I would like difficulty sliders for career, skilling, etc.
Options:
1. Don't hurt me, I'm a kid!
2. I've played this game once or twice.
3. Hit me with your best shot.
4. I can handle this.
5. Nightmare mode.
Similarly, I would like a drama slider:
1. Rainbows and llamacorns, please.
2. I'm fine with rescuing lost toddlers and helping the neighbors patch up their relationships.
3. Goldilocks mode.
4. Throw some extra random events at me! I'd like a little spice!
5. Extra spicy! random cheating and fistfights are HILARIOUS! BRING IT ON!
That should satisfy both the control freaks (er hi?) and also those who don't want to be the God of All Sims and generate all drama themselves.
(MC Command Center does have options to make skilling and careers more difficult and also bills adjustment. There are also mods to let you get hit by a car or get an incurable disease.)
That said, lot challenges are a step in the right direction and I LOVE THEM. If you want burglars, I'd suggest creating a lot challenge of "high crime area." (I'm playing Vlad in one save, and he would LOVE burglars--better than Zoomer's food delivery!--but most of my other saves, not so much. That said, I know other people remember them fondly and loved them.)