Thinking about it logically is the best way to learn 2022 EDIT: Shortly after posting this video I actually bought a car with a manual transmission and taught myself how to drive it (properly). I've been driving it daily for nearly a year now!
@@Emptiness_Machine_2001 it doesn't, but the power effects how dramatic messing up can be. Dump clutch can cause the wheels to brake free causing loss of control, more power means faster speeds between shifts, and heavier clutch pedal means more strain to get it right, and when you mess up, best case stalling, worse case dump clutch.
My rule of thumb when shifting gears without looking at the tachometer : Shifting up : 1st >>> 2nd at 20km/h >>> 3rd at 40km/h >>> 4th at 60km/h >>> 5th at 80km/h Shifting down : 5th >>> 4th at 70km/h >>> 3rd at 50km/h >>> 2nd at 30km/h >>> 1st at 10km/h
not being from north america the default has always been manual and ive found it so weird that there is no requirements to learn manual but like modern automatics are pretty solid.
America has always been the forefront of convenience. That's why manual isn't popular at all. I'm just glad I can buy a manual in any new car over here.
True, weird plot twist, many cars have manual versions because of the USA market, I think M3/M4 have manual there, but many other countries, like UK don´t.
always push in the clutch all the way before brakes when coming to a complete stop. Also, for uphills, you need to learn the point of friction of the clutch, where the clutch starts to grab but still slipping: with the brakes pushed in you let the clutch slowly until you feel like the car wants to move, then you let out the brake and give it a little gas and you're moving.
I agree with everything apart from the stopping. You always want to have the car in gear until the second or two before you stop, as when you press the clutch, you lose control of your vehicle, and it's unsafe. Always brake until 5-3mph, then clutch in and stop
@@Don.of. Its okay to swap to neutral early when heading to a light. Im used to rev matching if I need to go back into gear though. I usually go into neutral unless the light is going to be changing soon. With a bike I completely agree you have to downshift till the light though.
@@Vdub_ trust me ik. It's just one of those do as I say not as I do things because realistically you do want to try and have full control of your vehicle and that includes power delivery
I don't even double clutch and I daily a manual. Not cuz I can't, but its really not necessary. When you come to a stop sign or light, don't worry about downshifting, just brake until you are nearly stopped then put in the clutch. You should really consider watching a few videos. Once you're stopped at a stop sign, the technique is the same as moving from a stop. Its a pulley method, press the gas abit, then smoothly release the clutch while simultaneously giving it some more gas. Then when you shift, press the clutch, release the gas, shift, then again pulley add gas as you let off the clutch. Once you're at speed, you don't need to pulley method to shift up, just release the gas, press on the clutch, shift, then release the clutch. Downshifting is about braking, then put in the clutch, shift down, smoothly put out the clutch. Then when you're proficient, you can learn rev matching Most learn best just by jumping into a manual car, and practicing the basics. Don't try to be fancy, don't over complicate, just know the basics, and practice practice practice. No game can truly replicate the real thing. I bought my first manual in 2018, right off the showroom floor. Stalled 15 times omw home. But within a week I was pretty good. When's reversing, you just ride the clutch at the biting point to slowly move.
You know what this was actually useful to me thank you, I’ve been playing Gran Turismo Sport on the ps4 with a Logitech G29 with an H-shifter and I always couldn’t downshift into 1st properly so I’d usually just throw it into neutral with the clutch in when I come to a stop to turn
@@BlueSaints101 Don’t push in the clutch while stopping for long periods of time. It causes a lot of wear and letting out the clutch in neutral stops that wear, but it’s hard to get used to doing all the time.
@@T_Schnydz I mean, the throw out bearing wears, but as long as your primary "neutral" is just holding the clutch pedal down, it's not gonna gonna hurt it to hold in the clutch when you stop at a stop sign.
Even slowing down from top gear to a full stop, say on a long off ramp towards a stop light, you can engine brake all the way and only need to engage the clutch at the very end. Modern engines are perfectly fine running well below idle if they are at least being turned by the wheels.
Do not put it in neutral, cause, for example, you see someone coming hard behind you, and you need to open space, you just accelerate, but if you have it in neutral, you take more time to open space!
@@Varenijein Yeah see people say that but you put them behind a wheel and they can't. So just because your born European don't mean you automatically know to drive a manual. Js
@@5PLANËSGÖ no, really I am not kidding, learnt it in my dads 2.0 TDi VW Touran, and most people do know go to drive a manual cuz here most of the cars are manual.
Little tip : you switch back down to 1st gear when you are almost stopping, like you slow down at a stop sign let's say, you stay in second gear until you are stopped/almost stopped and then you put your 1st gear in to go Edit : we can't see your face but just with your voice we can tell you're a very nice guy I wish you and me were friends
I have never driven automatic. Driving manual feels natural after a while. You get used to pressing in the clutch before stopping and shifting down when braking so the RPM doenst go too low. But basically it gives you a much stronger connection to your car and more controll.
more control sure, but modern automatics are gonna control it better than any human. These days the one thing manual has over automatic is that it is more enjoyable for some.
@@bacon.cheesecake I had to learn manual by myself on a 300km trip home an had to go through Sydney inner city so I had to learn how to get good real fast lol
You can also get really fancy with it and actively revmatch and downshift as you stop. Took me a while of jerky movements irl and dicking around in Forza motorsports to figure out Heel-toe (but of course, it doesn't actually have to be heel and toe, seeing as I literally just move half of my foot from the brake to the gas)
When I first started learning manual my mental rule was basically "if I am even thinking about pushing the brake, push the clutch." Eventually as you learn more about *how* the clutch works you'll learn when to actually push the clutch but for the beginner, if the brake is used, the clutch is used.
The most important thing to practice is the clutch friction point, this is where you will hold the clutch when accelerating from a stop, and where you hesitate for a fraction of a second while shifting to help smooth your shifts. Practice this by stopping on a flat surface, raise the rpm 500 to 1000 above idle then slowly release the clutch until you feel the car start to move, then push it back in and repeat until you can do it quickly and have the muscle memory. Upshifting is easy and will improve quickly with Practice. Downshifting is more difficult and at first memorize the speeds your going at 2000rpm in each gear and shift straight to the gear you need when your ready to accelerate again to keep it above 2000. The only exception is to not use 1st gear unless your completely stopped by slipping the clutch as you would when taking off in 1st Eventually when you are comfortable with everything else you can learn to downshift in order by blipping the throttle to match engine rpm to what they will be in the next gear. This is called rev-matching, and let's you use the engine to slow down without the brakes and ensures your always in gear and ready to accelerate This is exactly how I taught my wife and she taught one of her friends I bet her $20 couldn't be taught
In a real car the clutch pedal doesn't feel like the gas or the brake. It's not linear like the gas and brake. You can feel the vibration of the clutch disc slipping when you slip the clutch. That helps you use the clutch compared to a race wheel/pedal setup for video games.
I dunno, modern haptics are extremely good. I imagine they have clutch haptics in higher end products. Like steering wheel bump steering feels super realistic.
