Microsoft is showing Kinect some softcore software love with a downloadable demo of Sonic Free Riders, out now for free on Xbox Marketplace.

YOU are the controller – but if most reviews of Sonic Free Riders can be trusted, you are a controller who needs its wires tweaked and batteries changed, so try shoving some AA’s in random places until you reach true one-to-one interfacing.

Do any of you with a Kinect want to share how Sonic Free Riders rides? If so, you know where to do it…