The controls are not terrible but then again, its not great either. At best Sonic Free Riders is okay.
Now the bad. While the controls are not terrible, they're still pretty...meh. I had a lot of trouble turning and just centering myself. Second, the menu is a bit hard to navigate. It would sometimes go into two players if someone passed by the motion sensor. I would also get lost a bit when selecting a mode. I wish they could be a bit more straight forward.
Its a step up from the last Sonic Riders game but it still needs major tuning