I don’t drive a manual car, but I ride dirtbikes a lottt. Favorite part of those “manual” bikes is the down shift. The rev matching and then crackles feels and sounds amazing 🤩
i ALWAYS use manual in games and i have beamNG and when i first descovered realistic gearbox i put it in realistic gearbox and it was SOOOO FUN to go at 300kmh and put on reverse i did that for like 2 hours with difrent cars
What helped me get a better handle on changing gears in a manual, was getting a greater understanding of the particulars of how the mechanics of it all work. It's one thing to know how something works and it's another to feel it at your core and be able to imagine it intuitively. An automatic transmission works the way that it does because the main thing connecting the engine and the drive shaft is a big glob of viscous liquid. There is no direct mechanical connection between these two things, which is what allows for so much leaway in the way it operates. No matter what gear you want the car to slam into, it either won't let you because of the electronics, or it will comply because even at the point of critical failure, there is still only liquid in the way. Even when you hammer the throttle and your car is pushing against a wall, the force will be dissipated in the liquid. You can still damage the transmission and sure enough you will eventually, but the engine is isolated. You can't really blow up the damn thing. There is that liquid safety net. In a manual car, a clutch is basically two pieces of sand paper getting pushed into each other until they spin as one. There can still be slip, but the amount of force and friction translated between them has a much greater threshold. It's scary how powerful clutches are. In an automatic, your safety net is the liquid filling the transmission. In a manual, it's your left foot and as backup, your right hand. In an automatic, you don't have to worry about idle states because the liquid takes care of that for you. In a manual, you have control of THREE separate and independent systems. The first is the engine. It operates independently of everything and is controlled only by your throttle pedal. This system can only be connected to the transmission using the clutch pedal. The second are the drive wheels. They are alway connected to the road and their speed is controlled by the brake pedal. This system can be connected to the transmission only and you do so using the gear stick. The third, the middleman, is the transmission. It rotates independently of both the engine and the drive wheels and it is never controlled directly. You can only control its rotation by connecting it to either the engine via the clutch pedal, or to the drive wheels via the gear stick. When a car is stopped, in an automatic, the engine wishes to spin and is still connected to the drive wheels when in drive, but there isn't enough resistance in the liquid to force the car to move while the brakes are pushed in. If you let go, the car will creep forward though. In a manual, you have to disconnect the drive wheels from the engine to stop. You do so in one of two ways, either by disconnecting the drive wheels and the transmission from the engine by pressing the clutch pedal, or by disconnecting the engine and the transmission from the drive wheels by disengaging the gear and returning the stick to neutral. In a manual car (although not recommended) on flat ground, you do no have to hold the brakes to stand still. When either the clutch is pressed in, or the gear is in neutral, the car has nothing propelling it forward. In an automatic, slowing down is only done with the brakes, but they always have to fight against the force of the engine still trying to press the car forward while in idle. In a manual this same force applies, but whereas in an automatic, it isn't enough to overcome the friction of the liquid, in a manual, the friction of the clutch is always greater than the struggle between the brakes and the engine idling, and thus, if the system remains engaged/connected, your car will stall. Remember that there are TWO safe states in manual cars, and sometimes when in doubt, you can feel more comfortable by doubling them up/stacking them. The first is pressing the clutch in, the second is moving the stick to neutral. You do not HAVE to press the clutch in to go from gear to neutral. It is recommended and makes it easier (the gears do "stick" a bit when you try to disengage them without the clutch) but it is entirely reasonable to do so, especially in an emergency. Later on you will learn that by rev matching well, you can change gears without using the clutch, although that is never healthy for the car no matter how well you do it. Still, if your clutch breaks or something, it may be necessary.
I have the same wheel setup. Here's a tip for the brakes; there's a setting in windows for configuring controllers (type "controller" in the setting search bar it should show up.) When you run the calibration wizard it will ask you to move the wheel all the way left and all the way right, push the accelerator all the way down, press A, then bring it back up, and the same for the other 2 pedals. You want to press A when calibrating the brake at a point where it doesn't take too much pressure to push down. There's also a method that requires opening up the pedals and cutting the rubber stopper in it but that ruins some of the feel of the pedal and it also voids the warranty.
I "learned" how to drive manual on beam ng drive. Then I got my first manual IRL, and I stalled it many times the first week learning how to modulate the clutch and drive smoothly. Because it's difficult to learn how to modulate the clutch and drive smoothly through a video game compared to being in an actual manual. Especially because you get so much more feedback from the car IRL.
I remember my learner days. Except I wasn't on a simulator and I was driving an '80s 4Runner. Stalled many times but it was so worth the embarrassment, because it's second nature to me now. My only pointer is always have your clutch in when stopped and in gear. If you have to, throw it in neutral before you completely stop.
A little advice, when down shifting, lightly blip the throttle to where you think the lower gear will be. It will make the downshifts smoother, however it will be a little more complicated.
I haven't driven a manual probably since I got my license, but it would help you to learn first how manual transmissions works and later it would click. if you break in gear without stepping on the clutch, the breaks basically stop the transmission from spinning. the first gear is basically for very difficult uphills and making the car start moving, because it outputs more torque than the rest of the gears, and usually more than the engine itself. when you downshift you probably want to down shift at like 2k rpm except for 1st gear where you can basically downshift when you come to a halt. I think that's all I remember lol, fun video!
I learned stick shift using DiRT Rally (coincidentally with a G920 also) and the first car I ever drove more than 50 feet was a stick shift. Of course I stalled it immediately, but I very quickly got it handled. Tip with the stick: Don't think about putting the stick in a specific place, but rather focus on the action/motion of your hand. The stick springs to the middle, so 1st gear is left-forward, 2nd gear is left-backwards, 3rd is directly forwards, 4th is directly backwards, 5th is right-forwards, 6th or reverse is right-backwards, (reverse varies from car to car). Let the clutch out slowly so you can notice a misshift before the engine revs out of control
The clutch pushed in disconnects the engine from the transmission. Transmission in neutral disconnects the transmission input from the transmission output. Once you get comfortable driving stick you don't even think about what your doing normally. Not until your concentrating on something more fun or challenging
Advice from a European. Ususally there's no left foot braking. You use the clutch's biting point to keep the car in place when taking off (you let off the brake and at the same time start to bring the clutch to its biting point, by then your right foot will have rached the gas pedal so you can raise the rpms to some 1500-2000. After you get going, you can let out the clutch quicker and accelerate. For stopping, first you press in the clutch and then comes the brake. Downshifts are simple: you press down the clutch, shift down, and then let off the clutch slowly (fast to the biting point, slow through the biting point).
Good on you bro! Here in Europe it's very common to have a manual car, so most of us learn in a manual and have manual first cars. All I can say is practice, beamng is probably your best bet virtually but I'd definitely recommend giving a manual car a go if one ever happens upon you.
To prevent the wheels locking up when downshifting you need to blip the throttle and rev match. The reason it happens is because your wheels are turning at a different speed than your engine is. As well as stopping it's pretty easy. Just push the clutch in and brake as normal. You don't need to always have the clutch disengaged.
When expecting youre coming to a complete stand still or close to stand still, forget about throttle. Your left foot should only be concerned about the clutch when street driving, basically whenever you approach an intersection of any sort you should be preparing to stop with your left foot covering the clutch and your right foot covering the brakes. Left foot braking is considered a highly advanced technique that some racing drivers dont even use while racing. When pulling off 1st is only used to start moving and nothing else (unless youre racing). Litterally anything above 3mph you should change gear to 2nd. When doing parking manoeuvres your car should have enough power to not need to use the throttle, so your feet are just on the brake and clutch. Unless youre parking on hills then parking brake and throttle comes back into the question. When downshifting, never go into first gear, its literally used to just pull off from a stop, use some throttle so you dont lock the wheels and spin. Hope this helps anyone trying to learn
in manual cars, the stick always pulls towards the center, so its easy to know what youre doing, first is pull to the left and push up, second is pull left push down, third is just push forward, as it will naturally pull to center. fourth is pull back. and i think you can figure out the rest. (i dont know about 4,7,8 gear transmissions. im just talking about the "standard" 6 gear)
Its weird trying to imagine never being in a manual car, where I live autos have only recently started to become popular and manuals are still way more popular here.
This game actually helped me drive my customer's car. I work at a tire and automotive shop, and 99% of the cars we get are an automatic. Well, this car was a manual. The customer came in and said he needed an oil change in his Toyota Yaris. So I needed to drive the car to the oil change rack. I got in the car and noticed 3 pedals and a stick with a shift pattern. I knew this was a manual transmission car, but I have never driven one in reality. I stalled the car 3 times, and on the 4th try, I got it to move and put in on the oil rack. BeamNG Drive helped me because I drive a manual with a clutch all the time in the game. This game is so realistic it's insane. No other game like it.
In Germany it's actually illegal to drive a manual car when you only had an automatic car in driving school. Really interesting to see you figure out how to use a car like that when I already have all the muscle memory and can drive stick intuitively
I was the exact way. Before I started driving. I knew I wanted a manual car. I actually had a car sitting around and it was stick. I got a G29 with the shifter. And for about a year on assetto. Drifting. And normal driving. I learned how to drive stick. Come time I got my license and started driving. I jumped in. And it felt surprisingly natural. And after a while of IRL manual driving. I quickly picked up heel toeing. And blipping to down shift. Just stick with it. And you’ll get it in no time. And be a pro :)
When you come to a stop, the wheels stop. That means the differential and transmission both also stop. The clutch controls the connection between engine and transmission. If you don't put in the clutch when you stop, it connects the engine and transmission, meaning the engine stops (0rpm) along with the wheels, diff, and transmission. The two ways to make an engine keep running while at a stop (in a manual) are to put it in neutral, or to keep it in gear with the clutch in to disconnect engine and transmission. In short, to stop without stalling while in gear, put the clutch in.
Best way to learn how to catch first gear is to start on a steep incline. You'll likely roll back or stall completely if done incorrectly. You never need to downshift into first. Just stay in second and only when you come to a stop. Clutch in, then shift to first.
