The controls are simple, which is a positive and negative aspect to the game. Easy to jump into, doesn't leave a great deal of room to develope. Collisions are a let down. If I sideswipe a condo I want to see my boarder start in some freaky spin and land sprawled on the ground. Unfortunately every crash is identical, looks like the guy is trying to hurl.
Graphics are beautiful.
That was the first thing I noticed. Weather effects look fantastic. Some objects such as trees are a little cheesy up close, but you are usually going so fast that you don't look at them. The rooster tails in the replays look fantastic. Unfortunately it takes a beast of a machine to play a high resolution smoothly.