First off, don't be like me - either use a mod manager (Vortex with the cyberpunk extension), or be sure to disable automatic game updating - otherwise you'll come back to your game after steam auto-updates it and wonder where all your mods went. 😅
Anyway, back to the list of mods I was running - no guarantee that they're all 100% compatible with the latest update, but the vast majority of them should be. You also can't go wrong checking out the Top of All Time list on Nexus - I'm sure there's some larger overhauls there that are great, but not something I used.
- Vehicle Customizer
- lets you swap skins on player owned vehicles, so you can finally own those not-purchasable cool car colors that you find in the world.
- Pocket Radio
- lets you listen to the radio while on foot!!
- Sensible Stamina and Athletics
- I was playing a melee character and even so, didn't get super high in athletics with this mod. I'd be scared to see how rough it is to level up athletics vanilla
- Immersive First Person
- Enhanced Weather
- Ragdoll Physics Overhaul
- Subdermal Armor Scaled Up
- Black Durable Synthetic Biker Coatz
UI / Quality of Life mods:
- Limited HUD
- this gives you much more granular control over what appears, and also lets you configure UI elements based on game state (ie, show during combat or not during combat); combine with Muted Markers for even more customization.
- Minimal Markers
- Quest Untracker
- for untracking that "meet hanako at embers" quest without going into the menus
- No Camera Auto-Centering
- the camera re-centering after like 2 seconds when driving always bugged me, and this mod fixes it.
- Filter Saves by Lifepath and Type
- Smaller Item Arrows
Performance-increasing / bug fix / visual mods:
- Optimized Crowd & Traffic Density
- Optical Camo Bug Fixes
- Vanilla Billboard LODs Improved
- Misty Appearance Mod
- b/c honestly she should look way more goth than the vanilla game
Mods around increasing immersion, depending on your taste:
- Restrict Crafting/Upgrading to Inside Apartments
- what it says on the tin! I was trying to go back to my apartments pretty frequently to shower / sleep / etc so this was another way of nudging me back
- Street Vendors
- most of the street vendors will now trade with you!