Hints & tips

[vrmx]

So I made this thread that everyone can post their findings for example how to get better fps in the game or what settings to use on certain steering wheel and so on.

If you copy an advice from another site please give credit to them.

And NO car setups here just general game related hints & tips :)...

[Ralph_B]

Some tips for improving framerates if you get into some trouble with it:
First of all configure the basic settings right. Turn down your resolution. I've tried on 800x600 and it doesn't look much worse than on higher settings like 1152x864 (that is, what I use), but gives about 3-4 more frames.
Annother big FPS-killer is the DirectX-setting if you are using "auto" or DX9 on some older systems. Changing to DX8 might bring you annother 3-4frames without significant loss of quality. The difference is such small, that in race you will not miss anything. Perhaps also try DX7, but here you will notice some eyecandy very clearly.
Ingame-settings: One of the biggest effects has the detail-bias. Set it to the lowest(75%) in the "enhanced"-menue. You will get a big boost in FPS without loosing much of the eyecandy. The only thing I noticed, are some small popups in the background, but neglectable in the name of a increased of FPS.
Disable the animated spectators and swaying trees! They are a nice feature if you look at the replays, but not really important for gameplay. During race you will not miss them, cause you have enought to do while looking onto the road an your opponents! Gave me about 3-4 frames more, specially arround the pits, where normally you have the badest drop of FPS. Another little gain of smoothness is, to turn off the animated drivers and visible steering-wheel in cockpitview. Wasn't so significant on my rigg, but have heard on slower systems it could bring annother 2-3.
Of course use low detail-settings, specially the trackdetails are making big differences. Change from high to medium or even low. You are loosing some of eyecandy, but where is the sense in lots of details, if the game gets undriveable. One big disadvantage of low trackdetailsettings is, that you are loosing some important brakemarkers on some tracks (Imola for example). This is a known bug and will be solved in the upcomming patch. I am not quite shure about the Full tracksettings. I didn't notice any difference in frames in comparison to high, but have the impression, it looses in grafic-quality instead of giving a better look!???
I didn't notice much difference in tuning down the cardetails on my system, but may help on others to get another one or two more frames.
For better FPS on start it is very helpful, to use low effect-settings. It isn't a constant gain of framerates, but if the full field is entering the first corner, there's a lot of tiresmoke, backfires and flying particles - and on high settings this will give you a big hit!
And don't forget about the mirrors - they eat up lots of recources. Turn them off if you can live without them. Perhaps as a compromise use the middle mirror, which you can blend in. Assign a button on the wheel for it and only turn it on, if you feel, you have to look into it. Otherwise turn it off as often as possible. Haven't tested it in GTL, but in earlier times in annother racegame and it worked.
Last not least use the reduced tracktextures. I didn't notice much difference to the normal textures, but have heard from others, that it could bring some extra performance.

Have tested all those things on my own machine. I don't quarantee, if all hints bring the same results on your systems. So test yourself if it brings you the desired gain in FPS. It should be worth a try!

Greetings,
Ralph.B

[Hakker]

Ripped this from bhms:
http://www.bhmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=22358

You can install a utility called x-setup http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4083.html

-Install it, run it and navigate to System -> Advanced Performance Settings
- Click to select "Enable command on context menu for EXE files"
- You'll now notice a new option called "Start High Priority" in the context menu when you right-click on any executable..." (or on its shortcut, whether from the Desktop, from Windows Explorer, or from the Start Menu)

This works for me perfectly with RBR, where I gain about 15 FPS! Surely it must have some effect on GTL.....

[Roger]

Good thread, good tips - thanks guys. I will try ASAP as I have turned most settings down to low. Track detail = low, draw distance = normal, no mirrors and I still get a few stutters. The problem for me, I don't mind if it looks a bit rough, but at low detail you lose some trackside detail that I was using as braking markers:p

BTW - does anyone know what RD2.exe is all about (Hakker's tip).

Speaking of braking markers, I heard a tale about Nelson Piquet (I think back in the Brbham days) - new to pit stops, no pitlane speed limits. On one stop he came in really hot and nearly killed half the pit crew - his explanation, he'd been using someone in the pitlane as a braking marker and they'd moved position!!!!!!!:D

[Roger]

Not a hint or a tip, but maybe someone can shed some light. I read over at RSC that the wheel can have an affect on FPS; this is news to me. I have a Thrustmaster wheel (which I am pretty happy with), but having stuttering problems with lots of games I am wondering if a different wheel may be worth considering.

