This is the first installment of the Skate franchise to offer multiple difficulties. On Skate and Skate 2, you played on what is Regular in Skate 3. Skate 3 adds Easy which makes you jump higher, land from higher places, and you always land body flips with this on. On Hardcore, the hardest difficulty, you can do body flips, but with great difficulty, you jump lower and you fall easily. Hardcore is for realistic skating.