Ernie you are absolutely correct. It's a bit hard to get used to it. I'm sure once you get used to it it is better, but Free Rider 2 is a classic and I don't think anthing can really beat it.
It doesn't work for me, and I saw on the comments that others complain as well. When the game loads there's testpilotthegame.net address in the bottom, I tried to type it in the browser but I can't aces that site on that way either. : |