Just fired it up. Any recommendations on starting path? Thinking nomad option. Also normal difficulty should be fine shouldn't it? Shouldn't it?! 👀
Sorry, late reply.
For a newbie, Normal will be fine, Hard makes it a bit more of a challenge, but knowing how to play it first might be a good shout before upping the difficulty.
The biggest differences between life paths;
• Unique dialogue, specific to each one.
• Where you start the game.
• Each has 1 or 2 side quests unique to them.
Other than that, it doesn't make much difference. I've done more Streetkid and Nomad playthroughs than Corpo.
Avoid being a jack of all trades with your character build, you need to think about your choices because some builds only show their strengths the higher your level, where others might come in handy at the lower levels.
Explore, explore, explore, climb, drive, walk. There's so much to see and do.
I'll put a link in here to a video on the strongest start for you.