Heel-Toe Shifting Lesson In 2 Minutes
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2015
- A "must know" driving skill you should master before you hit the race track at top speeds - Heel Toe shifting. Making your shifting & gear transitions smoother, to better your lap times. It is also a safer technique, to have more control of your vehicle speeds & weight transfer.
Professional Driver, Ray Piloto will walk you through step by step.
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Me at 10 pm: wow initial d is some nice anime
Me at 4 am: how to heel-toe shift
Literally me months ago😂But now I have a Toyota celica that I’m learning how to drive stick on💀
literally what brought me here, i had no idea what the fuck they were doing
This is exactly how I feel right now. I've been having trouble cuz my legs are too long for a s2k and i hit the bottom of the steering wheel when i try to practice heel toe its really uncomfortable and i cant move the seat back any further :(
@@konorsga9873 get a bucket seat installed so you sit lower
Hahaha Same here
You dont need to rev match if you're driving a rental car
In rental car you can shift without hitting the clutch.
spook worm but getting a tiny scratch’ll cost you hundreds of bucks
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If its a rental car the brakes might be not so good, so if you wanna stop just put in reverse gear. Only works if you're going 60+
David 9-A facts
Shit, I thought this was about drums, I'm in the wrong part of town
Reefer Badness Beats 😂 I can see the confusion
Ray Piloto he was stoned off his ass 😂😂
Well you're still welcome here if you wanna drive a manual better lol
@@williampierce5579 what is manual?
Yup you are
The most difficult aspect of this technique is application of steady brake pressure. All depends on pedal feel and travel and every car is different. One tip for learners however, is to practice downshifting/Rev matching without using the brake pedal. Get that part sorted out and then gradually introduce use of all 3 pedals! Believe me that helps!
You just need to do is break first when your turning in the next corner,and just downshift and rev the gas.
facts
Good luck getting this to work on a standard set of a pedals that are wide apart like 99 % of all cars.
@charmingchowder7997 this is the way. There's hardly the need to heel toe and most of us will never be on the track in our lifetimes lol
Why brake pedal needs to be presses the entire duration, from beginning to end. I can only see the point on race track when coming ti a corner cause you need to slow down. On public roads do it without pressing brake pedal
my incompetent ass just tried this, got my foot stuck on the pedal and fucking crashed in a ditch. go me
+Robert Clayton Hope u had full coverage
This is why we can't have nice things
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I did, since apparently you can't read i'll help you. "got my foot stuck on the pedal " thanks to the floor mat. any more questions?
Robert Clayton sure you did bud.
Easy to watch, but definitely took me several months to do a smooth heel toe. Practice is key
practice practice practice haha. my first time trying, I couldn't keep consistent brake pressure or I'd blip the throttle too much / too little, I never wanted to try it again haha
Bro several months? It took me 3 hours and i could use it on tracks without problems
@@BrolySpeedyBoy you're so cool. do you want a cookie?
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The hardest thing for me was to hold the brake power consistently. Especially since I do that on my commute and don't slam on the brake. Also my gas pedal hangs from the top but luckily is close enough to the brake that I can do this slightly differently by "toe-toeing". over-reving was a problem at first too, but I noticed you get used to it fast how much feel you need.
I don't even have a sporty car, just a 70hp sub-compact with a manual 5 speed, but it feels so satisfying to do corrently.
IF YOU release VERY SLOW THE CLUTCH THE RPM WILL DROP AND YOU HEEL-TOE for nothing
Well I'm a layman about this entire thing, but even I noticed his RPM's still dropping during his slow release. It just didn't seem logical if the idea is to keep the RPM up during a shift...
Dude thanks lol i always thought my car would stall
I dont believe he said VERY SLOW, despite what the video shows I think he just meant not VERY FAST like you might be able to do with a race car transmission. Really just feather the clutch by feel.
@@watchout568 Yea. Because a lot of us beginners find it hard to rev match properly while breaking. Sometimes we rev too little or too much and releasing the clutch to fast or to slow could cause the car to jerk.
That's what I thought. Also doesn't this increase wear on your brakes?
Just got a Logitech G29 w/ the shifter and this is the first video I watched - no extra tidbits, just straight to the point. Thank you sir! I'll try and practice this method on GT Sport!
There's no clutch in gt sport if you upgrade the transmission don't even bother dude
@@the-real-big-vic7359 theres a clutch on certain cars just not all of them
The tricky thing for me is maintaining the sensitivity /pressure on the braking once I lift my heel. I'm accustomed to braking with my heel on the floor of the car. I guess Ill train first breaking with my foot completely off the floor of the car. Great video, thanks!
