I find I can usually communicate just fine in superficial conversation with just about anyone...
I am also pretty good at feigning interest in things that are pretty banal to me, so if the other person is willing to talk with minimal imput from me, things'll go fine. It's only when the topic is something uninteresting and they aren't big talkers, then it'll go flat, because I don't really have much to add.
The main difference is in the subtleties, I think. When talking with Sensors, I find I subconsciously tend to restrain my Ne a bit, because they won't know how to respond in the same vein (instead they'll just laugh or be disdainful) and will soon grow bored/change topic onto something more familiar. With Intuitive friends I can let Ne loose and they don't give me strange looks.
And they'll usually know how to run with it. Not always, but even if they don't bounce off it they'll appreciate it.
The exception is my ISFP mother, who is truly open and accepting of how I operate. If I have something that fascinates/intrigues me, she'll be the first person in my family whom I'll bounce it off.
So in general, I can be 'myself' more around Intuitives than I can Sensors, but that is certainly not a hard and fast rule.