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Originally Posted by N8dawg
"Yeah, I don't really downshift when coming to a stop either. There's nothing wrong with this is there? I just taught myself how to drive so I guess I really didn't have anyone telling me those little handy pointers. Also, can you explain that "Heel to toe" thing again. So basically when down shifting you want to keep the rpm's up a little bit by pressing the accelerator with your heel while also breaking with your toe? Does this just make the downshift a little smoother I'm guessing? Weird, never heard of this heel to toe thing. But, like I said, no one really taught me how to drive stick."
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Heal toeing was originally developed as a racing technique designed to get the driver into the preferred gear quickly and smoothly before entering a corner. Basically its braking with one side of your foot and pushing in the clutch while simultaneously putting it into a lower gear and with the other side of your foot you blip the throttle and let off the clutch. This will slow down your car much smoother than just downshifting and letting out of the clutch slowly, its also much better for the car when performed correctly. If you want to learn how to do this I highly recommend perfecting rev match downshift first. All a rev match downshift is, is a normal downshift but before you let out the clutch you blip the throttle to the RPM it will end up reaching when you let off the clutch. Once you perfect that part then all you gotta do is add the brake to it and there's your heal toe downshift.