FINALLY!!! Someone can explain this in under 2 minutes!
I'm starting to get this... Finally
I learned all my friends how to do it.
You just neeed a good friends really 😂
I know man
Over*
I was skeptical that I could understand this concept from a 2 minute video, but you did an awesome job explaining it. thanks a ton
dude you are releasing the clutch wayyy too late, the revs are already down when you release. you need to release the clutch as the revs are uppp, thus rev matching. if you are going to teach something, do it right cuz there is always someone thats going to believe you know what your talking about
supersevenn Exactly. Rev dropped to the point before blip when he released the clutch
He over revved and had to wait until the revs dropped before releasing to have a smooth rev-match. Also, the c7 is pretty happy at low rpm, but to each their own
Marcin Cebula you can hold the clutch, wait for rpm to drop while slowing down, or you can release the clutch earlier when both speed and rpm are higher. The shifting can be smooth either way, but I don't see the advantage of holding the clutch longer. If the engine is happy at low rpm, why not just shifting later?
Marcin Cebula agree with supersevenn because it's in the demo footage as well. It is very late to be honest. The ideal method is all at the same time. That guarantees the perfect sync. Don't mean to offend the author, thumbs up for making educational videos
I can promise you Ray Piloto can drive MUCH better than you can...I mean seriously.
Hi Ray - thanks for the video. I teach new drivers how to drive a manual transmission and some of them believe this is for every day driving. I explain to them--as you did-that this is for racing, and better lap times. Thanks again, Cheers Rick
If your teaching drivers, you should also explain that heel & toe means less stress and wear on the clutch and transmission. Its perfectly fine to heel & toe while everyday driving, your clutch and gearbox will last longer as a result. Your giving bad advice dude.
@@webweasel4401 he's not giving bad advice. Heel-toe downshift/rev matching is completely unnecessary except on track/racing conditions where you're near the rev limit coming into a corner. On the street when you're lower in the rev range, you can easily downshift/rev match with a throttle blip BEFORE braking, and then just brake normally and accelerate out of a corner. I can't heel-toe for crap, but I rev match downshift every single time I drive my car.
out of ALL THE videos on UA-cam, much too elongated, this video is direct and straight, concise and explains it perfectly, thank u!
Finally. Short and to the point. THANK YOU
Hey, great video! After watching this I finally got the hang of it! I had been going around Dragon Trail Seaside track in Gran Turismo Sport for hours and as soon as I watched this I managed to shave 4 seconds off my best time after about 4 laps. It really makes a huge difference, thank you!
Michael Mapp nicely done👊🏻
I would just like to add that if you match the revs correctly, you can release the clutch as fast as you like - that's, in fact, the whole point. You will match the revs with the throttle instead of slipping the clutch, thus saving some serious wear and tear over time. In fact, once you master the matching, you will be able to safely shift without using the clutch at all - ask any truck driver out there. Other than that, excellent video!
exactly!
Not necessarily, but not impossible. Trucks have an rpm range from about 550 to 16-2100 rpm. Regular cars have an rpm range of about 650 to 55-8000. With the small rpm range on diesels, it is MUCH easier to match rpms. However, since cars have a larger rpm range, its much more difficult to perform float shifting. But like I said, not impossible.
Exactly. There was really no reason for him to heal toe in this video. He had already slow down before he let the clutch out a week late.
Thanks for such a simple but detailed video - it clarified a few things for me, especially with your track footage.
Finally! I didn’t have to watch a guys face while he explained the process. Great visual demonstration! I’ve been destroying clutches for years, but with my Golf R on the way, I thought I’d better learn how not to.
the whole point of heel-toe is to match the revs to the lower gear you are downshifting to - when you do it perfectly, you can release the clutch as quickly as you want. This video totally fails to explain the point of this manoeuvre.
This will come in handy when school starts up again😆😆😆
Awesome straight to the point instruction!!! Thanks!
Subbed...
Heel toe in the car, Heel toe in the drum kit... Heel toe everywhere! Heel toe rules!
Straight to the point, nice and simple. Thanks, subbed.
Eddie V 😊
Downshifting helps with deceleration. wouldn't the slow clutch release diminish the optimal effect of downshifting?
True,must be faster for another reason too,rev matching,what point is to loose rpm because of slow clutch release like here...
