Still my #1 game of all time, the design, sound, mechanics, it's the ultimate racing game.
Most likely sales of course, but I always thought Wipeout had a cult like following.
Fast and Furious movies in the early 2000s made street racing and crash-based racing games more popular. So cross-platform games like the Burnout series succeeded, as did NFS:Most Wanted, where you had to outrun patrol cars in officially licensed supercars from Ferrari, McLaren etc.
On the underground side, NFS:Underground and the Midnight Club series were king.