Anyway, whether it's there or not, most of that stuff doesn't matter to me in CP or pretty much any game. The person I responded to said, 'outside of quests nothing interesting happened'. But the quests are what happens. Those are the interesting bits. What happens in GTA for example, when you're not doing missions? Random chaos that you instigate yourself? That's all well and good but I stopped caring about that after Vice City. But that's just me.
I personally almost never do missiongiver "missions" in GTAonline, as that makes me change the server. I find a server with low populace and then just stay there. Sometimes I might do heists with my friends but we plan that out of game.
I do stuff for my own businesses. Mostly deliveries. Drugs, weapons, counterfeit cash, stolen goods. Promote my nightclub, steal cars and resell them, etc. There are some hightech hacking and robbery missions involving the terrorbyte which are fun, but not productive enough so I dont do them much..
Generally by the time Im done with all of that, the next batch of illegal substances and products is waiting for delivery already, so as far as money is concerned, there is more stuff to do than I have time to do. But when I feel like taking a break, I can do some of the minigames for immersions sake. I am particularly fond of the (quite well-made) golf minigame. I dress up appropriately and play 9 or 18 holes of golf. I just think that golf is something a crime boss would do.
Other players could join me, but for some reason they never do..
ps. For the record, I havent played GTA in a long while. Im playing RDR online, conan exiles with my friends, or overwatch these days..