And for hills, it depends on how steep it is, is it's just a little inclination you can slowly release the clutch and the car will try to start moving, then you slowly release the brake pedal. But if it's a very steep hill you can try to use your handbrake to hold the car and slowly release the clutch while accelerating a bit, then when you feel that the car is trying to move forward you release the handbrake
In Europe manuals are the norm. I live in the US and I didn't even need to learn I got the hang of it right away. I just watched my dad drive his car for years and observe everything. his car's a 5 speed with overdrive and the one 'm looking at getting is a 3 speed column shift
That's a cool idea for a Video! :D As someone who is used to driving Stick I can tell you once you get used to shifting and the clutch etc. it's pretty easy and actually a lot of fun! 😄
When you get down to first gear and your RPM is getting to like 1000, stick the clutch in, and use your right foot to brake down to a stop. When you want to get going, keep your foot on the clutch, shift into first, and then take your time by giving it a little bit of gas, and slowly release the clutch. Then you can shift up normally.
If you value your and your passenger's teeth, NEVER use left foot for braking =D Always use right foot to operate breaks/throttle. Left foot is only for the clutch ;)
@@IPooopdogl Its smooth because you dont have another pedal that you have to push in all the way while braking if you're stopping at a light/stop sign or switching to a lower gear to accommodate the lower speed
i will never understand how anyone can use a wheel in a thirdperson view... i find it to be the hardest thing in the world to do. likewise i cant stand using controller in first person view. but hey more power to you if you have this bizzare gift. I would say that Beamng.Drive is probably the best way to Digitally learn to drive, Good choice of software to learn on. You also did a much better job than i expected someone whos never done manual to do, even if you are using paddle shifters
I have 7 vehicles and only one is automatic (my 1973 gmc school bus) Everything else has a clutch, from my 65 and 69 dodge d300s, to my 83 toyota celica, to my 96 tercel. Makes driving so much more fun
To stop maintain the clutch or leave it in neutral, to park in reverse is just as you said but apply this stop “technique”. Also you don’t need to downshift if you’re going to do a complete stop, maintain the clutch and brake or put it in neutral btw I also practiced in beam a bit when learning to drive a year ago, and I can say, it is very useful. But it’s not the same, the real deal has more feedback (obviously) and you can feel when you’re about to stall. Also the pc wheel shifter helps to learn more less where the gears go and how to do the movements, I recommend it
Once you figure out how to stop and go, stop signs and lights don’t really matter. What is annoying is when there’s like 3km/h traffic, where it’s not fast enough for you to let the clutch fully out, but it’s still moving.
For stopping neutral is your friend Keeping it alive when stopping clutch in then brake, most manuals will keep running like that, if you need anymore youve gotta double manage with your right foot brake+gas at the same time with the clutch in
You almost never have to shift to 1st gear when slowing down. Either stay in 2nd and clutch down when stopping or just go straight to neutral (H Pattern needed) without pressing the clutch in. You pretty much only shift in 1st gear when you are at a standstill or are at like less then 10km/h in a traffic jam.
one note i have is, i noticed he presses the clutch like 95% in, and in a real car you need to press in a 100%. (it may have been that his wheel's pedals were broken) Since you just won't be able to shift up or down (unless of course you know what is rev-matching)
Clutch pedal down when braking to stop or when stopped. If your car is in good condition, you should not have to press the gas pedal at all. Right foot for gas and brake, left foot only for clutch. This is to help prevent the driver from stomping on both the gas and the brake at the same time when needing to stop as quickly as possible. Key thing: practice. And then to go with that, more practice. you'll get it.
I have already learned driving with a clutch in ETS 2, which I can highly recommend for trying this. Even funnier, if you drive a H-Shifter with the range splitter as the trucks have 12 gears (and sometimes even more: C1, C2, 13, 14, 15, 16, R2, R3, R4 so you need the second splitter as well). I just found a reddit post so I will adjust my clutch even further now, to the point where shifting without it breaks the gearbox :) Edit the day after: This is the most fun I have had driving around in BeamNG. The best thing is that it stopped killing the engine down to 0 RPM when engaging the clutch.
You seem like you know a lot about driving sims. Can please help me? I am able to use my clutch and shift in BeamnG BUT it’s not like real life. In the game I always have to hold the clutch in to shift. In real life you don’t need the clutch at all times. Only when you shift gear up or down and when you stop but in BeamnG I always have to hold. What am I doing wrong? Is it settings? Also my car doesn’t stall when I release clutch, it just goes to N. Please help me.
@@RG-si1qz I don't know what hardware you have setup, but if I came to a stop, the game would always use a automatic clutch for starting and stopping. Since that option has been disabled by me now, I now have to use the clutch myself, but only when: - Upshifting - Downshiting - Staying idle If your car doesn't stall when you lift of the clutch, it could be because it is a Sequential? A typical Manual has to stall without a clutch. I recommend sharing your platform and maybe your wheel, and whether or not you have a shifter set up.
@@LexusLFA554 I have the G923 and Logitech shifter as well. I figured it out though. I think I had to check “Inverted axis” for it to behave like a clutch irl Now Im happy with it. Thanks for your reply though!!
@@RG-si1qz My steering wheel is even funnier. I own the Thrustmaster T300 Ferrari edition. For some reason: - The clutch is detected as the throttle - The brake does nothing - The throttle is the clutch Who tf designed this?
to stop when you break, you have to be on the clutch for it not to stall, to start you need to press on the gas gently and gently realease the clutch, and to start the car you can just stay in neutral and not press the clutch
In new cars it wont start withouth you having clutch pressed. It is easier for the engine, and I guess it is safety messure. When you are turning off rhe engine you shall put cluch down too, bcz of flywheel.
I bought my first car after high school and had to have my friend test drive it and get it to my house. No better motivation than a sports car in the driveway 🤣
to make it ride smoother you have to always have your left foot on the clutch so you can always kick it in and your right feed has to switch between gas and brake
I'm a new driver (haven't even got my license yet, just my permit) and I just figured out how to drive manual in this game the past few days. It wasn't as hard as I thought! I'm not sure if it will translate to real life driving, but hopefully it helps a bit because I will probably be buying a manual car (they are cheaper to buy, at least used. Probably because less people know how to drive them.) Anyways, I found it a lot more fun than driving automatic!
I’m 13 from America and I can drive a manual as well as rev match on upshifts and downshifts. I only started driving with an H pattern in December with a T8HA shifter and a g29 wheel and already I do not even think about how to shift. I just do it and it works. One thing that I’ve found is that it’s actually easier to learn to drive manual in a game like Assetto Corsa rather than beam since assetto corsa is much more realistic than beam.
To make the brakes less hard to use, you can calibrate them in the USB Controller setup that can be searched in the start menu, or just calibrate them in the game's settings.
Wen ur coming to a stop always push the clutch down, if u feel ur gonna stall push the clutch, also u dont ever let the clutch roll u, u can do that, but u let the clutch roll u for a split second so u can get ur foot from the break to the throttle
When I get to a traffic light on the main road, I go clutch 100%, let the car decelerate naturally and add a bit of the brake, decide if it's necessary to go to a lower gear from the remaining time on the traffic light. If you need to do a full stop on the traffic light, stop completely, and then change to the first gear. If you're already decelerating, and the green light comes on, decide on which gear you need to change into. If you need to stop at a stop sign, stop completely, you have all the time in the world to start going again, you don't need to change the gear instantly. Stop, and only then change gears. This is my novice advice, as you progress more and more, and get more comfortable with the gear shifting, you'll naturally figure out how to do it faster and if you can change into that gear without worry, or if you'll blow up the engine :D
Oh an a big thing no one told me when I was learning is if you are going slow an not revving it hard you can't just dump the clutch after shifting if you want to be smooth have to let off the clutch an as you're letting it off put throttle back in. Makes for much smoother shifting lol
I've owned a manual car for 4 years and 30000+ miles (50,000 km). Left foot is only for clutch. Right is for brake and gas. Also, at stop signs, at least in real life, you'll have to get used to where the clutch starts to grab. Once it starts to grab, then you slowly let it out. But as you get used to it, your muscle memory will kick in. And when you come to a stop, push the clutch in as soon as you get below 25 mph. Always make sure you take off at a low rpm and make your shifts moderately quick and smooth, so you're easier on the clutch. And never rev your engine when the clutch is partially pressed down and always have your foot away from the pedal when not in use.
