Advice on mods to install for fun SH5 experience

[Cold_Gambler]

So... I've sees the screenies <droooool> and I've read the forum posts, and my local EBgames has SH5 for sale @ $15. I'm ready to dive in (pls forgive the intentional pun).

I have a fair bit of SH3 experience, and have SH4 but didn't have time to play it so much (kids, etc...). I've never modded either.

SH5 looks gorgeous and I have the rig to run it (i5 2500k, AMD 6970, 8 GB DDR3, Win 7 64) so I'm going to pick it up.

From what I've read here it seems like SH5 really has to be modded to be playable. I've read up on JSGME and it seems fairly easy to enable mods with that. I'm completely bewildered by the choice of mods available!

Ideally I'd like to download one of the "super-mod" packages, but at first glance they seem to include elements to make the game more "realistic" (i.e. difficult).

My question is which mods should I DL bearing in mind:
- eye candy is nice, and I should be able to have it on fairly high settings,
- I'm not interesting in doing any of the manual calculations for torpedo solutions,
- I don't want the escorts to become "realistic" sub killers (I find them plenty hard enough to evade as it is!)
- I'm relatively familiar with the SH3/SH4 commands.

Thanks very much in advance for any pointers on which mods/ mod packages to install,

C_G