Honestly, I started gaming again a year ago after a long hiatus and I must have tried a dozen of the new mouse pads out there and there's not one of them that I like. All the companies out there are fixated in making them as smooth as possible so if you like a bit of friction you're screwed.
Update: bought a HyperX Fury a few days ago and so far I really like its friction and precision. But to answer your question...
Both Qck+ and Qck heavy are way smoother than what they used to be. I expected them to start wearing off after a few days but after some weeks I still couldn't control anything so I gave up.
Zowie GS-R: probably my favorite before I bought the HyperX. Very fast but still has decent control. Sometimes just feels inconsistent. Hard to explain.
Razer Goliathus Speed: kinda liked it for a while but it has a coated surface and gets very sticky. Not too fond of it.
Razer Giganthus: that one was easily the fastest I tried. Couldn't do anything with it, returned to the store the same day.
It's all personal preference though. I know a lot of pro's use the GS-R for example and obviously have great aim with it. I find it hard to hit flick shots on it. Probably because of the 10 year+ of muscle memory playing on high friction pads I had developed before starting to play again.
I use roccat sense.. its what they had at best buy lol. it works great with my DA. also have a roccat taito which is nice... and my old goliathus... which acts as an under padding for my other mouse pads.
My Titan was getting a little long in the tooth (10+ years!), I eventually replaced it with a new QCK+ Heavy. Apparently they're slipperier than before ; I found it to be slightly faster than the Titan, but got used to it quickly.
I also got the goliathus control at the same time and ended up selling it to a colleague after using it for 20 minutes (too grainy).
I clean up may pads regularly so they don't really get a chance to get gunked up.
I'd never bought one until last year ; judging by the comments on this forum it would seem like something was quietly changed at some point in the product(s).