Anyone know the ins & outs of wheel inflicted FPS drop? Is it caused by trying to implement Force Feedback, if so can turning off FF help? etc. etc.


Thanks

[Hakker]

BTW - does anyone know what RD2.exe is all about (Hakker's tip).


Hmm Roger.....you surely know....how to put this...RD2 is short for a game made by a company who pretends to make racing sims, like the obscure and hard to be found CMR series:p:D

so forget about RD2 (cough), and get a hold of X-setup. I got it on my HD, could upload it but not sure if that's all legal....

[Rallyfan]

You can install a utility called x-setup http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4083.html
This works for me perfectly with RBR, where I gain about 15 FPS! Surely it must have some effect on GTL.....

Warmly recommended to everyone :up:

Helps a lot!

[vrmx]

High priority trick didn't help for me in GTL, fps still stayed the same.
Though putting the game to use both cores on my cpu made the menus a bit more fluent :).

[Roger]

I got VERY desperate with a night race in the Corvette challenge. It was so bad that even changing gear often did not happen!

Turning the player car detail down made a MASSIVE difference and I couldn't really spot what was missing - worth a try chaps :up:

[Rallyfan]

High priority trick didn't help for me in GTL, fps still stayed the same.

That high priority thing works best for those who don't have an alien PC ;)

[Roger]

Over at RSC someone has suggested setting the AA & AF in the graphics card setup menu instead of letting the game decide. Supposedly FPS is improved (I couldn't tell, but it wasn't worse) - but it looks MUCH better now. Worth a try.

Under performance & quality settings (probably for most cards?) - uncheck "application controlled" and use the manual settings. I have set it to 6xAA and 16xAF. Works a treat for me.....:D

[Roger]

Update on above:

I did a double check with this trick last night. My FPS is not brilliant (mid/high 20's at "iffy" tracks like Mondello & in the 30's places like Spa).

I can get FPS back a little with different detail settings, but I like the way it looks and I can live with these numbers.

With the graphics card control panel settings it looks much better. I did a back to back, so am sure about this. FPS did not vary much - may have picked up a couple, but really it's not worth me calling it an improvement.

[Hakker]

Manuel settings made thing a lot worse for me. It runs okayish if I let the game decide. Then again, at the moment I don't care about framerate. I care about setting up my Mini to win my first cup :cool::

[Roger]

Manuel settings made thing a lot worse for me. It runs okayish if I let the game decide. Then again, at the moment I don't care about framerate. I care about setting up my Mini to win my first cup :cool::

I wonder if it works better if you had an under utilised graphics card. I don't get much change in FPS, but it looks better.

[hansje]

No visible arms...PLR-file gives a nice FPS boost !!!!

Leave the steering wheel in its place...feels naked !! and gives no extra FPS.

hansje.

[Roadhog]

Ripped this from bhms:
http://www.bhmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=22358

You can install a utility called x-setup http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4083.html

-Install it, run it and navigate to System -> Advanced Performance Settings
- Click to select "Enable command on context menu for EXE files"
- You'll now notice a new option called "Start High Priority" in the context menu when you right-click on any executable..." (or on its shortcut, whether from the Desktop, from Windows Explorer, or from the Start Menu)

This works for me perfectly with RBR, where I gain about 15 FPS! Surely it must have some effect on GTL.....

I would not recommend running any game using HIGH Priority.... simply use ABOVENORMAL. Using that setting steals from every other process running on your system,some, a non issue, others, essential to keeping Windows stable.

I rarely have to change any priorities on my system which is almost three years old now but when I have had to, I would modfiy the shortcut like so:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c start " /ABOVENORMAL "YOUR GAME PATH HERE

To each their own but I have had to help a number of racers with problems when someone else advised HIGH priority. The simple fix was to have them back down to ABOVENORMAL. HIGH priority can especially affect sound and over a hour or so,the game becomes unstable, sounds eratic, etc. Another negative affect of using HIGH Priority is if you use a wheel, that setting could cause eratic behaviour there as well....

But hey if it's working for you, go for it, thinking of trying it, use ABOVENORMAL....the game will run better and for longer periods of time.

