What are the best PS2 racing games?

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What are the best PS2 racing games?

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Now that I have a Steering Wheel, I think I might pick up a few more PS2 racers.
Do you have any good recommendations?

Here's what I already have:

Gran Turismo 3: A Spec
Gran Turismo 4
Burnout 3: Revenge
Midnight Club 2 (which I love, but it kind of sucks for my steering wheel because the wheel doesn't have an L3 or R3 button, and you need those to flash your headlights and start a race in MC2)
Need For Speed: Pro Street
Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2
Twisted Metal Black
XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association
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Midnight Club 3
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Burnout 3
Burnout Revenge
Test Drive Off Road: Wide Open
Test Drive: Unlimited
Outrun 2006
Colin McRae 3
World Rally Championship

(These games aren't car racing but are stlll alot of fun)
XG3
ATV Offroad Furry series
Splashdown series

Those are all very good games (especially TDU, TDOR, Outrun, Colin McRae, WRC and Burnout 3). You already have both Gran Turismo games which are in my opinion, the best racing games on pretty much any system. At least until the full GT5 comes out. :D
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Definitely Burnout 3, but using aftertouch might be difficult with a wheel.
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Not a racer, but since you just got a wheel you owe it to yourself to play arcade style Crazy Taxi at home.
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Gran Turismo is awesome. That is a nice list of racing titles you have on PS2 JT.. 8)
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Oops, I left some off the list: I have Burnout Revenge and XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association.

I like the Crazy Taxi idea, and Outrun 2006 would be good for some arcade style action as well. I've never played the Test Drive Series. I'll have to look into that.
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If you like arcade racing games I got one word for you
Battle Gear 2 (Japan) = Tokyo Road Race (Europe)
So if you're in the US, which you most likely you are, no soup for you unless you have a modded/import system.
But I am alone in this so you are better off listening to the others!

And..wait for it. it has a wide screen option, link feature and supports the negcon.
And has 12 different awesome tracks, crisp graphics

And Outrun offcourse, preferably the Japanese version, but the US version is probably an ok version too.
Initial D is fun too, but the controls are a bit wierd and will fukk up your feeling for other racing games if you play it alot.
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You might wanna try out Need for Speed Underground.
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Just added Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition and TOCA Race Driver 3 to the collection. 8)
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