We have one although we haven't played in a little while. My fave is the bowling game that came with the system. As for the racing games, you can play with just the remote. The steering wheel is hard to get used to. We got it with Mario Kart. We bought our 3 kids Nintendo DS's for Christmas and I have been searching for cheaper games and I found a store on Ebay that sells new in factory seal games for decent prices. Here is the link to that store. I don't know what kind of Wii games he has, but it worth a shot.
eBay Store - 1Busyman's Budget Video Games: Playstation 2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS