Yes, absolutely, B3 was a very revolutionary game for its time, and it also offered something quite different from what was being handled at the time. When I played it I had already gone through NFU2 (without a doubt it is for me the best freestyle racing, drifting etc game of its time for many reasons that I don't want to go into). GT4 was also out at the time, but B3 certainly offered something completely innovative for its time.
NFU2 is something from another world and is nothing like B3, and if I remember the advertising walls embedded in it, it's because NFU2 was really a milestone for its time, something that Most Wanted completely missed.
Thanks to you for the post, greetings!