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How to Edit Handling.Dat on GTA IV

RockStar Game̵7;s ̶0;Grand Theft Auto IV̶1; ("GTAIV") is already a chaotic gaming experience in itself: car-jacking, crime sprees and citywide police pursuits are all in a day̵7;s work in the urban landscape of Liberty City. Some gamers, however, need more to whet their appetite for destruction and mayhem. Editing the ̶0;handling.dat̶1; file, which contains all the physics settings for the vehicles in the game, can result in extreme changes to the game experience: frictionless cars, super-speeds and instant acceleration are all possible with some modifications to the file. Enterprising ̶0;GTA IV̶1; modders will first need to make the file editable before making the changes.

Instructions

Clear the ̶0;handling.dat̶1; Read-Only Attribute
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  Double-click your ̶0;Computer̶1; icon, open the "C:" drive, open ̶0;Program Files,̶1; open ̶0;Rockstar Games,̶1; open ̶0;Grand Theft Auto IV,̶1; open ̶0;Common̶1; and open ̶0;Data.̶1;
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  Right-click on the ̶0;handling.dat̶1; file and select ̶0;Properties̶1; from the contextual menu. The file properties window will appear.
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  Uncheck the box next to ̶0;Read-only̶1; at the bottom of the window.
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  Click ̶0;OK̶1; to apply the changes and close the properties window. The ̶0;handling.dat̶1; file is now editable.
Edit the ̶0;handling.dat̶1; File
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  Right-click on the ̶0;handling.dat̶1; file, select ̶0;Open With̶1; from the contextual menu and click ̶0;Choose Default Program.̶1;
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  Select ̶0;WordPad̶1; from the list of applications and click ̶0;OK.̶1; The ̶0;handling.dat̶1; file will open.
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  Scroll down to ̶0;THE DATA̶1; to display a list of the game̵7;s vehicles and the currently-programmed physics.
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  Edit the vehicles as desired. A complete list of vehicle modifiers can be found on GTAModding.
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  Click ̶0;Save̶1; and close the window when you are finished making your changes. When you launch ̶0;GTA IV,̶1; the game will use your new ̶0;handling.dat̶1; data.

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