My system specs:
ASUS A7N8X Delux MOBO
AMD Barton 2500 oc'd to 2800
1 gig Kignston Value Ram
ATI X800 Pro slightly tweaked
NEC Accusync 19" Monitor, 1280 X 1024 @85hz
Logitech MOMO Racing wheel (the black one, not the MOMO Force USB, the red one)
blah, blah blah....

And I run games at 1280 X 1024 except CRC2005 which is very graphically intense at 1024 X 768

List of games curently installed:
Rally Trophy
Gt Legends
GtR2
Race Driver 3
FlatOut2
Cross Racing Championship 2005
BF2
World Racing 2

Hoggy

[MadDAWG]

Though putting the game to use both cores on my cpu made the menus a bit more fluent :).

How is that done? I just built a new dual core system and need to know ?

thanks

[vrmx]

How is that done? I just built a new dual core system and need to know ?

thanks
You need to alt+tab back to win, open task manager and set gtl affinity to use both cores.

I haven't got any of the extra programs to do that automatically on startup.

[MadDAWG]

Cool I'll give that a try. I was less than impressed with the improvment in GTL on my new sytem. Maybe this is the ticket

[vrmx]

I wouldn't count on it ;). But sure give it a go.

[psyfungi]

I don't know if it works on new dual-core CPU's but the "setaffinity" utility mentioned in this post starts the game automatically setting affinity to both "cpus" of a hyperthreaded P4.

http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showpost.php?p=33969&postcount=6

Good luck!

[kliest]

By the way. Xsetup is a pay program. No Free ware. I do not know the price as of yet.
Kliest

[johnnyfry]

Not a hint or a tip, but maybe someone can shed some light. I read over at RSC that the wheel can have an affect on FPS; this is news to me. I have a Thrustmaster wheel (which I am pretty happy with), but having stuttering problems with lots of games I am wondering if a different wheel may be worth considering.

Anyone know the ins & outs of wheel inflicted FPS drop? Is it caused by trying to implement Force Feedback, if so can turning off FF help? etc. etc.


Thanks

I had a thrustamaster firestorm joypad with forcefeedback and I had to turn it off otherwise I would get awful FPS anytime there was another car near me on the track. This was even bad in toca race driver. Turning it off sorted it. so didnt even bother running it for GTL and GTR2

[laurie clemo]

Hi Roger, have been away from GTL for a while so only just seen your note regarding the Thrustmaster Wheel. I use a Thrustmaster Modern (without pedals) and at one time had ficking/stuttering withthe wheel. Traced my problem to the fact I was plugged into a USB hub - as soon as I plugged into a primary USB port on the main unit the problem went away. Was advised by someone with more PC 'smarts' than me, that any other device plugged into the hub (printer, scanner, blue tooth etc) would cause the interferrence.

Regards
Laurie

[Stu]

Thanks Laurie, I'm about to connect my Thrusrmaster wheel to the USB, it looks like I'll have to clear the hub to use it. Is there easier way to control the cars using the keyboard?

[Cherokee]

Hello to all.
Have to thank Ralph_B for the post. Have set the level of detail bias to 75%, and now i get 30 fps and more, using the hood cam, even racing with more cars. I know, 30 fps isn't much, but for a 2 ghz AMD with 512 mb ram, and a FX 5200 as pci it isn't bad at all;)
Again, thanks for the help.:D

[hansje]

Woow, did some testing myself again..talking about gaining some FPS !!

Keep your steering wheel...but disable arms, a 48FPS gain :)

hansje ;)

[David Wright]

As they say, your mileage may vary.

I disabled both wheel and arms and gained ......

1 fps (from 44 fps to 45 fps, back of a grid test :))

[redi]

I'd be very interested in your system specs, hansje, as a 48 FPS gain seems unreal... :OMG:

[MechMan]

I would imagine turning off the HUDs could make a frame rate gain of 3 or 5 fps. Not that I would turn it off. But if someone has a small system this would help.

[hansje]

I have been testing for hours..my goal was to get 60FPS at the end of a grid, any circuit with 21 AI-cars..and YESssss I did it :)
Maybe wondering why ??..I hate tearing, so I like to have at least 60FPS this with my LCD and 60HZ to get the perfect smooth game, I am a perfectionist so I know what I am talking about..Haha.
You only get the perfect game when FPS and HZ is the same, some say they get a smooth game without this and Vsync...they are lying ;)

Want to share my results, settings and system.

