Like the original iteration, The North Road: Remastered is a a fairly open-ended quest/worldspace mod. It features a buttload of new content, stories, NPCs, weapons, quests, and locations to explore. You can meet your new companion in a new building in Westside (which you may want to do first), the North Road proper can be started by speaking with Brandt at Ranger Station Bravo, and there's even some unmarked shenanigans in Jacobstown.