When approaching a stop sign/ light I brake like an automatic and then you push in the clutch and continue braking when you start to see the cars rpms dipping( it should be about 1k rpms). You can work on timing the clutch in and out it in N or 1st for coming to a stop
If you really want to train yourself in using clutch in game, set the deadzone on around 40%. What i mean is so clutch doesnt react when its preesed under 40%. This makes the ingame clutch act similarly to the real one. Still it is not the same, in real car with clutch you can feel when it engages, which usually happens when its pressed about 50% in. Also in real car you can make the car move just by holding clutch 50% in, which for some ppl make the learning process much easier. I still remember how I have been learning to drive. It was best for me to start pressing the throttle and do the opposite with clutch. Wouldn't recommend driving like that all the time since you can damage the clutch, it all comes to practice. 10:43 Use parking break uphill untill you get used to starting with cluch only. Just hold clutch 50% in and give it a bit of throttle 20-30% depends how steep the hill is, then release the parking break and you re rolling. On petrol engines you usually switch gear up on 2.5k-3k rpm. Driving with clutch is fun af on G920, especialy in games like Project Cars 2 or Asetto Corsa.
Learning to drive a stick shift (manual shift) car can be scary at first, but there is a couple of thing that a learner should and will over time learn, and that are: 1. You need to know where is the fine line of clutch friction, aka where you go vs if you stall. That depends on the car. Practice gently letting of the clutch (in first gear) on a straight road. When you are comfortable, you can give it a little throttle, and viola, you started to move. 2. When stopping, easiest way to stop without stalling is just to press clutch in (or put in neutral) and brake gently to stop. Then it doesnt matter if you are in first or fifth gear, it doesnt need downshifting. Yes, you need more brake pressure to stop, but its easier. 3. Downshifting in corners depend on the corners themselves, speed and car gears. Personally, i have vaguelly memorised at which speed, what rpm car makes to safely and without stalling or overreving make a turn. Downshifting while stopping depends on the car, you will hear if the car screams or it barely holds alive when you put it in gear. But, as i said, you can downshift to stop faster, but why hassle with it. Btw, first gear is only for starting to move, and second gear is for driving.
Im 15 now and i have my g27 for like half year, and its like i like more driving manual because its just fun ;) The speed gear change is so exciting :) and if u start the engine on N u dont have to press clutch! and yeah, the H shifter is a really REALLY good choise
actually i think beamng is a good way to learn driving with a steering wheel. what you want to do before a stop sign and come to a complete stop is when in fisrt gear but still rolling press the clutch in so the engine idles, this way you don't stall the engine. then when you are clear to go slowly release the clutch and shift as normal
beamng helped me with my drivers training a lot. i never did a turn wrong (by that i mean the turning itself, not when) according to my instructor, and i feel like i could totally teach myself irl MT with my ingame experience. i havent done it yet so i can say for sure, and either way im gonna suck at it to begin with bcz a g29 pedals and shifter arent the most realistic xD
Whenever the car is stopped and in gear you should have the clutch in, that's why you were stalling at stop signs. Pretty much every time you want to brake or stop, the clutch should be all the way pressed.
cars with bigger motors are easier to drive in manual since they have torque down low in the powerband. also when downshifting with older cars like that fiat in the beginning you have to blip the throttle after pushing in the clutch so you match the revs and shift smoothly. also, my advice is to put the volume higher and use your ears to shift.
Pushing in the clutch is just the same as putting it in neutral so it won't hurt the clutch to not let off the gas when you put the clutch in but you will over rev the car and when stopping you need to push in the clutch with your left foot then hit the brakes with your right foot and then just very very slowly let out the clutch and give it gas to start moving again and when you wanna take off fast then you should put in the clutch put it in first rev it up and then let the clutch out fast and keep revving hope this helped you and have a great day !
And another thing how you changed the gear ratio so when it's lower like 2 it takes off slower but it has higher top end speed and higher such as 6 takes off faster but doesn't go very fast so for cruiser you want like a 3:23:1 and for racing you want a 4:88:1 !
BeamNG is a pretty good game to try this because it handles clutch simulation pretty well, but not even halfway through the video you're trying to throw WAAAAY too many things at yourself. I see that only causing more problems in the long run. My advice would be to practice like how you started out the video (basic car like the Piccolina, Covet, 200BX, etc), but do it on flat ground, focus on your fundamentals, and don't worry about anything advanced until you've got your basics down. Any map with an open empty lot would be perfect (hell, even just GridMap). Worrying about things like hill starts, quick shifting, left foot braking, and double clutching (which is not even really useful in cars with synchros unless they're shot) is just going to be a detriment to your progress when you're still having the car stall on flat ground. I'd also recommend checking out either Matt Farah's or Casey Putsch's videos on driving manual (Casey's in particular have a pedal cam set up so you can see his footwork; Matt's I think have one but I can't remember, they're pretty old now) before heading back into Beam to emulate what they do there and practice that way. If you're insistent on trying to figure things out for yourself, though, you can always reenable the clutch assistant in game and keep the pedal input widget on the HUD. Even though you yourself would not be using the clutch in this case, the widget will still show you how the game works the clutch, and you can start practicing by mimicking that.
As a manual transmission driver I can say starting and going uphill is the hardest thing though with practice it gets easy but if you are new you better not do it your car can stall and reverse and hit someone
The only pedal your left foot should be on is the clutch. The right controls trot and brake when slowing down just clutch in and stay cluched in when stopping
You should be able to let go of the gas while holding the clutch without the engine stalling in the cars you were driving, maybe you should check the pedals configuration or something like that idk.
The “Cieveta bolide” (I think its called like that) would be a great challenge for you to try. It has no safety at all and it’s very fast, even with a controller is a bit dificult to drive. (Sorry for bad spelling)
You are also dropping the clutch pedal in the first gear really quickly, you would've stalled the real car... In other gears it doesn't matter that much, as the car is moving already, so you can be faster with clutch release, but in the first gear (if you're not revving engine into like 60% the rev range, but only like a little above the idle) you have release it much slower ;) (close to 1-1.5 seconds). Also, unless it's some semi-beefy diesel, you can't creep with manual, so you have to add a little gas from the start ;) Other that that, really good job for the first tries =)
Thinking about it logically is the best way to learn
2022 EDIT: Shortly after posting this video I actually bought a car with a manual transmission and taught myself how to drive it (properly). I've been driving it daily for nearly a year now!
The Power of the car doesn't makes it harder or easier to shift in general btw ^^
@@Emptiness_Machine_2001 it doesn't, but the power effects how dramatic messing up can be. Dump clutch can cause the wheels to brake free causing loss of control, more power means faster speeds between shifts, and heavier clutch pedal means more strain to get it right, and when you mess up, best case stalling, worse case dump clutch.
@@Don.of. Yes, but he stated that learning with less power (in the game) is easier isn't true. That's what i wanted to say.
@@Emptiness_Machine_2001 it's easier to him. Think use your brain🤷
My rule of thumb when shifting gears without looking at the tachometer :
Shifting up : 1st >>> 2nd at 20km/h >>> 3rd at 40km/h >>> 4th at 60km/h >>> 5th at 80km/h
Shifting down : 5th >>> 4th at 70km/h >>> 3rd at 50km/h >>> 2nd at 30km/h >>> 1st at 10km/h
not being from north america the default has always been manual and ive found it so weird that there is no requirements to learn manual but like modern automatics are pretty solid.
America has always been the forefront of convenience. That's why manual isn't popular at all. I'm just glad I can buy a manual in any new car over here.
@@Don.of. that is a very polite way to put it
True, weird plot twist, many cars have manual versions because of the USA market, I think M3/M4 have manual there, but many other countries, like UK don´t.
@@ImTheCheeseWizard true, most would just use it as an opportunity to call the country dumb and lazy
@@JMR_2028 TBF we are dumb and lazy. Just look at how many car accidents we have over here due to people not paying attention while they're DRIVING.
always push in the clutch all the way before brakes when coming to a complete stop.
Also, for uphills, you need to learn the point of friction of the clutch, where the clutch starts to grab but still slipping:
with the brakes pushed in you let the clutch slowly until you feel like the car wants to move, then you let out the brake and give it a little gas and you're moving.
Are u instructor?
I was just about to say the same thing. This is a super good tip.
I agree with everything apart from the stopping. You always want to have the car in gear until the second or two before you stop, as when you press the clutch, you lose control of your vehicle, and it's unsafe. Always brake until 5-3mph, then clutch in and stop
@@Don.of. Its okay to swap to neutral early when heading to a light. Im used to rev matching if I need to go back into gear though. I usually go into neutral unless the light is going to be changing soon. With a bike I completely agree you have to downshift till the light though.
