The best Sims 2 download sites

As much as I like playing the Sims 2, I enjoy decorating the homes a lot more.
And one thing I noticed with the release of the second Sims game, is that the official website very rarely offers free object downloads, like it used to.

Fear not though, as there are plenty of fansites out there to supply endless supplies of clothing and furniture. Here’s the best of them:

The Sims Resource
Much of the content available on this site is for paid subscribers only, but if there are plenty of good free downloads too.
Everything is seperated into sections such as “Clothing”, “Accessories”, “Pets”, “Floors” etc, and the search criteria is very specific. If you only have one or two expansion packs but not the rest, you can filter the packs you don’t have out of the search, so all the downloads available are the ones you are able to use.
This site is not just for content, it also features a forum, online support, screenshots and stories.

Mod the Sims 2
Although the layout isn’t as easy to navigate as other sites, the content is there in abundance. And from what I can see, most of it is free. With a lot of the objects (and certainly sets) the creator has taken time out to provide a detailed summery of the dowloads in question, letting you know if there’s something specific you must also download.
The site also has some brilliant tutorials, to help you learn how to create your own homes, clothes or furniture.

Around the Sims 2
This site has got a very slick feel to it, which makes it nice to look at and easy to find your way around. As well as being able to download files individually, where available you can also download the whole set of furniture to save time. Although the objects themselves are good quality, there isn’t really much of it. Definatly worth a visit though, as the objects. clothes and looks they do have are of very high standard.

Parsimonious
A very professional site that’s been running for as long as I can remember. Everything on the site is “100% free” (they said so themselves) and is of brilliant quality.
You browse the objects by selecting a room, and then download the objects either individually or as a set. This is a very nice site to use, because of the content but also because of the layout and colours.