no they changed the controls so that it would be more user friendly. for example there is no grinding button so if ur doing a trick and ur near like a lift line or something, u automatically grind and like u dont set rotations like in amped two. it was spins like a bunch of 180s in a row, its sooo gay and instead of setting ur cork and choosing how off axis u are and what not, u hold like r2 and l1 and it sets him perfectly corked so there is no "being creative" in how u set ur tricks.... its just gay.... Im soo disappointed, the only way u could improve amped 2 would be a park editor and new levels to play. the gameplay was obviously flawless...