System:
Processor Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 - EVGA nForce 680i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 - Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Tenth Anniversary Dual Channel Kit - EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX - Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate 200 GB, Seagate 80GB
ViewSonic VX912 - Enermax 600 Watt - Windows XP Home Edition.
80GB I use for Windows and SWAP-file and the 200GB only Games.

E6600 clocked at 3.4 rock and prime stable, and videocard 620/995 with the latest 97.92

I use 16XFSAA and 16XANISO and the QUALITY setting..also Vsync ON with triple buffering, very important...using DXtweaker to do this, without Triple Buffering you get little stutters.

Videosettings in GTL itself:

Pl. Veh >> FULL
Other >> LOW (looks still good)
Circuit >> FULL
Sp. Effects >> FULL
Shadow >> FULL (big FPS eater normally)
Draw D. >> FAR
Headl. Effects >> Medium (high I get strange glitches)

Hi Wheel, Hi-Res Cockpit and Car livery

LOD >> 100%

With 21 AI cars I get 60FPS, stays perfect on 60FPS even in the first corner banging in all the other cars..which gives a lot of smoke and dust !!!!

The only thing I changed was DISABLING all characters anims in my PLR-file.

I AM USING WHEEL and ARMS how about that.

With the same settings I can drive against 9 AI-cars IN THE DARK with headlights on ofcourse, same settings as above..60FPS and so on.

Not bad :)

Hans ;)


1280X1024x32 >> 60HZ LCD ViewSonic, sorry can't go higher !!!!

[redi]

OK, all looks cool, but now I really am surprised that with such a killer system you get 48FPS gain by disabling the in-cockpit arms... :confused:

[hansje]

OK, all looks cool, but now I really am surprised that with such a killer system you get 48FPS gain by disabling the in-cockpit arms... :confused:

Tried again...suddenly less gain, strange but true.
Maybe it was a certain combination of settings, not sure.

Anyway..DISABLING all characters anims gave me a nice boost, also removing the arms.
I got with X16FSAA even some more FPS in comparison with X4FSAA, also strange, figure that one out :)

Hans.

[hansje]

Overclocked my RAM more...I can drive with the same settings as above 27 AI-cars now :)

See my thread:
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/general-intel-platform-discussions/107988-results-suggestions-e6600.html

This means fast RAM is very important to gain some nice extra FPS !!!!

Try 6 cars more or less at the start at an end of the grid, and you know what I mean ;)

This means GTL is very CPU and RAM depended...GTR2 more videocard power depended.

Hans.

[hansje]

I think I forgot a nice HINT..my own LINKS/GUIDE :)

http://www.hallo.ismooi.nl/homepage/show/pagina.php?paginaid=165566

Hans ;)

[sunalp2]

I think I forgot a nice HINT..my own LINKS/GUIDE :)

http://www.hallo.ismooi.nl/homepage/show/pagina.php?paginaid=165566

Hans ;)

Promote that site of yours hansje :D You should post over at Gamers Crib. I think they would appreciate it :up:

[hansje]

I don't earn a penny with it...but with a little promotion, more race/fans can have benefit of these guides and maybe I get a little more help this way to keep those links/guides alive, doing this all alone you know :)

Hans ;)

[sunalp2]

Promote that site of yours hansje :D

Just having a little joke with you Hans. I only wish I had the skills to do something like that. I'm serious though about posting it over at Gamers Crib. I'm sure they would love it.

[hansje]

I am not a member of that forum...maybe you can do it for me :)

Ask them if they like to have their site added into one of my links/guides or league promotion section !!

Hans.

[sunalp2]

I am not a member of that forum...maybe you can do it for me :)

Ask them if they like to have their site added into one of my links/guides or league promotion section !!

Hans.

Done. :up:

[redi]

Hansje, I'm pretty sure the Gamers Crib admins won't mind at all that you include the GC site in your links :)

[hansje]

Two links added...Leagues section >> GTR2 and GT Legends :)

Don't forget its an honour to be in those guides...Hahahaha !!

