COPYING PS2 Games, PLEASE HELP

[Jonny]

to all you clever people out there, can you help me with a few simple questions?

1. Is backing up a ps2 game as easy as doing a psx game on something like nero?

2. If i have a NEO2 chip do i still have to include the game patches when i burn the games?

3. With dvd ps2 games cant you just extract the game files and burn them only onto a normal cd-r?

THANK YOU SO MUCH