@@Vdub_ trust me ik. It's just one of those do as I say not as I do things because realistically you do want to try and have full control of your vehicle and that includes power delivery
I don't even double clutch and I daily a manual. Not cuz I can't, but its really not necessary. When you come to a stop sign or light, don't worry about downshifting, just brake until you are nearly stopped then put in the clutch. You should really consider watching a few videos.
Once you're stopped at a stop sign, the technique is the same as moving from a stop. Its a pulley method, press the gas abit, then smoothly release the clutch while simultaneously giving it some more gas. Then when you shift, press the clutch, release the gas, shift, then again pulley add gas as you let off the clutch. Once you're at speed, you don't need to pulley method to shift up, just release the gas, press on the clutch, shift, then release the clutch.
Downshifting is about braking, then put in the clutch, shift down, smoothly put out the clutch. Then when you're proficient, you can learn rev matching
Most learn best just by jumping into a manual car, and practicing the basics. Don't try to be fancy, don't over complicate, just know the basics, and practice practice practice. No game can truly replicate the real thing.
I bought my first manual in 2018, right off the showroom floor. Stalled 15 times omw home. But within a week I was pretty good.
When's reversing, you just ride the clutch at the biting point to slowly move.
You know what this was actually useful to me thank you, I’ve been playing Gran Turismo Sport on the ps4 with a Logitech G29 with an H-shifter and I always couldn’t downshift into 1st properly so I’d usually just throw it into neutral with the clutch in when I come to a stop to turn
@@BlueSaints101 Don’t push in the clutch while stopping for long periods of time. It causes a lot of wear and letting out the clutch in neutral stops that wear, but it’s hard to get used to doing all the time.
@@T_Schnydz I mean, the throw out bearing wears, but as long as your primary "neutral" is just holding the clutch pedal down, it's not gonna gonna hurt it to hold in the clutch when you stop at a stop sign.
when you're slowing to a stop throw it in neutral and brake or you can just hold the clutch down in first
Even slowing down from top gear to a full stop, say on a long off ramp towards a stop light, you can engine brake all the way and only need to engage the clutch at the very end. Modern engines are perfectly fine running well below idle if they are at least being turned by the wheels.
That's not good advice you just press the clutch in just before you stop simple as that
@@Quintinohthree don't let engine rpm drop below 500 or you can cause oil starvation wear
Do not put it in neutral, cause, for example, you see someone coming hard behind you, and you need to open space, you just accelerate, but if you have it in neutral, you take more time to open space!
Not exactly, when I get off the highway I’ll just throw it in third then second and I don’t even touch the brake till I’m like at the stop line
As a European, it’s quite funny seeing someone learning manual xD
Yup
Aren't you a child? js
@@5PLANËSGÖ yeah, but I can drive manual no problem
@@Varenijein Yeah see people say that but you put them behind a wheel and they can't. So just because your born European don't mean you automatically know to drive a manual. Js
@@5PLANËSGÖ no, really I am not kidding, learnt it in my dads 2.0 TDi VW Touran, and most people do know go to drive a manual cuz here most of the cars are manual.
Little tip : you switch back down to 1st gear when you are almost stopping, like you slow down at a stop sign let's say, you stay in second gear until you are stopped/almost stopped and then you put your 1st gear in to go
Edit : we can't see your face but just with your voice we can tell you're a very nice guy I wish you and me were friends
I have never driven automatic. Driving manual feels natural after a while. You get used to pressing in the clutch before stopping and shifting down when braking so the RPM doenst go too low.
But basically it gives you a much stronger connection to your car and more controll.
more control sure, but modern automatics are gonna control it better than any human. These days the one thing manual has over automatic is that it is more enjoyable for some.
You need to clutch when braking to keep the engine from stalling, especially when coming to a stop.
No you don't not until the car gets till around 1k revs then you put the clutch in to get all the engine braking help
@@Jacobtheunwise That makes sense, I'm still very inexperienced with manuals, so I don't know all the details.
@@bacon.cheesecake I had to learn manual by myself on a 300km trip home an had to go through Sydney inner city so I had to learn how to get good real fast lol
@@Jacobtheunwise that's the best way to learn!
You can also get really fancy with it and actively revmatch and downshift as you stop. Took me a while of jerky movements irl and dicking around in Forza motorsports to figure out Heel-toe (but of course, it doesn't actually have to be heel and toe, seeing as I literally just move half of my foot from the brake to the gas)
“But obviously I can’t stall the car at every single stop sign”
Why not? It’s just a manual version of a ‘start stop.’ xD
This is surprisingly accurate. Nobody will look at you when you stall anymore, they'll just assume it's an automatic start/stop.
@@ragingfred I hate when I stall lol, rattles my whole car 😅
When I first started learning manual my mental rule was basically "if I am even thinking about pushing the brake, push the clutch." Eventually as you learn more about *how* the clutch works you'll learn when to actually push the clutch but for the beginner, if the brake is used, the clutch is used.
The most important thing to practice is the clutch friction point, this is where you will hold the clutch when accelerating from a stop, and where you hesitate for a fraction of a second while shifting to help smooth your shifts.
Practice this by stopping on a flat surface, raise the rpm 500 to 1000 above idle then slowly release the clutch until you feel the car start to move, then push it back in and repeat until you can do it quickly and have the muscle memory.
Upshifting is easy and will improve quickly with Practice.
Downshifting is more difficult and at first memorize the speeds your going at 2000rpm in each gear and shift straight to the gear you need when your ready to accelerate again to keep it above 2000. The only exception is to not use 1st gear unless your completely stopped by slipping the clutch as you would when taking off in 1st
Eventually when you are comfortable with everything else you can learn to downshift in order by blipping the throttle to match engine rpm to what they will be in the next gear. This is called rev-matching, and let's you use the engine to slow down without the brakes and ensures your always in gear and ready to accelerate
This is exactly how I taught my wife and she taught one of her friends I bet her $20 couldn't be taught
It’s a lot harder in game because you can’t actually feel the bite point, it’s all visuals which is very difficult.
You will learn it, the H pattern will embed it self in you hand, heck sometimes i dont notice that i shifted, muscle memory is a strong thing
In a real car the clutch pedal doesn't feel like the gas or the brake. It's not linear like the gas and brake. You can feel the vibration of the clutch disc slipping when you slip the clutch. That helps you use the clutch compared to a race wheel/pedal setup for video games.
I dunno, modern haptics are extremely good. I imagine they have clutch haptics in higher end products. Like steering wheel bump steering feels super realistic.
I don’t drive a manual car, but I ride dirtbikes a lottt. Favorite part of those “manual” bikes is the down shift. The rev matching and then crackles feels and sounds amazing 🤩
i ALWAYS use manual in games and i have beamNG and when i first descovered realistic gearbox i put it in realistic gearbox and it was SOOOO FUN to go at 300kmh and put on reverse i did that for like 2 hours with difrent cars
2:32 IT WILL BE FUN
Can you please make beamng vids i would love it
Dude I do the same thing but the thing is is that you can just rip a reverse wheelie in front wheel drive cars
What helped me get a better handle on changing gears in a manual, was getting a greater understanding of the particulars of how the mechanics of it all work.
It's one thing to know how something works and it's another to feel it at your core and be able to imagine it intuitively.
An automatic transmission works the way that it does because the main thing connecting the engine and the drive shaft is a big glob of viscous liquid. There is no direct mechanical connection between these two things, which is what allows for so much leaway in the way it operates. No matter what gear you want the car to slam into, it either won't let you because of the electronics, or it will comply because even at the point of critical failure, there is still only liquid in the way. Even when you hammer the throttle and your car is pushing against a wall, the force will be dissipated in the liquid. You can still damage the transmission and sure enough you will eventually, but the engine is isolated. You can't really blow up the damn thing. There is that liquid safety net.
In a manual car, a clutch is basically two pieces of sand paper getting pushed into each other until they spin as one. There can still be slip, but the amount of force and friction translated between them has a much greater threshold. It's scary how powerful clutches are. In an automatic, your safety net is the liquid filling the transmission. In a manual, it's your left foot and as backup, your right hand.
In an automatic, you don't have to worry about idle states because the liquid takes care of that for you. In a manual, you have control of THREE separate and independent systems.
The first is the engine. It operates independently of everything and is controlled only by your throttle pedal. This system can only be connected to the transmission using the clutch pedal.
The second are the drive wheels. They are alway connected to the road and their speed is controlled by the brake pedal. This system can be connected to the transmission only and you do so using the gear stick.
The third, the middleman, is the transmission. It rotates independently of both the engine and the drive wheels and it is never controlled directly. You can only control its rotation by connecting it to either the engine via the clutch pedal, or to the drive wheels via the gear stick.
