Adjust group automation relative to individual track

i'm working with a single guitar that's been recorded on 3 different tracks with different mics.
The first two tracks are close miked and the 3rd is distant.
The fader levels are set differently for eq purposes and atmosphere and i'd like to retain the relative differences when i'm using automation.
It would also be nice if I could just set nodes on 1 track and they would automatically be placed on the other tracks in relation to each other.
So if track 1 is -10, 2 -12 and 3 -11.5, when i place a node, they keep their information and when i adjust track 1 to -8 track 2 and 3 also increase approx. +2db.
So far when I place nodes with group automation turned on, they aren't being placed on other tracks.
I've done this in the past and the nodes appear, but as the same level.
I've checked chapter 26 in the manual but nothing is popping out to me..
Any help or guidance is appreciated!

Group automation is always absolute not relative so it doesn't work like moving a VCA fader on a real Mixing desk to which certain tracks are assigned. The best you can do is to route the three tracks to a Bus/Aux and then automate that Bus/Aux. This way the relative levels are kept and you can alter the overall level easily.

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