This is a mod to change all the motorbikes handling to make them more enjoyable to ride.
acknowledgements:
to Hobbs for his mods on the bloody cannoness and X-2 Phantom bikes.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/sr3-bike-handling-mod.1081/
to rlilewis for his mod on the Kenshin Bike.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/kenshin-bike-overhaul.389/
I looked at what they did, liked the principle, and decided to do my own mod based on the following considerations:
-I wanted to be able to fall from huge heights, like when you jump from the elevated roads at bridges, without systematically being thrown off the bike.
-I wanted to have a more controlled handling at low speeds
-I wanted to have a more controlled handling at high speeds
-I wanted to modify a minimal number of settings and not tweak the bikes further.
-I wanted to adjust all the motorbikes.
So I ended up:
-jacking up the wheels spring resistances [Wheel_Spring_Max_Force] to crazy values.
-substantially lowering the leaning angle and speed at which leaning occurs [Max_Lean_Angle and Max_Lean_Speed]
-generally lowering the steering responsiveness [Max_Steering_Angle and Max_Speed_Steering]
I did not modify other aspects of the bikes, with one exception. I kept rlilewis's change for the Kaneda sound so that it doesn't keep revving through the gears, once it hits max speed.
Like it was mentionned in at least one of the other bike handling mods, I recommand getting Shitface's 'Non-Greasy Motorcycles' mod, which vastly improves the 2 wheel experience by making it more difficult to get knocked off your bike.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/non-greasy-motorcycles.497/
I have two different mods, one for nervous handling, and the other for a tighter handling. You can mix and match and decide to pick the nervous version of some bikes, and the tighter version of the other bikes. In the tight version, the bike reacts slower or with less intensity, and you can thus keep your fingers a little longer on the direction keys compared to the nervous version. It is more relaxed, you have more fine control over the steering of the bike.
For those that want to mix and match between my 2 mods, here is a correspondance of the filenames to the bike names:
bike_bc01_veh.xtbl Bloody Cannoness
bike_cyber01_veh.xtbl X-2 Phantom
bike_dirt01_veh.xtbl SandStorm
bike_exotic01_veh.xtbl Kaneda
bike_moped01_veh.xtbl WidowMaker
bike_rocket02_veh.xtbl Kenshin
bike_standard02_veh.xtbl Estrada
bike_exotic01_genki_veh.xtbl Angry Tiger
edit: updated with new version of both mods. Small adjustments to the handling. Also added bike Angry Tiger from Genki Girl Pack.
acknowledgements:
to Hobbs for his mods on the bloody cannoness and X-2 Phantom bikes.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/sr3-bike-handling-mod.1081/
to rlilewis for his mod on the Kenshin Bike.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/kenshin-bike-overhaul.389/
I looked at what they did, liked the principle, and decided to do my own mod based on the following considerations:
-I wanted to be able to fall from huge heights, like when you jump from the elevated roads at bridges, without systematically being thrown off the bike.
-I wanted to have a more controlled handling at low speeds
-I wanted to have a more controlled handling at high speeds
-I wanted to modify a minimal number of settings and not tweak the bikes further.
-I wanted to adjust all the motorbikes.
So I ended up:
-jacking up the wheels spring resistances [Wheel_Spring_Max_Force] to crazy values.
-substantially lowering the leaning angle and speed at which leaning occurs [Max_Lean_Angle and Max_Lean_Speed]
-generally lowering the steering responsiveness [Max_Steering_Angle and Max_Speed_Steering]
I did not modify other aspects of the bikes, with one exception. I kept rlilewis's change for the Kaneda sound so that it doesn't keep revving through the gears, once it hits max speed.
Like it was mentionned in at least one of the other bike handling mods, I recommand getting Shitface's 'Non-Greasy Motorcycles' mod, which vastly improves the 2 wheel experience by making it more difficult to get knocked off your bike.
https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/index.php?threads/non-greasy-motorcycles.497/
I have two different mods, one for nervous handling, and the other for a tighter handling. You can mix and match and decide to pick the nervous version of some bikes, and the tighter version of the other bikes. In the tight version, the bike reacts slower or with less intensity, and you can thus keep your fingers a little longer on the direction keys compared to the nervous version. It is more relaxed, you have more fine control over the steering of the bike.
For those that want to mix and match between my 2 mods, here is a correspondance of the filenames to the bike names:
bike_bc01_veh.xtbl Bloody Cannoness
bike_cyber01_veh.xtbl X-2 Phantom
bike_dirt01_veh.xtbl SandStorm
bike_exotic01_veh.xtbl Kaneda
bike_moped01_veh.xtbl WidowMaker
bike_rocket02_veh.xtbl Kenshin
bike_standard02_veh.xtbl Estrada
bike_exotic01_genki_veh.xtbl Angry Tiger
edit: updated with new version of both mods. Small adjustments to the handling. Also added bike Angry Tiger from Genki Girl Pack.
