Cessna 172 runs off the runway in a 17 km/h crosswind

Before reading this thread I had been searching for topics on the ground handling problems related to surface winds.
“Please fix the ground physics!” is one that can be voted on.
“Is there something going on with wind or runway friction?” is another.
They both have suggestions about tweaking the code in the flight tuning section. I haven’t tried this yet but I plan to.

Here are some excerpts:

Base MSFS folder->Official->OneStore->Asobo-aircraft-c172sp-as1000->SimObjects->Airplanes->Asobo_C172sp_AS1000. From that folder make a backup of flight_model.cfg, I just copy and paste the file into the same folder so that my backup is flight_model-copy.cfg, then open flight_model.cfg using any text editor and scroll down until you reach [FLIGHT TUNING], then add

ground_high_speed_steeringwheel_static_friction_scalar = 2.0
ground_high_speed_otherwheel_static_friction_scalar = 2.0

to the end of that list and save the file.

These values were also suggested:

ground_high_speed_steeringwheel_static_friction_scalar = 10.0 ; 1.0
ground_high_speed_otherwheel_static_friction_scalar = 10.0 ; 1.0

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