I think the main argument here can be solved by making a distinction between the 'technical' similarity with real driving and the 'feel' of real driving.

" I can see my car in this game, it sounds like my car, it banks on the corners like my car. It loses its steering grip at the same speed as my car." Those things are all so well simulated that it (apparently) even causes real race drivers to end with realistic track times when playing the game.

But the feel of actually driving = feeling an engine react to the motions of my hands and feet and experiencing the accelaration and braking: I have never felt that when playing a racing game. Not even with a proper setup (wheel and pedals). Hell, not even in a moving arcade installation.

Way to solve an argument, Mooks!

I've played them all before (and own two of them) but still bought it. I've only played them all once and they worth a second playthrough I think.

I do wonder if people who haven't played any of the prime games might be a bit overwhelmed by three of them at once. I remember hearing a lot of negative things about prime2, which I think was often caused by people playing it very soon after finishing prime1 and finding it 'too much of the same'.

Nintendo is successfully pushing the boundaries of gaming. Guess what part of your body their next peripheral slides around?

I bought it anyway. The shooters I've played on the Wii (Metroid, Resident Evil 4, etc) provided me with more gaming fun than any other shooter ever has, at least in single-player. I enjoy shooting things with the Wii controls so much I hope I will be able to ignore the bland environments and puzzles.

I've played Killzone2, Halo3 and other high-def shooters, but I didn't enjoy them as much as the Wii games..

I can't wait for the Metroid Trilogy to come out!