Hi all! I'm new.
I looked at the most popular topic on the right mods to use on this game (fixing glitches, bugs, etc. and widescreen/HD) and did really well on the first one as it was a simple .exe file that asked me where my game was located (I failed at getting the right resolution for my mini-laptop though and had to reinstall the game) but the rest were .rar files that I tried unzipping with winzip but it never seemed to be in the right folder.

Tips, help?
Is the game pretty much playable without these mods?
Do they make the game THAT much better? Thanks! :)