Burnout was an excellent racing game - the visual effects when you actually start burning out just immediately pull you into the "zone" ... there was a certain high from playing that game that I couldn't quite reproduce as easily with other racing titles
but - all time favorite? Definitely Rush 2049 for the N64! The Battle and Stunt modes in that game enabled it with replayability that STILL has me sit down to play it with my family sometimes
It wasn't a huge seller or incredibly popular, but those that found it fell into their own secret cult love