The Value Database file format is used to store raw values used by various functionalities in the game, such as the physics engine and the behavior of vehicles. It uses the filename of DATA/VDB.BIN (named DATA/VDB.XML in Takedown, likely due to the ValueDB's origin as a collection of XML-formatted text files.) Each value the VDB contains is mapped to a unique hash, which tells the game which value it is and where to apply it.

Using debug functionality, the values for the player's current vehicle can be exported to an XML file named EXPORT/VALUEDB/VEHICLEPHYSICS/%s.CFG, where %s is the name of the vehicle's class e.g. HSPC, followed by CAR, the index of the car in its class and the extension .CFG. For example, the Compact Type 1's data is exported to COMPCAR1.CFG.

Layout

Offset	Length	Type	Description
0x00	0x01	UInt8	Version number
0x04	0x04	UInt32	Number of entries in first data chunk
0x08	0x04	UInt32	Number of entries in second data chunk
0x0C	0x04	UInt32	Number of entries in third data chunk
0x10	0x04	UInt32	Offset of third data chunk