are there any good mods for DFU?

Daggerfall Unity here on GoG comes with a great selection of mods. Just disable "Airships", it was causing me some lockups.

If you want more: https://www.nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity

This is my modlist.

https://forums.dfworkshop.net/viewtopic.php?t=3870

Not really for first time players as it makes the game quite a bit more complex and a bit harder, but look through the list and see if something strikes your fancy.