When a car is stopped, in an automatic, the engine wishes to spin and is still connected to the drive wheels when in drive, but there isn't enough resistance in the liquid to force the car to move while the brakes are pushed in. If you let go, the car will creep forward though.
In a manual, you have to disconnect the drive wheels from the engine to stop. You do so in one of two ways, either by disconnecting the drive wheels and the transmission from the engine by pressing the clutch pedal, or by disconnecting the engine and the transmission from the drive wheels by disengaging the gear and returning the stick to neutral.
In a manual car (although not recommended) on flat ground, you do no have to hold the brakes to stand still. When either the clutch is pressed in, or the gear is in neutral, the car has nothing propelling it forward.
In an automatic, slowing down is only done with the brakes, but they always have to fight against the force of the engine still trying to press the car forward while in idle. In a manual this same force applies, but whereas in an automatic, it isn't enough to overcome the friction of the liquid, in a manual, the friction of the clutch is always greater than the struggle between the brakes and the engine idling, and thus, if the system remains engaged/connected, your car will stall.
Remember that there are TWO safe states in manual cars, and sometimes when in doubt, you can feel more comfortable by doubling them up/stacking them. The first is pressing the clutch in, the second is moving the stick to neutral.
You do not HAVE to press the clutch in to go from gear to neutral. It is recommended and makes it easier (the gears do "stick" a bit when you try to disengage them without the clutch) but it is entirely reasonable to do so, especially in an emergency.
Later on you will learn that by rev matching well, you can change gears without using the clutch, although that is never healthy for the car no matter how well you do it. Still, if your clutch breaks or something, it may be necessary.
I have the same wheel setup. Here's a tip for the brakes; there's a setting in windows for configuring controllers (type "controller" in the setting search bar it should show up.) When you run the calibration wizard it will ask you to move the wheel all the way left and all the way right, push the accelerator all the way down, press A, then bring it back up, and the same for the other 2 pedals. You want to press A when calibrating the brake at a point where it doesn't take too much pressure to push down. There's also a method that requires opening up the pedals and cutting the rubber stopper in it but that ruins some of the feel of the pedal and it also voids the warranty.
I "learned" how to drive manual on beam ng drive. Then I got my first manual IRL, and I stalled it many times the first week learning how to modulate the clutch and drive smoothly. Because it's difficult to learn how to modulate the clutch and drive smoothly through a video game compared to being in an actual manual. Especially because you get so much more feedback from the car IRL.
I remember my learner days. Except I wasn't on a simulator and I was driving an '80s 4Runner. Stalled many times but it was so worth the embarrassment, because it's second nature to me now. My only pointer is always have your clutch in when stopped and in gear. If you have to, throw it in neutral before you completely stop.
A little advice, when down shifting, lightly blip the throttle to where you think the lower gear will be. It will make the downshifts smoother, however it will be a little more complicated.
I haven't driven a manual probably since I got my license, but it would help you to learn first how manual transmissions works and later it would click.
if you break in gear without stepping on the clutch, the breaks basically stop the transmission from spinning.
the first gear is basically for very difficult uphills and making the car start moving, because it outputs more torque than the rest of the gears, and usually more than the engine itself.
when you downshift you probably want to down shift at like 2k rpm except for 1st gear where you can basically downshift when you come to a halt.
I think that's all I remember lol, fun video!
I learned stick shift using DiRT Rally (coincidentally with a G920 also) and the first car I ever drove more than 50 feet was a stick shift. Of course I stalled it immediately, but I very quickly got it handled.
Tip with the stick: Don't think about putting the stick in a specific place, but rather focus on the action/motion of your hand. The stick springs to the middle, so 1st gear is left-forward, 2nd gear is left-backwards, 3rd is directly forwards, 4th is directly backwards, 5th is right-forwards, 6th or reverse is right-backwards, (reverse varies from car to car). Let the clutch out slowly so you can notice a misshift before the engine revs out of control
The clutch pushed in disconnects the engine from the transmission. Transmission in neutral disconnects the transmission input from the transmission output.
Once you get comfortable driving stick you don't even think about what your doing normally. Not until your concentrating on something more fun or challenging
Advice from a European. Ususally there's no left foot braking. You use the clutch's biting point to keep the car in place when taking off (you let off the brake and at the same time start to bring the clutch to its biting point, by then your right foot will have rached the gas pedal so you can raise the rpms to some 1500-2000. After you get going, you can let out the clutch quicker and accelerate. For stopping, first you press in the clutch and then comes the brake. Downshifts are simple: you press down the clutch, shift down, and then let off the clutch slowly (fast to the biting point, slow through the biting point).
in the next episode: Flux learns how to downshift using heel-and-toe technique
He tried to duble clutch with a paddle shifter so... that´s going to go well.
Good on you bro! Here in Europe it's very common to have a manual car, so most of us learn in a manual and have manual first cars. All I can say is practice, beamng is probably your best bet virtually but I'd definitely recommend giving a manual car a go if one ever happens upon you.
To prevent the wheels locking up when downshifting you need to blip the throttle and rev match. The reason it happens is because your wheels are turning at a different speed than your engine is. As well as stopping it's pretty easy. Just push the clutch in and brake as normal. You don't need to always have the clutch disengaged.
When expecting youre coming to a complete stand still or close to stand still, forget about throttle. Your left foot should only be concerned about the clutch when street driving, basically whenever you approach an intersection of any sort you should be preparing to stop with your left foot covering the clutch and your right foot covering the brakes. Left foot braking is considered a highly advanced technique that some racing drivers dont even use while racing. When pulling off 1st is only used to start moving and nothing else (unless youre racing). Litterally anything above 3mph you should change gear to 2nd. When doing parking manoeuvres your car should have enough power to not need to use the throttle, so your feet are just on the brake and clutch. Unless youre parking on hills then parking brake and throttle comes back into the question. When downshifting, never go into first gear, its literally used to just pull off from a stop, use some throttle so you dont lock the wheels and spin. Hope this helps anyone trying to learn
in manual cars, the stick always pulls towards the center, so its easy to know what youre doing, first is pull to the left and push up, second is pull left push down, third is just push forward, as it will naturally pull to center. fourth is pull back. and i think you can figure out the rest. (i dont know about 4,7,8 gear transmissions. im just talking about the "standard" 6 gear)
Its weird trying to imagine never being in a manual car, where I live autos have only recently started to become popular and manuals are still way more popular here.
This game actually helped me drive my customer's car. I work at a tire and automotive shop, and 99% of the cars we get are an automatic. Well, this car was a manual. The customer came in and said he needed an oil change in his Toyota Yaris. So I needed to drive the car to the oil change rack. I got in the car and noticed 3 pedals and a stick with a shift pattern. I knew this was a manual transmission car, but I have never driven one in reality. I stalled the car 3 times, and on the 4th try, I got it to move and put in on the oil rack.
BeamNG Drive helped me because I drive a manual with a clutch all the time in the game. This game is so realistic it's insane. No other game like it.
In Germany it's actually illegal to drive a manual car when you only had an automatic car in driving school.
Really interesting to see you figure out how to use a car like that when I already have all the muscle memory and can drive stick intuitively
when he said "so this is a hill where things get even more complex" I felt that, as a european learning to drive, I felt that... :)
I was the exact way. Before I started driving. I knew I wanted a manual car. I actually had a car sitting around and it was stick. I got a G29 with the shifter. And for about a year on assetto. Drifting. And normal driving. I learned how to drive stick. Come time I got my license and started driving. I jumped in. And it felt surprisingly natural. And after a while of IRL manual driving. I quickly picked up heel toeing. And blipping to down shift. Just stick with it. And you’ll get it in no time. And be a pro :)
When you come to a stop, the wheels stop. That means the differential and transmission both also stop. The clutch controls the connection between engine and transmission. If you don't put in the clutch when you stop, it connects the engine and transmission, meaning the engine stops (0rpm) along with the wheels, diff, and transmission. The two ways to make an engine keep running while at a stop (in a manual) are to put it in neutral, or to keep it in gear with the clutch in to disconnect engine and transmission. In short, to stop without stalling while in gear, put the clutch in.
Best way to learn how to catch first gear is to start on a steep incline. You'll likely roll back or stall completely if done incorrectly. You never need to downshift into first. Just stay in second and only when you come to a stop. Clutch in, then shift to first.
