80 mods to play TS4? That's so sad. In all these years I still only have three or four mods in TS2 and none that actually change the mechanics of the game, other than one to stop witches from appearing in OFB owned business lots. The other few I have are just enhancements, such as coat rack to get some free clothes at home, (for video purposes/machinima) and to add more walk bys and traffic. Nothing really that actually fixes anything, not at all, not necessary, and none to change how the game plays.
I would be hitting my head on my desk if I had to use mods to fix a game to play it.