I've used several "gaming" mousepads I've only found 1 mouse pad that was garbage. XTrac ripper shit-tier pad imo, significantly lowers the max tracking speed of a mouse, smells awful when you first get it, edges are sharp and fray quickly.
I have a hyperx fury mousepad at work (the kind with the nonstitched edges and the only complaint I have is the edges are sharp the HyperX Fury S shouldn't have this issue though.
Have used multiple SteelSeries QCKs I find it difficult to switch to any other mousepad for playing games the texture and feel of the QCK when using a mouse on it just isn't the same on any other pad I've tried.
I've tried a few other mouse pads but none of them really stand out to me especially for recommending to someone who may not have a preference yet, because I'm pretty sure for most gaming mousepads it's going to come down to preference of feel (which you won't know until you try it and use for awhile) size, or cost