Okay, more testing. I played with the beach light set. I found that turning the intensity down to 46% on the IBL and 72% on the Main light got me results I was pleased with. I felt it looked pretty good on the Rhys texture as shown above. Then I changed the texture to Get Real. Here the VSS did not improve at its default settings (first image,without VSS shader on left). I changed the diffuse (changed the math node value 1 to .2) and changed the simple color node that is attached to the color map from a light bluish color to more of a very light pink. It added perhaps a little too much red to the texture, but I think he looks much healthier with these changes (second image). I think there is not likely to be a one-click solution for every skin tone (I've found the default does not look great on darker skin) or light set-up. What IS cool though is that I can make those changes to suit the look I want. I assume that at some point you will make it easier for newbies to make simple changes as well. When you open up one of the templates it can be daunting, and it might frighten some beginners away!