You gotta get on the clutch before the car stops
And use the left foot is only for the clutch, the right foot is for braking and accelerating
And for hills, it depends on how steep it is, is it's just a little inclination you can slowly release the clutch and the car will try to start moving, then you slowly release the brake pedal. But if it's a very steep hill you can try to use your handbrake to hold the car and slowly release the clutch while accelerating a bit, then when you feel that the car is trying to move forward you release the handbrake
Left foot brake and clutch for going in reverse is a next level tactic
In Europe manuals are the norm. I live in the US and I didn't even need to learn I got the hang of it right away. I just watched my dad drive his car for years and observe everything. his car's a 5 speed with overdrive and the one 'm looking at getting is a 3 speed column shift
That's a cool idea for a Video! :D As someone who is used to driving Stick I can tell you once you get used to shifting and the clutch etc. it's pretty easy and actually a lot of fun! 😄
When coming to a stop you can simply go into neutral and stop the car and then upshift to first or hit reverse.im still learning too haha :)
When stopping you need to push in the clutch. You can't put a stopped car into gear again until you do
When you get down to first gear and your RPM is getting to like 1000, stick the clutch in, and use your right foot to brake down to a stop.
When you want to get going, keep your foot on the clutch, shift into first, and then take your time by giving it a little bit of gas, and slowly release the clutch. Then you can shift up normally.
1st gear is just to start moving or driving at like 10km/h, you don't drive in 1st
If you value your and your passenger's teeth, NEVER use left foot for braking =D Always use right foot to operate breaks/throttle. Left foot is only for the clutch ;)
When I drive an auto I always left foot brake and it's perfectly smooth.
@@IPooopdogl Its smooth because you dont have another pedal that you have to push in all the way while braking if you're stopping at a light/stop sign or switching to a lower gear to accommodate the lower speed
i will never understand how anyone can use a wheel in a thirdperson view... i find it to be the hardest thing in the world to do. likewise i cant stand using controller in first person view. but hey more power to you if you have this bizzare gift. I would say that Beamng.Drive is probably the best way to Digitally learn to drive, Good choice of software to learn on. You also did a much better job than i expected someone whos never done manual to do, even if you are using paddle shifters
Hold the clutch down and press the brake that is how it works
I have 7 vehicles and only one is automatic (my 1973 gmc school bus)
Everything else has a clutch, from my 65 and 69 dodge d300s, to my 83 toyota celica, to my 96 tercel. Makes driving so much more fun
To stop maintain the clutch or leave it in neutral, to park in reverse is just as you said but apply this stop “technique”. Also you don’t need to downshift if you’re going to do a complete stop, maintain the clutch and brake or put it in neutral
btw I also practiced in beam a bit when learning to drive a year ago, and I can say, it is very useful. But it’s not the same, the real deal has more feedback (obviously) and you can feel when you’re about to stall. Also the pc wheel shifter helps to learn more less where the gears go and how to do the movements, I recommend it
Once you figure out how to stop and go, stop signs and lights don’t really matter. What is annoying is when there’s like 3km/h traffic, where it’s not fast enough for you to let the clutch fully out, but it’s still moving.
as someone who only plays Beamng manual, you r doing really well!
For stopping neutral is your friend
Keeping it alive when stopping clutch in then brake, most manuals will keep running like that, if you need anymore youve gotta double manage with your right foot brake+gas at the same time with the clutch in
I was kinda surprised when I saw you picked up an automatic for your project, makes more sense now.
You almost never have to shift to 1st gear when slowing down. Either stay in 2nd and clutch down when stopping or just go straight to neutral (H Pattern needed) without pressing the clutch in. You pretty much only shift in 1st gear when you are at a standstill or are at like less then 10km/h in a traffic jam.
Best to shift to first incase you need to suddenly apply throttle as people on the road can be stupid and unpredictable
one note i have is, i noticed he presses the clutch like 95% in, and in a real car you need to press in a 100%. (it may have been that his wheel's pedals were broken) Since you just won't be able to shift up or down (unless of course you know what is rev-matching)
Clutch pedal down when braking to stop or when stopped. If your car is in good condition, you should not have to press the gas pedal at all.
Right foot for gas and brake, left foot only for clutch.
This is to help prevent the driver from stomping on both the gas and the brake at the same time when needing to stop as quickly as possible.
Key thing: practice. And then to go with that, more practice.
you'll get it.
I have already learned driving with a clutch in ETS 2, which I can highly recommend for trying this. Even funnier, if you drive a H-Shifter with the range splitter as the trucks have 12 gears (and sometimes even more: C1, C2, 13, 14, 15, 16, R2, R3, R4 so you need the second splitter as well).
I just found a reddit post so I will adjust my clutch even further now, to the point where shifting without it breaks the gearbox :)
Edit the day after: This is the most fun I have had driving around in BeamNG. The best thing is that it stopped killing the engine down to 0 RPM when engaging the clutch.
You seem like you know a lot about driving sims. Can please help me? I am able to use my clutch and shift in BeamnG BUT it’s not like real life. In the game I always have to hold the clutch in to shift. In real life you don’t need the clutch at all times. Only when you shift gear up or down and when you stop but in BeamnG I always have to hold. What am I doing wrong? Is it settings? Also my car doesn’t stall when I release clutch, it just goes to N. Please help me.
@@RG-si1qz I don't know what hardware you have setup, but if I came to a stop, the game would always use a automatic clutch for starting and stopping. Since that option has been disabled by me now, I now have to use the clutch myself, but only when:
- Upshifting
- Downshiting
- Staying idle
If your car doesn't stall when you lift of the clutch, it could be because it is a Sequential? A typical Manual has to stall without a clutch.
I recommend sharing your platform and maybe your wheel, and whether or not you have a shifter set up.
@@LexusLFA554 I have the G923 and Logitech shifter as well. I figured it out though. I think I had to check “Inverted axis” for it to behave like a clutch irl Now Im happy with it. Thanks for your reply though!!
@@RG-si1qz My steering wheel is even funnier. I own the Thrustmaster T300 Ferrari edition. For some reason:
- The clutch is detected as the throttle
- The brake does nothing
- The throttle is the clutch
Who tf designed this?
@@LexusLFA554 That really sucks. How do you manage to play? Could be hardware related? That wheel has legendary status so I guess its older?
Wait so you were using paddle shifter with a clutch? I get that you were just practicing but i can't get over how weird that is
to stop when you break, you have to be on the clutch for it not to stall, to start you need to press on the gas gently and gently realease the clutch, and to start the car you can just stay in neutral and not press the clutch
In new cars it wont start withouth you having clutch pressed. It is easier for the engine, and I guess it is safety messure. When you are turning off rhe engine you shall put cluch down too, bcz of flywheel.
I bought my first car after high school and had to have my friend test drive it and get it to my house. No better motivation than a sports car in the driveway 🤣
to make it ride smoother you have to always have your left foot on the clutch so you can always kick it in and your right feed has to switch between gas and brake
I'm a new driver (haven't even got my license yet, just my permit) and I just figured out how to drive manual in this game the past few days. It wasn't as hard as I thought! I'm not sure if it will translate to real life driving, but hopefully it helps a bit because I will probably be buying a manual car (they are cheaper to buy, at least used. Probably because less people know how to drive them.)
Anyways, I found it a lot more fun than driving automatic!
I’m 13 from America and I can drive a manual as well as rev match on upshifts and downshifts. I only started driving with an H pattern in December with a T8HA shifter and a g29 wheel and already I do not even think about how to shift. I just do it and it works. One thing that I’ve found is that it’s actually easier to learn to drive manual in a game like Assetto Corsa rather than beam since assetto corsa is much more realistic than beam.
To make the brakes less hard to use, you can calibrate them in the USB Controller setup that can be searched in the start menu, or just calibrate them in the game's settings.
Wen ur coming to a stop always push the clutch down, if u feel ur gonna stall push the clutch, also u dont ever let the clutch roll u, u can do that, but u let the clutch roll u for a split second so u can get ur foot from the break to the throttle
When I get to a traffic light on the main road, I go clutch 100%, let the car decelerate naturally and add a bit of the brake, decide if it's necessary to go to a lower gear from the remaining time on the traffic light. If you need to do a full stop on the traffic light, stop completely, and then change to the first gear. If you're already decelerating, and the green light comes on, decide on which gear you need to change into. If you need to stop at a stop sign, stop completely, you have all the time in the world to start going again, you don't need to change the gear instantly. Stop, and only then change gears.
