If you were planning on picking up MotorStorm: Arctic Edge for your PSP (or your soon-to-be purchased PSP Go), Sony may have just sealed the deal for you. Gamers who pre-order the frigid off-road racer will be given a free Mirage Riptide rally car. Now, Sony is the first to point out that for people who do not consider themselves fans of rally racing, this may not seem like a big deal. However, the description of what the Mirage Riptide is and what it can do may help sweeten the deal.

The pre-order bonus car will ship with the following features:

• Comes with two customizable skins
• Gearing is set for top speed
• Handling is set at maximum drifting

All of this adds up to the Mirage Riptide being optimal for handing the snowy, bobsled-like turns of the Alaskan frontier, at least the MotorStorm version of it. MotorStorm: Arctic Edge goes on sale in stores and on the PSN beginning September 29th. Pre-order now, or this free gift really will be a mirage.