[HELP] Handling.meta not working

Hello, i wanted to set up fivem drift server with custom cars to play with some of my friends, but i can’t get handling.meta file to work from server side

After i set up it first time it didn’t work so i searched all possible tutorials and posts about handling.meta files. All tutorials set it up in the same way, but it doesn’t seem to work for me.

I created resource folder named “/handling” in it i created file __resource.lua.
Content of __resource.lua:

resource_manifest_version '77731fab-63ca-442c-a67b-abc70f28dfa5'

files {
	'handling.meta'
}

datafile 'HANDLING_FILE' 'handling.meta'

Then downloaded silvia car mod and put it in stream folder inside handling resource and after that i changed its model file names to f620.

I downloaded drift steering mod for Silvia and replaced F620 values in “handling.meta”.
handling.meta file is 17k lines long and F620 values look like this:

<Item type="CHandlingData">
      <handlingName>F620</handlingName>
      <fMass value="1400.000000" />
      <fInitialDragCoeff value="17.000000" />
      <fPercentSubmerged value="85.000000" />
      <vecCentreOfMassOffset x="0" y="0" z="0" />
      <vecInertiaMultiplier x="1.000000" y="1.600000" z="1.600000" />
      <fDriveBiasFront value="0.000000" />
      <nInitialDriveGears value="4" />
      <fInitialDriveForce value="1.85000" />
      <fDriveInertia value="9.000000" />
      <fClutchChangeRateScaleUpShift value="3.800000" />
      <fClutchChangeRateScaleDownShift value="2.800000" />
      <fInitialDriveMaxFlatVel value="387.000000" />
      <fBrakeForce value="9.900000" />
      <fBrakeBiasFront value="0.825000" />
      <fHandBrakeForce value="11.600000" />
      <fSteeringLock value="50.000000" />
      <fTractionCurveMax value="1.650000" />
      <fTractionCurveMin value="1.79000" />
      <fTractionCurveLateral value="40.100000" />
      <fTractionSpringDeltaMax value="0.150000" />
      <fLowSpeedTractionLossMult value="0.630000" />
      <fCamberStiffnesss value="0" />
      <fTractionBiasFront value="0.387000" />
      <fTractionLossMult value="0.940000" />
      <fSuspensionForce value="3.000000" />
      <fSuspensionCompDamp value="1.500000" />
      <fSuspensionReboundDamp value="1.800000" />
      <fSuspensionUpperLimit value="0.050000" />
      <fSuspensionLowerLimit value="-0.060000" />
      <fSuspensionRaise value="-0.033000" />
      <fSuspensionBiasFront value="0.500000" />
      <fAntiRollBarForce value="1" />
      <fAntiRollBarBiasFront value="0.65" />
      <fRollCentreHeightFront value="0.33" />
      <fRollCentreHeightRear value="0.33" />
      <fCollisionDamageMult value="0.700000" />
      <fWeaponDamageMult value="1.000000" />
      <fDeformationDamageMult value="0.700000" />
      <fEngineDamageMult value="1.500000" />
      <fPetrolTankVolume value="60.000000" />
      <fOilVolume value="4.500000" />
      <fSeatOffsetDistX value="0" />
      <fSeatOffsetDistY value="-0.100000" />
      <fSeatOffsetDistZ value="0.100000" />
      <nMonetaryValue value="150000" />
      <strModelFlags>440010</strModelFlags>
      <strHandlingFlags>0</strHandlingFlags>
      <strDamageFlags>0</strDamageFlags>
      <AIHandling>AVERAGE</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>

Then i added in server.cfg file line “start handling”

I run server from cmd with command “run.cmd +exec server.cfg”

Silvia car model works, but no signs from any difference in steering…

No crashes, no errors or anything. In console it even shows “Started resource handling”

Not sure how to debug anything further i don’t know where the problem is, please help. Thanks.

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It’s data_file I believe. There was an error in the guide.

data_file 'HANDLING_FILE' 'handling.meta'

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That was the problem, it works now. Thanks.

ive found a solution. basically copy and paste these files and run them. change values as u wish ie drift handling like myself .

but you must follow the same format to the letter and spaces must be correct or else ur script wont work.

[RELEASE] Realistic Handling 1.0 …,.,.,

any other fixes I have a police car that i’ve been messing with and nothing is changing?