Are there career‐style street‑racing videogames with a pronounced portion outside of actual racing and upgrading? along lines of Saints Row with focus on Need For Speed elements.

am guessing this exists already to varying degrees, perhaps even in one or more NFS games. Just wondering what videogamea can scratch itches of progressing through criminal enterprises (in a broad sense) with control of a bipedal character, with predominance exerted specifically to engaging in illicit auto-racing (both engaging as a driver and managing).