horizon. On the straighaways it appeared as if somebody had put in a couple of hundred velocity bumps. Bam, bam, bam, bam, we bounced over them and laughed, laughed, laughed, laughed.

My accomplice and I had by no means met however by the point we took a break to modify spots in driver and passenger seats, we have been friends. We principally communicated by shouting, which made it even funner.

After lunch and persevering with to climb, crawl, velocity and bounce, once we have been spent and filled with mud and sand head to toe, our host piled everybody, two at a time, for a final joyride over the sand and brush. Solely this time it was within the RZR Turbo S the place we blasted, at occasions, at speeds of as much as 70 mirthful miles per hour, and the faces cracked anew from the guffaws.

Check out its awesome specs here. Again we piled into the van, all burnt and soiled and happy normally with life.

Now, to the gaming portion – Battlefield 2042 –

I’ve by no means golfed in my life, nor have I ever skiied, however that doesn’t imply I begrudge anybody who’s ga-ga over these actions. It doesn’t harm me.

A gameboy was positioned in my arms, a person confirmed me easy methods to use it and I spent about quarter-hour blowing stuff up and advancing and retreating, and it was all jolly good enjoyable.

That mentioned, you’ll not see my identify in a event, nor discover me on line searching for companions throughout the globe to play with. Subsequent lifetime.

However hearken to this!

CONTEST! WIN DAILY, WEEKLY AND GRAND PRIZES

Probably the most vital and well timed side of this journey for followers of each gaming and off-roading was the announcement that, to have a good time the launch of Battlefield 2042, Polaris and other game partners are running a six-week prize giveaway, including daily, weekly and grand prize winners.

Followers could take part by opting in to obtain weekly notifications; watching, liking and sharing the sport trailer, following social accounts, and liking and sharing social posts. Every day and weekly prizes embrace:

*Battlefield 2042 video games

*Logitech gaming equipment like a laptop computer, headset, keyboard and mouse

*Polaris and EA-branded merchandise

*An AKRacing gaming chair

*A online game console.

The grand prize is a customized Battlefield 2042-inspired Polaris Sportsman XP 1000, which is featured within the sport trailer.

Valued at practically $30,000, the car was hand-painted to reflect the in-game car. Giveaways are reside now and run via January 3, 2022.

Extra data on entry, prizes and eligibility will be discovered at playr.gg/Polaris.