I'd agree that throwing a lot of mods on a game/sim when you are just getting into it is not such a great idea. After all, how do you know you don't like the stock version if you've never played it that much? In addition to which, if you experience problems with it when it's modded, it's sometimes difficult to pinpoint the issues. Granted, some (in fact most mods) are great, I've even done some for it myself, but I don't get hung up on having to have them all on it, it's a pretty good game out of the box, and improves with the official patches.

Chock