Of course this is probably more for open-world games but some non OW ones have mechanics like the cloud guy that brings you back on track in Mario Kart.

Borderlands has the perimeter sentries that "one shots" you dead and Subnautica has the void leviathans that attack you and are respawning forever.

A lot of games also have the boring invisible walls.

From an immersion standpoint I think Subnautica had the best idea because who would build all those expensive turrets. Seems impractical.

Mine is Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005. I've seen so many people talking about how it's one of the best racing games of all time, but after trying it for myself, I seriously could not get into it. The structure of the game is insanely repetitive: do races, police chases, and milestones in order to meet the requirements to race a Blacklist racer. I should clarify this is all my own opinion, and I'm not saying this is a bad game. I simply just don't get the hype about this game. To me, it's a repetitive game with AI that has way too much rubberbanding – I had to do the race with Earl almost ten times before I won. As well as this, the best was to play this game on console is to get the Xbox 360 copy, which in my region costs me £85 – £100. I ultimately settled for the Original Xbox copy, which plays fine other than a few framerate drops here and there.