Hans ;)

Woow nice addon, 2006 Dutch Historic Racing !!
http://probex.nfscity.com/forum/index.asp

Gaaf zeg ;)

[stefanroess]

Hi,

thx for the FPS-tips!

...and also have a look at my site ;-)

Cu
Stefan

[hansje]

Your welcome !!

Your site is worth a visit, I agree :)

Already paid for that videocard stefan...RSC-forum..Hahahaha !!!!

hans ;)

[grem304]

If you have put off painting a car because you don't have newer paint programs the .dds plugin will work with PSP7:D

[KL Mallender]

:roflmao: I Just want to thank you people with Tips/Tweeks. My system needs updating Badly, And will be replaced when I can afford/Use, It has been good to me, Just not Efficient enough for Detailed Simm. I`ll put her in the garage where she still has purpose, These tips are extremely benifical to low powered PC`s like mine, Thanks people, KLM. :up:

[pmcclarnon]

How do you display your frame rate?

[psyfungi]

How do you display your frame rate?

CTRL+F

[pmcclarnon]

Thank you

[Crocko 05]

I don't know if it works on new dual-core CPU's but the "setaffinity" utility mentioned in this post starts the game automatically setting affinity to both "cpus" of a hyperthreaded P4.

http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showpost.php?p=33969&postcount=6

Good luck!

How to dig up an old thread........:laugh:

Have been looking for this little program for ages.

I have also found a different, up-to-date program that will set multi-core CPU's (Dual, Tri or Quad core). It appears to also work on Vista;

http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/SetAffinity/index.htm

[redi]

A different kind of tip, in case some of you don't have/play GTR2 and/or are not that computer savvy:

In the GTR2 download section there are some nice graphics upgrades, which also work on GTL:

- track background upgrades, for example this one (http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=10869) for Dijon-Prenois. Just copy the files in the archive to the Dijon folder and be amazed at the difference.
There's a similar upgrade for Anderstorp.

- hi-res skies upgrade (http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=10155). Copy the files into the designated folder (GameData/shared), and change the file extension of the three files from .gtr to .gtl. Don't forget to rename the original files (or copy them to a safe location) before copying the new files!

Maybe there are more of these upgrades, but I haven't looked for them yet. If anyone knows more, post here.

[psyfungi]

Great tip, Redi! Thanks :thumbup:

[redi]

Problem
When taking a screenshot in-game (using F12), the result is just a completely black image.

Solution
You'll have to open the screenshot in a viewer program that allows you to disable the alpha channel. For example, XnView (http://www.xnview.com/) has this option under View/Use Aplha Channel (CTRL + H). Disable this option and voilá, there's your screenshot. You'll have to Export it to JPG or any other format you like, and then you can view the picture in any viewer.

[Targawerk]

Hi, I don't cut the track much, but during a 60 lap race (monza) under hard braking for turn 1. I swaped ends and slid thru the entire chicane. Message read stop and go penalty. Next lap I came in the pit to serve, went out and next lap was DQ'd. What Up? how do I serve the penalty? Book was no help. Thanks.....

[I_Am_Milk]

Did you have your pit limiter on?
If not you might have been done speeding in the pit lane.

[bozont]

i was playing with the plr and found a line under game options like:

High Process Priority="0" // Improves FPS on some systems, but may conflict with some background applications

it can help but make it worse. didnt tried it yet

[Targawerk]

Yep, pit limiter was engaged before the line.

[redi]

Yep, pit limiter was engaged before the line.

Perhaps you got 2 S&Gs in one go and didn't serve them both? You slid through the chicane, which could mean GTL thought you cut both corners. S&G for the first corner, then you cut the other as well and another S&G followed.

Probably it's not possible to serve two S&Gs in one lap, and you ran into a bug in GTL?

[missyd]

Okay, another embarrassingly basic question, but what is considered good, or okay, or amazing in terms of FPS? (getting back to the original thread for a sec if that's ok)
Missy

[CX650]

Okay, another embarrassingly basic question, but what is considered good, or okay, or amazing in terms of FPS? (getting back to the original thread for a sec if that's ok)
Missy

Anything approaching 60fps is good, better than that and your perception needs to be seriously above average to be bothered by the difference. You may see it but it won't matter. The human eye isn't particularly good.

