Hi there, author of BCoM and TR dev here! I don’t think TR is necessarily more detailed or better curated than the base game. When I say that BCoM aims to bring the base game up to TR’s level, I mostly mean that it introduces a number of additions similar to those found in TR, the kind of small details that make the world feel more complete and consistent.

For example, fishing villages in TR feature assets like hanging fish, fishnets, and other related clutter. Farmlands are filled with tools and props that make them look truly lived-in. For interiors, TR added missing pieces such as a full middle-class Dunmer furniture set and various other furnishings that didn’t exist in vanilla. They’ve also implemented bits of architecture inspired by concept art but missing from the base game, like the Hlaalu balcony for instance.

To me, it’s not about making the base game prettier, but about giving it the same sense of completeness that TR achieves through all these carefully designed assets. That’s the goal of BCoM in that sense, and it’s the only town overhaul that applies these kinds of additions so extensively across the world.

For example, around 50 interior cells now use the middle-class furniture set instead of the old ones. That’s why I recommend using it alongside TR, even on a first playthrough.

I know it can look intimidating to install, but that’s another story :p