"RETURNING PLAYER - MOD RECOMMENDATIONS?"
Not sure at first if you meant in-game mods, or real life mods, but seeing as this was placed in MODS, assuming the latter.
Really depends on what you want, but would highly recommend the 'Cyber Engine Tweaks' mod. It governs tons of different mods and features like, Keybinding, removing the boundary teleport, skipping the intro cutscenes, spawning in items of your choosing, switching off police, adjusting V's stats, etc, etc, etc.
Would also highly recommend the 'Spawnable HMG' mod, to get yourself out of a pinch.
If you like to drive in first person, would highly recommend the 'First Person Drive' mod. With it, you can adjust the driver's seat up and down. Necessary in some vehicles as the seat is way too low to see the road.
And ofcourse, my own all time personal favorite, the 'JB Third Person' mod. That is, if you want to play in Third Person Perspective, and like to see your V at all times. V doesn't have a decent skeleton yet, so when V fights or shoots, the body is distorted still. But with the recent cooperation between CDPR, and a modders group, am hopeful that will be addressed soon.
There are tons of cosmetic clothes mods out there. Also for vehicles. Downside is though, there're all replacements of the vanilla ones. Hope standalones can be realized soon by the cooperation.