Although I haven't pulled of a 1080, it's way easier. You just hold R and press your stick to a side. Rotating the sticks makes you rotate faster.
The tracks are very good. Dodging trees, taking sharp turns, boarding over ice, it's all there.
Sometimes it's a bit hard to find the road though, cause sometimes you have to break through fences and stuff. But once you know it, the tracks are great.
The game is pretty easy though... it's just like in 1080, you have 3 'cups': easy, normal and hard. You can't play the first one on hard, like in MK. But slalom mode and stuff adds a lot of replay! Plus 4-player!
Edit: I can't compare it too SSX3.
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