replacing/editing save file doesn't work or makes entire game restart
Hello. So I've followed lots of videos on the internet (which all do the same thing essentially), downloaded the save files from each video and tried each one, and put them in my save folder all for the purpose of having a 100% completion gave save so I can skip everything and play the game freely with everything unlocked, cars/upgrades ect. but for some reason replacing the save file does not work for me, I've probably tried 20 times in total to get this to work but every time I try it either doesn't work and puts me right back at my save (which is right at the beginning after I've completed the tutorial) or the game flat out restarts completely from the introduction cinematic and I have to go through that 20 minute tutorial again ☹️. It seems so simple but at this point the only thing I can presume is that it's something with the way my game launches, maybe a newer version of origin, and that it won't accept the file I downloaded so it reverts.
Would anyone have any idea how to get around this? I'm just trying to have a 100% game save file so I can play the game freely with everything it has to offer. The video tutorials I've watched for this range from around 1 year old to 6 years old. I will link a few here.
Btw, I am using 7zip to extract these files whilst they are using WinRar but i don't see why that would make a difference.
