Wow, nice feedback! I really appreciate that, I feel like a newbie! Well, I guess I kinda am a newbie, so your direction is gold.
So, I want to load GWX 3 and play a few missions with that, then I want to switch to fifi's NYGM as suggested and play a career.
I have Steam SH3 running fine on my programs86 directory, so I will attempt to install GWX 3 on that version.
Sadly, before I broke the SH3 on my D: drive, it was running GWX, just in a small window.
After that, definitely fifi all the way.