There were apparently two updates to the controls for the game. The first update got the control spot on right. Tilt a little to turn a little, tilt to the extreme then back again, slowly easing as you do, to implement a drift. Spot on. IGN's review raved about it. So did other reviews. It was truly spot on and butter smooth. Then the last update came and it was tilt a little and go right into an uncontrollable drift. They ruined the game completely.
I Play when I am travelling, I like the Touch controls, that really takes the care where I want to take it. Hey, if you look @ it, its actually an iPod Touch & not iPod Tilt .
Paying *Extra* is for *Extra cars n Tracks* You get 3 new cars for $1. Instead of having 50 cars that you don't like, buy a set of cars that you want to draw, I loved the gfx, am more into arcade racing, I thynk its worth it... I still play Asphalt n Asphalt 2 on my N-Gage QD (she'll turn 4 this August btw)