An acceptable amount of steering play is VERY useful for when you are traveling around in the triple digits. 2inches? Probably not...

but the standard...what is it...20mm or something? That is handy and actually makes the car nicer to drive...but too much is annoying.

When you tighten, be sure to have the front end up in the air and turn the wheel left/right with the engine off and feel for binding. Binding bad AND dangerous. Slightly loose is better than too tight...but any extreme is unacceptable.