I think it pays to take a relaxed attitude with the Hog controls in the original game. Don't be twitchy, it takes time to get on track so I just suggest where I want it to go and hope that it lines itself up eventually. Constant mini-corrections don't generally work for me. Or, at least, too much thinking and too many course corrections seem counter productive.

I laughed when I reached the end of the game and found that we had to pull off precision driving through a roller coaster. An exploding roller coaster! I think that someone at Bungie had a wicked sense of humour.