Not if you can't shift gear in the first place .
no, it won't
The limiting factor in deceleration is tire grip. The car's brakes are able to achieve the maximum deceleration on their own, without engine braking, so for the most part a slight decrease in engine braking is not a big deal.
Makes me go on to a track now looks easy now that you put it this way
thanks for the video, makes it seem a bit easier.
so....? basically rev matching?
yes. The point of heel-toe shifting is that you can rev match while braking at the same time.
yeah except it's how ti revmatch while braking. which unless you have three feet you can't do at the same time seperatly.
easier to do on bike 😅
I learned how to seamlessly brake/rev match on a bike while still in lessons. A car took me much longer
too easy m8
Takumi's 4 wheel drift
Thanks, u did explaining so clearly.
Thx pal , quick and eloquent. Hate these vids where guys talk and talk and talk, while actually promoting themselves, not the topic they should talk about ;)
Thanks man!
oh man this makes me think i should stick to go karts lol
what about his runners? I want them 😂😂😂
perfect video. short and immediately to the content
Learning this technique to use on my Prius
simplified for all those whom don't get it, its simply revmatching, changing gear while braking, wich in turn will allow you to brake later for corners plus keeps the car allot more stable upon entry of corner.
You miss a pretty important point when attempting heel-and-toe for the first time: make sure you have lots of room behind you, as you have a tendancy to stomp the brakes until you start getting the hang of it. I was close to biting the steering wheel the first few times I did it.
Morten Dalgaard when attempting at slow speeds this can happen. This is a beginners training video, Everyone is going to get slightly different results based on many factors. I will make a note as we are working on doing a full video series that I can make a mention of this possible issue. Thanks for your feedback! It is much appreciated and the only way to make better content.
👍🏻👍🏻 very good tutorial.(slow motion really help on the foot work). You have one of the best hell and toe practice video. 🦅🦅🇺🇸
Frank Kwok thank you!
Thank you for explaining this!
Granny Shifting,
Not Double Clutching Like You Should
crikey mate Dom, is that you?
It's a quote
Maybe I should do I double clutch down shift video, not granny at all!
unless you are downshifting from 3rd directly to first... which you shouldnt need to do like, ever
Da_Boom you do in Rally...
Apparently it won't work on the car I'm driving as the throttle is really recessed and far away from the brake
Wong Zuohan that's normal. In Dailey driving it will be difficult but on track you be braking a lot harder brining the brake down closer to the throttle. If you can do it at slow speeds it's easier at high speeds👍
Oh thanks a lot, that clears up why I'm having difficulties. I've just modified the technique to a: Brake, clutch in, blip throttle, brake, clutch out
Its one of those things that takes a long time then all of a sudden comes second nature
Wong Zuohan alternatively you could invest in a clown shoe for the right foot! 🤣
@@webweasel4401 Maybe aftermarket shoes for me... My foot is way too big to do heel-toe in my little car, but not wide enough to cover both pedals. My foot slips between them easily. Not good if the whole point is extra stability. Yeah, the clown shoe.
See this is how instruction videos should be short and sweet and just makes sense we can figure out the rest in between like why we do it or why we should what I want to see is how to do it and how to do it right and that's what you did thank you for this video sounds stupid but I am looking for sim racing lol but hey uts the same practice as a real car with the way you do it so all good thanks again
Great video sir. Honda released a video of the legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna heel toe work when they were testing the HONDA NSX. Because the gas and break were so close, he was able to roll rather than heel toe. I personally like to roll, but some cars have the gas and break pedal to far apart.
So why does a stock clutch take a slower time to release? Does it have something to do with the flywheel?
It has springs that if not released smoothly will make the car lurch forward.
+Racers Edge Thanks for the info. By springs, do you mean in the clutch disc itself?
+Caleb Kan
Yes I do
+Caleb Kan sometimes it has to do with the clutch fluid or clutch line. in my 2012 mustang gt, the clutch line needs to be upgraded for clutch consistency, the stock line can't handle to heat or pressure and makes the clutch pedal stick to the floorboard.
+Mr. Q try removing the the helper spring on the clutch pedal assembly it's a very common issue your having. Search "clutch spring removal"
it took me one month to realise that heel toe downshifting is basically rev-matching while braking.
i'm bored yep
i'm bored you're stupid
Congrats. The first video i've seen that has actually made it click with me.
Hockeyrocker117 thank you! Tried to make it simple and to the point. Glad to help
Simple explanation ... I like it ...
