Custom Handling Installation Instructions
If you’ve already installed another handling file, like Realistic Driving V or Real Vehicle Damage, for any in-game vehicles, follow these installation steps:
1. Open OpenIV.
2. Navigate to:
mods > update > update.rpf > common > data
3. Change the mode to Edit Mode (click the "Edit mode" button).
4. Drag and drop your handling.meta file from OpenIV to your desktop.
5. Open handling.meta with Notepad.
6. Click on the Edit tab and select Replace from the options.
7. Copy the following code (without quotes) and paste it into the find option:
<Item type="CHandlingData">
<handlingName>TAXI2</handlingName>
<fMass value="1400.000000" />
<fInitialDragCoeff value="6.000000" />
<fPercentSubmerged value="85.000000" />
<vecCentreOfMassOffset x="0.000000" y="0.200000" z="0.000000" />
<vecInertiaMultiplier x="1.000000" y="1.600000" z="1.600000" />
<fDriveBiasFront value="0.000000" />
<nInitialDriveGears value="5" />
<fInitialDriveForce value="0.200000" />
<fDriveInertia value="1.000000" />
<fClutchChangeRateScaleUpShift value="1.800000" />
<fClutchChangeRateScaleDownShift value="1.800000" />
<fInitialDriveMaxFlatVel value="143.000000" />
<fBrakeForce value="0.900000" />
<fBrakeBiasFront value="0.525000" />
<fHandBrakeForce value="0.600000" />
<fSteeringLock value="40.000000" />
<fTractionCurveMax value="2.550000" />
<fTractionCurveMin value="2.450000" />
<fTractionCurveLateral value="22.500000" />
<fTractionSpringDeltaMax value="0.150000" />
<fLowSpeedTractionLossMult value="1.000000" />
<fCamberStiffnesss value="0.000000" />
<fTractionBiasFront value="0.480000" />
<fTractionLossMult value="1.000000" />
<fSuspensionForce value="1.800000" />
<fSuspensionCompDamp value="0.800000" />
<fSuspensionReboundDamp value="1.500000" />
<fSuspensionUpperLimit value="0.090000" />
<fSuspensionLowerLimit value="-0.140000" />
<fSuspensionRaise value="0.000000" />
<fSuspensionBiasFront value="0.510000" />
<fAntiRollBarForce value="0.800000" />
<fAntiRollBarBiasFront value="0.600000" />
<fRollCentreHeightFront value="0.340000" />
<fRollCentreHeightRear value="0.350000" />
<fCollisionDamageMult value="0.900000" />
<fWeaponDamageMult value="1.000000" />
<fDeformationDamageMult value="0.800000" />
<fEngineDamageMult value="1.500000" />
<fPetrolTankVolume value="65.000000" />
<fOilVolume value="5.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistX value="0.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistY value="0.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistZ value="0.000000" />
<nMonetaryValue value="25000" />
<strModelFlags>440010</strModelFlags>
<strHandlingFlags>0</strHandlingFlags>
<strDamageFlags>0</strDamageFlags>
<AIHandling>SPORTS_CAR</AIHandling>
<SubHandlingData>
<Item type="CCarHandlingData">
<fBackEndPopUpCarImpulseMult value="0.100000" />
<fBackEndPopUpBuildingImpulseMult value="0.030000" />
<fBackEndPopUpMaxDeltaSpeed value="0.600000" />
</Item>
<Item type="NULL" />
<Item type="NULL" />
</SubHandlingData>
</Item>
8. Now, copy the modified code (without quotes) below and paste it into the Replace tab:
<Item type="CHandlingData">
<handlingName>TAXI2</handlingName>
<fMass value="52462.000000" />
<fInitialDragCoeff value="4.000000" />
<fPercentSubmerged value="85.000000" />
<vecCentreOfMassOffset x="0.000000" y="0.200000" z="0.000000" />
<vecInertiaMultiplier x="1.000000" y="1.600000" z="1.600000" />
<fDriveBiasFront value="0.000000" />
<nInitialDriveGears value="5" />
<fInitialDriveForce value="0.300000" />
<fDriveInertia value="1.000000" />
<fClutchChangeRateScaleUpShift value="2.000000" />
<fClutchChangeRateScaleDownShift value="2.000000" />
<fInitialDriveMaxFlatVel value="180.000000" />
<fBrakeForce value="0.900000" />
<fBrakeBiasFront value="0.600000" />
<fHandBrakeForce value="0.600000" />
<fSteeringLock value="40.000000" />
<fTractionCurveMax value="2.850000" />
<fTractionCurveMin value="2.500000" />
<fTractionCurveLateral value="22.500000" />
<fTractionSpringDeltaMax value="0.0000" />
<fLowSpeedTractionLossMult value="0.000000" />
<fCamberStiffnesss value="0.000000" />
<fTractionBiasFront value="0.480000" />
<fTractionLossMult value="0.000000" />
<fSuspensionForce value="1.800000" />
<fSuspensionCompDamp value="0.800000" />
<fSuspensionReboundDamp value="1.500000" />
<fSuspensionUpperLimit value="0.090000" />
<fSuspensionLowerLimit value="-0.140000" />
<fSuspensionRaise value="0.000000" />
<fSuspensionBiasFront value="0.510000" />
<fAntiRollBarForce value="0.800000" />
<fAntiRollBarBiasFront value="0.600000" />
<fRollCentreHeightFront value="0.340000" />
<fRollCentreHeightRear value="0.350000" />
<fCollisionDamageMult value="0.900000" />
<fWeaponDamageMult value="1.000000" />
<fDeformationDamageMult value="0.800000" />
<fEngineDamageMult value="1.500000" />
<fPetrolTankVolume value="65.000000" />
<fOilVolume value="5.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistX value="0.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistY value="0.000000" />
<fSeatOffsetDistZ value="0.000000" />
<nMonetaryValue value="25000" />
<strModelFlags>440010</strModelFlags>
<strHandlingFlags>0</strHandlingFlags>
<strDamageFlags>0</strDamageFlags>
<AIHandling>SPORTS_CAR</AIHandling>
<SubHandlingData>
<Item type="CCarHandlingData">
<fBackEndPopUpCarImpulseMult value="0.100000" />
<fBackEndPopUpBuildingImpulseMult value="0.030000" />
<fBackEndPopUpMaxDeltaSpeed value="0.600000" />
</Item>
<Item type="NULL" />
<Item type="NULL" />
</SubHandlingData>
</Item>
9. Press the Replace button, then save your file (Ctrl + S).
10. Finally, drag and drop the edited handling.meta (located on your desktop) back into OpenIV inside the data folder (path: mods\update\update.rpf\common\data).
11. Close OpenIV and launch your game!
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