Some modders are involed in yet another total conversion project. This time the attempt is to remake Fallout 2 in the Fallout 4 engine. Since it's possible to bring back skills and traits into Fallout 4 that engine might not be so bad. There's an article about it here. Keep in mind that there already is another attempt at recreating Fallout 2 as a New Vegas mod.
Our project has been around for some time, why don't you give it a look It's Fallout 2 recreated in New Vegas https://www.moddb.com/mods/twoc
We don't consider modding a competition, so best of luck to them. The projects will likely turn out to be very different in design anyway.
And best of luck to you all! We agree modding isn't a competition. I hope we can both do wonderful work, and really do a justice for this Fallout community.