Been doing this for years but never really manage to teach it to others ...
But now I do .. thanks ...
vebration35 glad it helped! Thanks for the nice comment👊
anytime ... 👊
Hey I have those shoes.
Great video but like many of the other heal and toe videos on here they don't mention why heal and toe and bring the engine revs up when downshifting. It's to match your revs to the rotation of the transmission so the two mate back up seamlessly and without delay as you reengage the clutch. It also saves your clutch, even in day to day driving.
Thank you, now i know what heel and toe is
Best Heel toe video I've seen. Lots of repetition, displaying an actual good place to use it, and data on how much pressure you're using. Awesome! Only thing missing is a camera on you shifting, but not super important.
I did post a video of real race/rally footage of using heel toe and left foot braking together. It shows shifting as well😃
I dont have this type accelerator. Its conncted from top. My foot gets stuck under it and i cant blip...
Time for a new car
Then doe an actual heel toe this is for cars with the pedal to the floor swivel your back of your foot onto the pedal kinda like this -> \ so the front of your foot is on the gas and the back of your foot is on the gas
Right Round yeah but most bmws have it connected on the floor
Anyway you can redo this video and this time do a split camera angle that shows you working the gears and the pedals at the same time?
Jason Hamilton that’s a good idea! I’ll start working on it soon
This video helped me alot doing screenshots with my car.
Nice video. Helped!
I need an Eight-Six and some Tofu
Greensabr200 | HCF & MineZ 2 and some eurobeat
How did the Flintstones do that?
m i s b e h a v e. 😂 yabadabadooo
great video and very informative. always had an idea but this cleared it up. Big plus on the brake and gas pedal diagram showing how much pressure (and for how long) your foot puts on it (im a visual learner)
Thanks!
This has to be one of the coolest videos I have ever seen on youtube. Short, to the point, informative, and very well presented. Thanks!
What is the advantage of using this heel toe method - or rather, why brake when you can just rev match without it? I know this may sound stupid to you pros out there but I really want to know WHY this is a good technique not just how to do it.
+Gahechi Esmichi Both techniques are used -- just depending on the situation. It's just that going into corners you're most likely going to be heel-toeing, otherwise you are going into the corner too quickly.
No problem! There are a few reasons,but one big advantage is you can begin to slow the car later using the brake which allows you to stay in the throttle longer. Just imagine traveling at 100mph for 30ft longer than another driver. That is a huge advantage. Using the engine to slow the car has to be done sooner because you have to compensate for the lack of deceleration the engine compression provides. You also and risk over revving the motor which could be catastrophic. Let me know ANY questions you might have. If you have a question l,most likely someone else does as well. They just aren't as brave as you are👍
Justin Lee Thanks for the info!
Racers Edge This makes a lot of sense to me now - I get the concept of breaking later. Though its probably a little different on a motorcycle - I remember an interview with Valentino Rossi of Moto GP fame where he said that the reason he won a particular race was that he had 'stronger breaking' and I never really knew what that meant but I think he has mastered the motorcycle equivalent of this breaking+clutch breaking technique the same way you describe. Thanks again!
+Racers Edge Hey bro, did u see my comments upon? I hope u can explain that for me , thanks
so u basically brake then press clutch and at the same time downshift the gear and simultaneously blip the throttle...
Rip Jawzz exactly! 👊
Ray Piloto haha Finally got it!! btw nice vid man!
Thanks for the video!
I learnt something about the clutch :)
What is the purpose of doing that? I drive about five months since I got my license and I was taught to take my feet out of the gas pedal, press the cluch, change the gear and than start accelerating again and that's what I do when I drive, so why to heel and toe?
Rafael Alódio it's for high performance driving on a racetrack or rally car when using an basic manual transmission.
Just drive normally, If you are asking this question it's safe to say you'll be dangerous to others if trying on a city road.
Rafael Alódio racing applications and it has practical applications too. On the road, if I'm approaching a tight corner fast and need second gear, a car doesn't like to go into second quickly. Rather than slow my speed and release the clutch slowly, I'd rather blip the throttle and grab second gear while still maintaining good speed
I use heel/toe in real world application every day. Think about it this way> You are going 60km approaching a green light in 4th, wanting to make a left (or right depending on which side of the road you drive on in your country). The light turns yellow, so you have to make the turn quickly, but 4th gear is too high. So, to save time, while braking into the corner, you heel toe down to 3rd, then second. Then, as you enter the intersection, you are in the correct gear to pull out of the corner. If you do it correctly, the entire process is very smooth.
