FiveM Handling Presets

A collection of 10 ready-to-use vehicle handling presets for FiveM servers. Apply them via CLI or use the Node.js API in your own tools.

What is handling.meta?

Every vehicle in GTA V / FiveM has a handling.meta file that controls its physics: acceleration, top speed, grip, suspension, braking, weight, and more. Tuning these values is the difference between a car that feels like a boat and one that drives like a dream.

This package gives you battle-tested presets so you don't have to tweak 30+ values by hand.

Presets

| Preset | Category | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | street | General | Balanced daily driver -- predictable handling, moderate power | | drift | Specialty | Low traction, RWD, high handbrake -- built for sustained slides | | racing | Performance | Max grip, high downforce, aggressive gearing for circuits | | offroad | Specialty | High suspension travel, AWD, strong traction for dirt/sand | | realistic | General | Sim-like physics -- heavier feel, realistic braking distances | | muscle | Performance | High power, heavy body, rear-wheel drive -- classic American muscle | | lowrider | Specialty | Low suspension, heavy, slow cruiser -- hydraulic-ready show car | | supercar | Performance | Extreme speed, lightweight, razor-sharp response | | truck | Heavy | Very heavy, slow acceleration, high mass -- big rig feel | | motorcycle | Two-wheel | Lightweight, fast acceleration, quick steering -- sport bike |

Installation

npm install -g fivem-handling-presets

Or use without installing:

npx fivem-handling-presets list

CLI Usage

List all presets

fivem-handling list

Show preset details

fivem-handling show drift

Apply a preset to handling.meta

# Overwrite the file in place
fivem-handling apply drift ./handling.meta

# Write to a new file
fivem-handling apply racing ./handling.meta -o ./handling_racing.meta

API Usage

const { listPresets, getPreset, applyPreset } = require('fivem-handling-presets');

// List all preset names
const names = listPresets();
// => ['drift', 'lowrider', 'motorcycle', 'muscle', 'offroad', ...]

// Get a preset with all its values
const drift = getPreset('drift');
console.log(drift.description);
// => "Low traction, RWD bias, high handbrake force -- built for sustained slides and angle"
console.log(drift.values.fDriveBiasFront);
// => 0.0

// Apply a preset to a handling.meta file
const result = applyPreset('racing', './my-car/handling.meta', {
  output: './my-car/handling_racing.meta'  // optional, omit to overwrite
});
console.log(`Applied ${result.applied.length} fields`);

Handling Values Reference

Each preset includes these GTA V / FiveM handling fields:

• Mass & Drag: fMass, fInitialDragCoeff, fPercentSubmerged
• Center of Mass: vecCentreOfMassOffset (X, Y, Z)
• Inertia: vecInertiaMultiplier (X, Y, Z)
• Drivetrain: fDriveBiasFront, nInitialDriveGears, fInitialDriveForce, fDriveInertia
• Transmission: fClutchChangeRateScaleUpShift, fClutchChangeRateScaleDownShift, fInitialDriveMaxFlatVel
• Brakes: fBrakeForce, fBrakeBiasFront, fHandBrakeForce
• Steering: fSteeringLock
• Traction: fTractionCurveMax, fTractionCurveMin, fTractionSpringDeltaMax, fLowSpeedTractionLossMult
• Suspension: fSuspensionForce, fSuspensionCompDamp, fSuspensionReboundDamp, fSuspensionUpperLimit, fSuspensionLowerLimit, fSuspensionRaise
• Roll: fAntiRollBarForce, fRollCentreHeightFront, fRollCentreHeightRear

FiveMRides Tools

Apply presets automatically with FiveMRides Converter -- convert and tune vehicles in one step.

Optimize your FiveM vehicle resources (textures + 3D models) with the FiveMRides Optimizer -- reduce file sizes without visible quality loss.

Contributing

PRs welcome! To add a new preset:

1. Create a JSON file in presets/ following the existing format
2. Include all required handling fields with realistic values
3. Add a clear name, description, and category
4. Run npm test to verify

License

MIT -- Copyright 2026 FiveMRides