This is my novice advice, as you progress more and more, and get more comfortable with the gear shifting, you'll naturally figure out how to do it faster and if you can change into that gear without worry, or if you'll blow up the engine :D
Oh an a big thing no one told me when I was learning is if you are going slow an not revving it hard you can't just dump the clutch after shifting if you want to be smooth have to let off the clutch an as you're letting it off put throttle back in. Makes for much smoother shifting lol
As a British 13 year old who can drive manual I found this video rather entertaining
Tip for stopping and going in beamng, shift into neutral before you reach the stop sign then brake
I've owned a manual car for 4 years and 30000+ miles (50,000 km). Left foot is only for clutch. Right is for brake and gas. Also, at stop signs, at least in real life, you'll have to get used to where the clutch starts to grab. Once it starts to grab, then you slowly let it out. But as you get used to it, your muscle memory will kick in. And when you come to a stop, push the clutch in as soon as you get below 25 mph. Always make sure you take off at a low rpm and make your shifts moderately quick and smooth, so you're easier on the clutch. And never rev your engine when the clutch is partially pressed down and always have your foot away from the pedal when not in use.
When approaching a stop sign/ light I brake like an automatic and then you push in the clutch and continue braking when you start to see the cars rpms dipping( it should be about 1k rpms). You can work on timing the clutch in and out it in N or 1st for coming to a stop
If you really want to train yourself in using clutch in game, set the deadzone on around 40%. What i mean is so clutch doesnt react when its preesed under 40%. This makes the ingame clutch act similarly to the real one.
Still it is not the same, in real car with clutch you can feel when it engages, which usually happens when its pressed about 50% in.
Also in real car you can make the car move just by holding clutch 50% in, which for some ppl make the learning process much easier.
I still remember how I have been learning to drive. It was best for me to start pressing the throttle and do the opposite with clutch. Wouldn't recommend driving like that all the time since you can damage the clutch, it all comes to practice.
10:43 Use parking break uphill untill you get used to starting with cluch only. Just hold clutch 50% in and give it a bit of throttle 20-30% depends how steep the hill is, then release the parking break and you re rolling.
On petrol engines you usually switch gear up on 2.5k-3k rpm.
Driving with clutch is fun af on G920, especialy in games like Project Cars 2 or Asetto Corsa.
Learning to drive a stick shift (manual shift) car can be scary at first, but there is a couple of thing that a learner should and will over time learn, and that are:
1. You need to know where is the fine line of clutch friction, aka where you go vs if you stall. That depends on the car. Practice gently letting of the clutch (in first gear) on a straight road. When you are comfortable, you can give it a little throttle, and viola, you started to move.
2. When stopping, easiest way to stop without stalling is just to press clutch in (or put in neutral) and brake gently to stop. Then it doesnt matter if you are in first or fifth gear, it doesnt need downshifting. Yes, you need more brake pressure to stop, but its easier.
3. Downshifting in corners depend on the corners themselves, speed and car gears. Personally, i have vaguelly memorised at which speed, what rpm car makes to safely and without stalling or overreving make a turn. Downshifting while stopping depends on the car, you will hear if the car screams or it barely holds alive when you put it in gear. But, as i said, you can downshift to stop faster, but why hassle with it.
Btw, first gear is only for starting to move, and second gear is for driving.
Im 15 now and i have my g27 for like half year, and its like i like more driving manual because its just fun ;)
The speed gear change is so exciting :)
and if u start the engine on N u dont have to press clutch!
and yeah, the H shifter is a really REALLY good choise
Honestly being from the uk, and I'm sure for most euro ppl someone who doenst know how to drive manual is very rare
actually i think beamng is a good way to learn driving with a steering wheel. what you want to do before a stop sign and come to a complete stop is when in fisrt gear but still rolling press the clutch in so the engine idles, this way you don't stall the engine. then when you are clear to go slowly release the clutch and shift as normal
hit the clutch right before you stop to prevent stalling. or right before you stop you could shift it to neutral
When you start the car in neutral its needn't to use the clutch. ONLY if you are in 1st gear.
Actually, this depends on the car. My 2014 Veloster turbo requires the clutch be pushed to start up.
@@77SPITZ oh i love the veloster such a practical sport hot hatch
I remember you said you're in ontario, I am too and drive a manual. If you'd like to learn I could help out
Thats the best way to do it 👍
beamng helped me with my drivers training a lot. i never did a turn wrong (by that i mean the turning itself, not when) according to my instructor, and i feel like i could totally teach myself irl MT with my ingame experience. i havent done it yet so i can say for sure, and either way im gonna suck at it to begin with bcz a g29 pedals and shifter arent the most realistic xD
Whenever the car is stopped and in gear you should have the clutch in, that's why you were stalling at stop signs. Pretty much every time you want to brake or stop, the clutch should be all the way pressed.
Standard transmissions aren’t too difficult to learn if you’ve got common sense, and it’s helpful to watch videos teaching how to drive manual
cars with bigger motors are easier to drive in manual since they have torque down low in the powerband. also when downshifting with older cars like that fiat in the beginning you have to blip the throttle after pushing in the clutch so you match the revs and shift smoothly. also, my advice is to put the volume higher and use your ears to shift.
When i drive my car with my logitech shifter its only in automatic
Pushing in the clutch is just the same as putting it in neutral so it won't hurt the clutch to not let off the gas when you put the clutch in but you will over rev the car and when stopping you need to push in the clutch with your left foot then hit the brakes with your right foot and then just very very slowly let out the clutch and give it gas to start moving again and when you wanna take off fast then you should put in the clutch put it in first rev it up and then let the clutch out fast and keep revving hope this helped you and have a great day !
Also the reason it shakes is because you are letting out the clutch 10x faster than you should !
And another thing how you changed the gear ratio so when it's lower like 2 it takes off slower but it has higher top end speed and higher such as 6 takes off faster but doesn't go very fast so for cruiser you want like a 3:23:1 and for racing you want a 4:88:1 !
BeamNG is a pretty good game to try this because it handles clutch simulation pretty well, but not even halfway through the video you're trying to throw WAAAAY too many things at yourself. I see that only causing more problems in the long run. My advice would be to practice like how you started out the video (basic car like the Piccolina, Covet, 200BX, etc), but do it on flat ground, focus on your fundamentals, and don't worry about anything advanced until you've got your basics down. Any map with an open empty lot would be perfect (hell, even just GridMap). Worrying about things like hill starts, quick shifting, left foot braking, and double clutching (which is not even really useful in cars with synchros unless they're shot) is just going to be a detriment to your progress when you're still having the car stall on flat ground. I'd also recommend checking out either Matt Farah's or Casey Putsch's videos on driving manual (Casey's in particular have a pedal cam set up so you can see his footwork; Matt's I think have one but I can't remember, they're pretty old now) before heading back into Beam to emulate what they do there and practice that way. If you're insistent on trying to figure things out for yourself, though, you can always reenable the clutch assistant in game and keep the pedal input widget on the HUD. Even though you yourself would not be using the clutch in this case, the widget will still show you how the game works the clutch, and you can start practicing by mimicking that.
As a manual transmission driver I can say starting and going uphill is the hardest thing though with practice it gets easy but if you are new you better not do it your car can stall and reverse and hit someone
Me in beam: is driving *holds gas* , *slams clutch* , *shifts* , *lets go of clutch as quickly as possible*
hi, i would reccomend you to always make sure you are pressing the clutch to 100% when changing gears😁
I watched every second, I am not still if this is a skit or a diss XD
The only pedal your left foot should be on is the clutch. The right controls trot and brake when slowing down just clutch in and stay cluched in when stopping
In the "customize gui" menu there's a tool there which displays the gear you'er in. It's helpefull when driving manual cars
Learned on a 97 wrangler you’ll get it. Have the same wheel and the extra shifter good budget set up
When downshifting you have to tap the gas to sync the engine speed. It is a lot smoother like that.
The parking brake is your friend when taking off on hills
You should be able to let go of the gas while holding the clutch without the engine stalling in the cars you were driving, maybe you should check the pedals configuration or something like that idk.
Automotive, you should hold the clutch when u stop (and also downshift on the sharp bends, it will make your wheel turning easier)
Him: Driving in the city in 3rd gear is a mistake
Me irl: driving in 5th in the city
The “Cieveta bolide” (I think its called like that) would be a great challenge for you to try. It has no safety at all and it’s very fast, even with a controller is a bit dificult to drive. (Sorry for bad spelling)
You are also dropping the clutch pedal in the first gear really quickly, you would've stalled the real car... In other gears it doesn't matter that much, as the car is moving already, so you can be faster with clutch release, but in the first gear (if you're not revving engine into like 60% the rev range, but only like a little above the idle) you have release it much slower ;) (close to 1-1.5 seconds).
Also, unless it's some semi-beefy diesel, you can't creep with manual, so you have to add a little gas from the start ;)
Other that that, really good job for the first tries =)