Street racers aren’t criminals. To me, being a criminal means intentionally hurting people, scamming, stealing, or exploiting others. Street racing is illegal, sure, but most people do it as a hobby because they love cars and racing and just becuase you break the law doesn’t make you a “criminal”. I hate how games like Need For Speed always paint racers as villains when the reality is way less black-and-white.
Words mean things. The word “criminal” means that something is against the law, or someone who breaks the law.
Street racers are criminals because they break the law. It’s as simple as that.
Now you could try and argue that they’re not bad people. But you tried that in another thread in nostuoid questions and I don’t see a need to add anything there.