Chrome's new tab page is functional, to say the least. However, it's not quite as good-looking as you'd want it to be, and the features or information shown on the homepage might not be to your liking ...

Chrome doesn’t let you change the new tab page to a custom URL through its built-in settings. Every time you press Ctrl+T (or Cmd+T on Mac), you get Chrome’s default New Tab Page with a Google search ...