[redi]

Recently I started a thread about FPS on another forum section - check it out (http://www.gamers-crib.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5429). Basically FPS is very, very subjective, and discussions about it are never conclusive (though a lot of misinformation can be found).
You can basically distinguish three FPS ranges:

1-25 fps: In this region the human eye will not see fluid motion but basically separate images (the 25 fps upper limit is subjective). The game will run choppy, it is basically unplayable and you'll lose a lot of time because of mis-timing brake points and corner entry.

25-60 fps: the higher the fps, the more playable and the less straining to the eye. The lower limit of what feels and looks good is very subjective, for some it's 30, for others it's 50 or even higher. I chose 60 as the upper limit, assuming that most of us use TFT monitors with a refresh rate of 60Hz

60+ fps: the game's frame rate exceeds the refresh rate of the typical TFT monitor above 60 fps, and technically higher frame rates than 60 do not make sense because the screen cannot display them all (instead, it will show partial frames stitched together).
In case of 60+ fps, one should enable vertical synchronisation (VSync) between monitor and video card, locking the frame rate at 60 and giving the best/smoothest visual quality. For more on VSync, read this (http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12527).

In general, one could say that above 40 fps a race sim is decently playable, but 60+ is needed for the best gameplay. Anything above 60 is a waste of frame rate, and stating you're getting 200+ fps is a clear case of "mine is bigger than yours" and technically doesn't make sense. Tune your system for just over 60 FPS at all times, and switch on VSync.

[missyd]

Hey, thanks a lot. What a great explanation. Makes total sense to me. That helps me a lot- you have to know where you are , and where you want to get to before you start your journey. Cheers!
Missy

[redi]

Just wanted to note that over at Gamers Crib a very nice A-to-Z Guide on GT Legends has been made. Check it out here (http://www.gamers-crib.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3439).

[motohd]

Hi, I swapped the DSETUP.DLL in the gtl catalog from the latest m$dx9 unpack dir.
(the dx9 from mar09 ver of dsetup.dll is 4.9.0.904)..
-hint ! rename the old dsetup.dll to dsetup.old first incase of a ctd etc.. !

..then rerun the gtlconfig.exe

after I restarted GTL I think the graphics look abit better, smoother, less stuttering etc..
-even the cold coffee tasted better ;-D

Haven't done any thoroughly fps back&forht tsting.., could (WELL) be just a placebo effect :p

Morty

[mattiad]

By the way. Xsetup is a pay program. No Free ware. I do not know the price as of yet.
Kliest

yes, i found an older, free version.
Look:
http://www.chip.de/downloads/X-Setup-Pro_12992822.html

[Ivan]

FPS Meter ?
How does one turn on the fps counter in the game ?
Could not find any info in the booklet.
Appreciate a hint.
Cheers,
Ivan

[Vette4Life]

Ctrl + F :)

Or is it Maj + F ? XD

[Ivan]

Thank You,
Ctrl + F worked
Cheers
Ivan

[huntwrc]

Something I found recently and haven't seen talking about it anywhere.
In the CupStages.cdb file there are sections describing the difficulty level.For example the professional level shows like this:

Difficulty
{
Professional
{
SettingText
{
Damage=Full
Assists=Minimum
AI=Expert
}

CashMultiplier = 2
AIStrength = 100
AIAggression = 1.70
Damage = 200

Awards
{
Diamond
Platinum
Gold
}

Assist
{
SteeringHelp = 0
BrakeHelp = 0
ThrottleControl = 1
AntilockBrakes = 0
SpinRecovery = 0
Invulnerability = 0
Autopit = 0
OppositeLock = 0
StabilityControl = 0
CornerMarkers = 0
AutoClutch = 1
ShiftMode = 0
}

DigitalThrottleAssist
{
ThrottleControl = 1
AntilockBrakes = 1
}

DigitalSteerAssist
{
SteeringHelp = 1
SpinRecovery = 0
OppositeLock = 0
}
}

There you can change the numbers as you wish. From "0" to "1" or the opposite.
As you can seen above I can now have ThrottleControl assist, the damage is now "200"(witch has some more effect) and raised the AIaggression level a bit.

So you change everything in every level. For example you can have 100% damage or AIStrength on amateur level...or have all the assists on on professional.

I suggest before you change anything to take a backup of the file because it should give you trouble in online games.
Hope it helps
Cheers:-)