Carbon had the best physics. It was too easy to slide your cars around and they felt too light in the Underground series. Plus they'd go completely weightless in crashes. Most Wanted had too much weight, even on the Lotus Elise and such. Carbon had the perfect blend between the two where very few cars felt the same.
many racing games arent available to buy anymore due to timed licensing, basically any need for speed before most wanted 2012 i think. any forza game before forza motorsport 7, codemasters games before dirt rally. then you had the rather underrated game blur from 2011 or 2012 too i think.
most wanted was by far my favorite, but with that being said, underground 2 was incredible for its time and imo, more of a breakthrough in racing games. and like the user above, ya it would.