Which are the best mods for world improvement ?

[Agln]

Hey, i'm looking for mods that improve the overall experience when freeroaming.
I'm looking for a mod that improves random events, NPC behaviours or NPC Interactions and other things like that. Does that exist ?

[Anonymoused281]

World of Variety
Vanillaworks
Improved textures
Lore Friendly wheels pack
Lively World
Ambient FX
World Improvement (map editor)
Scenario Groups
Beta vegetation and props
to name a few I use

[Agln]

Thanks ! Vanillaworks extended is currently unavailable, any reason for that ?

[xxx78]

After working with modding GTA 5 for around a year I can give you some recommendations for mods that work and dont crash your game. I have all this mods installed at the moment and I have tested each mod. Also all mods is kind of balanced, I had to tweak some. I try to avoid all mods that is overpowered, that unbalance the game a lot, or give things for free. My goal is to try to give things purpose and consistency, to create a feeling of progress, give options to player, and to make things a little more challenging.

Combat:
Knockout
Disarm 1.1
Stance - Crouch/Prone

Missions/tasks:
Fleeca Bank Robbery
Ambulance Mini-Missions 1.3
Enhanced Taxi Missions 1.2
Car steal missions
Simeon Repo Missions
Stealing Cars
Trucking Missions 1.5
Delivery Missions
Low Life Crime 1.1c
Drug Trafficking
SafeCracker 1.
Wildlife Rescue/Recovery Missions [.Net] V0.6
Home Invasion 1.0

Racing:
Community Races 1.3
Illegal Street Races 1.1
Street races
Maps for Community Races 6.0

Random events/background events:
Online Random Events for Single Player v1.2
Drag Meets [Being rewritten] 1.8.1b
Active Gang Mod 0.3a
More Random Events 0.1a
Lively World
Random Attackings - attacks aimed at you

Other interesting new things to do:
Railroad Engineer (train mod with derailment)
SkateV 1.2
Sitting mod
Classic GTA Power-Ups
Basic Needs [Mod Pack] v1.0

NPC:
Faster AI Drivers
Cop Arrest (IV Style)
Real Paramedics

Police and crime
Better Chases + Arrest Warrant
Fine-Tuned Felony & Response [+ OIV] 2.4a
Life Is Not That Easy
Grand Theft Auto
Pull Me Over
Real life 2
Cops: Back on the Beat 2.0

Services, shops and things to buy
Premium Deluxe Motorsport Car Dealership 4.0.1
The Savehouse Mod: Houses, Hotels, Custom Savespots
Working Taco Trucks 1.0

UI/HUD
Player Location Display 4.00

Vehicles:
Realistic Top Speed and Acceleration (All Vehicles) 3.5
LeFix Speedometer 1.3.5
LeFix Simple Fuel
Towing Service 1.4
Vehicle Repair Station
I'm Not MentaL's Persistance Mod [.NET] 1.6.1
Mors Mutual Insurance - Single Player (MMI-SP)

Visuals
Redux 1.4 (also add events and a lot of other things)
Indian ocean
Nude Beach Girls (18+) 1.1 (topless)
Glowing Pickups
No Waves during Clear Weather
Natural bigger waves

More trees, forests, buildings added ingame (YMAP)
Abandoned Binary | By Axel Fala [YMAP / MENYOO]
CityLights YMap [Add-on | OIV / Manual]
Modification Gas Station[Map editor][.XML]
Chiliad Mountain Wilderness
Forests of Harmony, Grand Señora & Río Zancudo

Tools you need to install to make this mods work:
Script Hook V + Native Trainer
Community Script Hook V .NET
LUA Plugin for Script Hook V
OpenIV
A config file that allow for more diversity and increase number of vehicles, pedestrians. Maybe this is a good start:
Gameconfig (1.0.1493.0) for Limitless Vehicles & Personal Save Game
GTAVLauncherBypass

So to the boring part. This game is not made for mods so most mods you add will somehow reduce your fps, so you have to prioritize what you want.
With all this mods installed and some more on testing I have gone from 120 fps to 70 fps. Most of the mods in my list have little fps impact, but together they will "kill" your fps. A few of this mods can be "exploited" to earn cash and weapons faster than I like, but I use them for options and not for exploiting.

[Agln]

@xxx78 Thank you so much great list

[xxx78]

@Agln

@xxx78 Thank you so much great list

np...but I have tweaked several mods to my liking, and many mods have settings and options you can choose between. There is also some overlap between mods, so you should take time to test them out and change settings to your liking.
If you want some already tweaked files I can share them, but Im not playing latest version of the game, Im playing with the version before so Im unaware of any mod issues since latest update. Im using a tool called GTAVLauncherBypass to stop the game from updating to avoid mod problems that comes with each update, you should seriously use this also.