Sims 4 was released in 2014. It’s been more than eight years, and players can feel the mediocre quality of the graphics of the popular simulator game. Although there have been several content packs, the race with time could be more pleasant. Luckily the following guide lists down Custom Content mods, allowing players to enhance their graphics and gameplay to be more aesthetically pleasing. Without further ado, let’s jump in!
ReShade
Reshade is a graphics mod that allows you to adjust the colors and tones of your Sims 4 game. With Reshade, you can change the look and feel of your game to create an exciting new experience. Reshade is inherently a graphics injector; it lets you modify chromatic aberration, lighting, and visual palettes.
As it’s not a downloadable preset, technical-savvy players must conduct a trial-and-error method with the graphics injector for the best possible results. The process can be time-consuming and isn’t recommended for less-than-technically savvy players.
Click the Download Button below for the perfect lighting and palette for the Sims 4 universe.
Pixelore’s Drama ReShade
The most well-known of presets, Pixelore’s Drama Reshade is a popular choice within the Sims 4 community. It transforms the clay-like animation of Sims into something more cinematic, mirroring the aesthetics of 2000’s movies.
The light sources are much brighter as if the gameplay footage is shot from an actual camera. This feature also emphasizes your Sim’s facial features due to the light bouncing off their faces. It’s available in both day and night versions.
Click the Download button below for the perfect lighting for capturing storytelling screenshots.
Honeybodies Nostalgia ReShade
Another popular preset, the Honeybodies Nostalgia mod, adds a nostalgic, melancholic look to your gameplay. It resembles the old pictures on your Kodak, where the saturation is warm and cozy, and some colors have been lost to time.
It is the perfect graphics mod for those looking to upgrade the current Sims world with undertones of a Lana Del Rey song, making your gameplay look very dramatic.
Click the Download button below and transform the Sims 4 game into a place that looks like somebody’s memory of a merrier time.
Money and Milk ReShade
On the other end of the spectrum, compared to the Nostalgic preset, the Milk & Honey ReShade uses a lot of colors and focuses on bringing hyper-realism into the mix. It adds a warm and homely feeling to your gameplay.
It relies heavily on the focus effects, blurs out the background, and makes your game feel photogenic and focused. This CC mod is perfect for depicting fun and wholesome times with your Sims 4 family.
Click the Download button below and transform your world into a richly-detailed, vivid landscape, perfect for taking selfies and photographs.
Clear Bloom ReShade
A refreshing update to your Sims 4 graphics, the Clear Bloom Reshade graphics mod is perfect for those looking for a slight facelift, providing a clear and colorful but soft look in all settings.
It’s the most versatile graphics mod, working perfectly in different light modes. For players who wish to be relatively discreet, the Clear Bloom adds some subtle touches to enhance your graphics. It does occasionally require opening Reshade to tweak different light settings, but it’s an easy preset. It doesn’t require diving deep into the nitty-gritty settings, making it perfect for the average Sims 4 player.
Click on the Download button below to add a graphics mod that is easy and discreet on the eyes.
Stealthic’s Hair Mods
Stealthic’s Hair mods are recognized in the community as one of the best mods; some even go as far as to label her CC mods as ‘Alpha.’ Stealthic has around 51 collections, and over 31 million players have downloaded her Custom Content packs.
Although not strictly a graphic mod, this CC mod enhances the hairstyle of your Sim characters significantly, adding a touch of class and sophistication to your Sims. This mod can be used in the Create-a-Sim mode offering a more stylish and elegant look than the default hair mods.
Click the Download button and get a variety of sleek hair mods to choose from.
Hair Physics Simulation
Adding some mobility to your hair adds realism to the Sims 4. The Hair Physics Simulation modifies a Sim’s rig, the skeleton controlling all their movement and joints. As it plays with natural movement, the Sim’s hair will waver and sway when the characters are walking, running, or bobbing their head. All of it helps create a more immersive experience.
Click the Download button and add this mod for a more realistic experience.
Encore Eyes
The eyes are the windows to the soul. In this case, they’re just the window to your digitally created computer code. That shouldn’t stop you from getting the Encore Eyes mod.
The Encore Eyes mod is a collection of hyper-realistic eyes with attractive colors that players can choose in the CAS mode. It’s a versatile mod allowing you to replace all vanilla eyes with this bright and detailed collection.
Click the Download button below and beautify your Sim with radiant eyes that steal the crowd’s attention.
Kijiko’s 3D Lashes
When eyelashes are on point, there’s no more incredible feeling. Players looking to step up their eye game should opt for Kijiko‘s dazzling collection of 3D eyelashes.
Popular in the Sims 4 community, Kijiko’s eyelashes are fresh air compared to the cartoonish default Sims 4 eyelashes. These eyelashes can be used on young adults, both men and women, and the elderly. These stunning eyelashes make your Sim stand out from the crowd.
Click the Download button below and upgrade your Sim’s eyes with this exquisite collection.
PralineSims’ Eyebrows and Make-Up
Small changes yield significant results, and that is evident in Sims 4. Minor changes to eyes and eyebrows will transform your character into a top model. Eyebrows play a large part in how we perceive beauty. This collection from Pralinesims reinforces that idea.
This stunning Fallon Eyeliner collection includes HD eyebrows, giving them a real-life appearance, and has a wide variety. Additionally, it provides matte and glossy lipstick and glitter for your eye shadow.
Click the Download button to equip and transform your female sims into top models overnight.
Luumia’s Vanilla Skin
There are a lot of CC mods available for skins in Sims 4. They range from mild, subtle variations to hyper-detailed ‘Alpha’ mods. Luumia’s Vanilla Skin mod sits somewhere in the middle of that spectrum.
This mod is perfectly placed between the two, borrowing various elements from both ends. It retains the clay-like animation but enhances your Sim’s skin’s overall texture quality and details. It allows Sims to not look out of place in the game like the previous mods wanted. Luumia’s Vanilla Skin is for all genders, ages, and bodies. It will replace all the existing in-game skins. It adds a lot of attention to detail to hands, feet, and ears.
Click the Download button below and upgrade your Sims 4 gameplay with the best of both worlds.
HQ Mod
The Granddaddy of all Custom Content Mods, the HQ mod loads 4K; yes, you read it right, 4K textures into the game.
This mod upgrades all the in-game HQ textures, requiring you to replace all existing features with HQ textures and other graphical upgrades. Essentially used exclusively for screenshots, it even requires a high-powered gaming rig with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti equipped as other graphics cards can’t process and execute the game’s essential functions HQ. This HQ mod turns the Sims 4 into an immersive, high-definition experience, turning your Sims character into a sublime piece of HQ eye candy.
Click the Download button below and equip the most potent Custom Content mod known to the Sims 4 community.