I bought games like Wave Race, mk64, and Ocarina of time and never cared. I bought Ridge Racer 4 for PS1 and it came with a 60fps version of Ridge Racer 1. I couldn't tell the difference. Even during the Dreamcast days, I had a game called Out trigger that boasted about its framerate. Didn't mean a thing to me.
I would watch Digital Foundry videos saying "the framerate dips here" and if it wasn't for their tool telling me that it dipped here or there, I'd never be about to tell. It just never mattered. Save thing with resolution.
Now, I have a 4K tv and an Xbox One X on pre-order and I can't help but wonder it I'd been had. I mean, there's an Xbox One under every TV in my home and PS4 and Pro under two of them(for the features they add plus gaming whenever I want) and they're connected to different TVs--one 4K, one 1080p and one 1080p 3D--and I don't care. I don't notice the framerate or even the resolution. Companies and the internet told me they should matter so they matter.
Meanwhile, two of my fondest gaming experiences of the year have been on Switch and 3DS