Another example is when you are on the highway, traffic slows down. You brake to slow down with it, and while you brake, you heel toe down to the correct gear for your new speed, that way if traffic starts to speed up, you are in the correct gear to accelerate as well. This situation is where I practiced and perfected heel and toe
i think this is clutch riding
riding the clutch is when you keep it on the biting point not when its fully pressed
I was taught this at the old Bondurant driving school. You can get fairly proficient at it with just a little bit of repetition.
Thanks man wondering how it worked btw what’s your intro and ending theme I love it it’s awesome
I always thought Americans can't drive manual, so it's refreshing to see that there are Americans that drive manual better than most Europeans.
Why Thank you sir.
Europeans have an insane amount of preconceived-notions about Americans. Like ridiculous
Why, don't vast majority of Americans drive automatic?
That's true but most "driver-types" drive Manual. Also most old-car/classic-car enthusiasts drive manual. It's not rare at all, but sure not common or majority
I'm glad to know that, driving a manual is much more fun, in my opinion, don't you think?
Basically you did it wrong! Every single time!
Explain us, he did it okay, 1.Brake 2.Clutch 3.Downshift 4.Bleep the gas pedal 5. release the clutch.
think before posting a comment.
Good video, thanks!
My friend does this is his BMW Z3M Coupe, although he keeps his heal on the break and swivels his foot blipping the throttle with his toe. Same really just dif technique
Thanks for the video.
Great video!
Finally some one explin it in easy way
Thank you sooooo much
Dope. Im gonna go try
Useful message
Very helpful video
英語全然わからんけど
なんとなく伝わってきました！
わかりやすかったです！
Finally starting to get it, Subarus gas pedal is so low man I sometimes can’t tell if I’m even touching the gas but I been trying to avoid getting a pedal riser cuz I wanna get it down the hard way 🤘
I drive an old school light traction car with an hard turbo lag, actually I use a lot the heel and toe technique ,but also in corners I use my left foot for braking and manage the understeering.
I have a couple videos of in-car footage during a rally if you'd like to see some examples incorporating left foot braking with heel and toe.
great, thank you
Watching this to up my game in Gran Turismo 7 😂
thanks!!
Very nice
Yes the foot placement when you go for break is the key closer to gas pedal
I used this technique to achieve double strokes at my double bass drum pedals
excellent video
MILLION DOLLA BOII BSB thanks!
I've heard about heel-toe since the 1960s, but never saw an illustration of the footwork involved.
I could have never done this with my first manual shift car, a '67 VW Beetle, as the placement of the brake to the gas pedal would not allow it; as the pivot hinges, for the pedals, were on the floorboard, and not on the firewall.
Very helpful
Good idea to learn this technique albeit it is not necessary for 99% of your driving we used to have to double clutch manual transmissions in automobiles because of the lack of synchronizers now that's a discipline that still required in large commercial vehicles well at least ones with manual transmissions hahaha I'm a retired truck driver after 41 years I would gladly left because of the automatics that were appearing on the scene.
Manual transmissions require a little insight and experience to operate efficiently and when you can learn that they're really fun I got a big kick out of pulling hills with a 600 horsepower caterpillar coupled to a 15 speed transmission always fun to drive if you approach it with the attitude that you're going to do it safely and efficiently.
Excellent video of the feet and the explanation of how to heel and toe. It would have been nice if the audio matched the video, though. The sound followed the footwork by what seemed like almost a second.
2:08-2-12 100% Truth, practice makes perfect.
i’ve been driving stick my entire life for 40 years & i drive a stick 2003 tacoma, and i have never done heel toe. it’s fine if you do it, but definitely is not necessary. also, i rarely downshift - it lengthens the life of the clutch. save the manuals! 🙌🏻
great video
Thanks!
I saw a Nascar driver heel toeing with his heel on the brake. I kinda like that and on the sim it's more comfortable.
Basically the hardest part is to not press too hard on the brake that's my problem it's also harder if the pedals are roo far away anyway practice is the best way to acomplish this art !
I started downshifting like this in my wrx i over rev almost every time and I dont think I press on the brakes long enough but it doesnt seem that hard just gotta get the muscle memory down.
Damn. I really want to learn how to drive, I only tried to drive a car once, it's a like my 1st hands-on training or something when my uncle let drive his old car. lol I really enjoy it a lot but too many mistakes. I need to enroll to a driving school next month.