Do the NPCs use the same handling model as the player (III, VC, SA)?

[muh linucs]

This question is about the Renderware games.

 

The driving NPCs often make very tight turns incredibly fast without losing grip, but I can only remember seeing this with the standard traffic.

[Earthbound]

When uninterupted they follow a traffic pattern which allows them to turn on a dime, but when interupted their car will handle as per the handling line.

 

If you want to test this, in GTA3, modify the handling line of a vehicle to make it super quick and then shoot at that vehicle with an NPC inside. Enjoy.

[muh linucs]

17 minutes ago, Earthbound said:

When uninterupted they follow a traffic pattern which allows them to turn on a dime, but when interupted their car will handle as per the handling line.

This indeed sounds plausible.

[KingAJ032304]

Interestingly enough, this is still in the HD universe. GTA V even has a aihandling.meta along with the default handling.meta.

[muh linucs]

Thanks for the confirmation, I was about to ask this as I haven't played IV and V in years. But as I recall the movement of the NPC cars is more reasonable, not prone to cause as much crashes with the player when turning.