How do you properly "Throttle Blip"

[SeriousSpy]

This isn't just specific to AC (As you can see, I don't own the game yet) but I thought I might as well post this here.

I know how to cut the throttle on shift-up, but I'd like to know how to properly blip the throttle, I really don't know how to. (I know, it's appaling, but I don't have a drivers licence yet IRL, I know, horrible, isn't it?)

[Zorg_DK]

just add some throttle when you downshift while braking so the revs don't get too low and you don't risk spinning out the rear.

[SeriousSpy]

Ah, thank you.

[Zorg_DK]

Originally posted by SeriousSpy:

Ah, thank you.

you're welcome, it sounds awesome in replays too :)

[Bigbazz]

A little more detail. Lets say you're in 4th gear and you're gonna shift down to 3rd with braking.

You hit your brake (right foot), generally using your big toe and the ball of your foot so the rest is able to hang over and twist.
Press in the clutch (left foot)
As you shift from 4th to 3rd you twist your right foot over to blip the throttle, during this motion you should already be moving the gear lever into position
Release the clutch pedal

You can practice on Assetto Corsa by making sure all the driving aids are off, experiment with it. Turn off the auto-blip feature and you will find yourself locking up the rear tyres a lot when downshifting without manually blipping, which can cause the car to snap and spin, so you can judge your progress based on how smooth and stable the car stays during the braking zones.

How easy it is depends on your pedals, generally G27 and other decent quality pedals are based more on racing car pedals than those you'd find in the average road car. For that reason it is much easier to pull off with a set of G27 or similar pedals than it is in most road cars.

[SeriousSpy]

Thank you for the detailed help. I think I'll just practise the hell out of it in some of the rFactor mods that use it, unfortunately I'm not getting AC for a few weeks.

[GregZ85]

Learn from the BOSS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g

You only need slight anckle movement, to blip the throttle with the right side of your foot, while keeping the left side on the brake pedal.

[-=UBeR=-rqper]

Originally posted by CTR69:

Learn from the BOSS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g

Never I could pull that off on a sim setup.

What I do notice is that the Boss doesn't wear a stupid space suit to drive a road car on track.

It would be nice if there was to be implemented some kind XP system that would allow veterans to ultimately drive dressed like the Boss .

I guess that would challenge met o learn how to blip.

[.Emptyjar]

Originally posted by -=UBeR=-rqper:

Originally posted by CTR69:

Learn from the BOSS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g

What I do notice is that the Boss doesn't wear a stupid space suit to drive a road car on track.

It would be nice if there was to be implemented some kind XP system that would allow veterans to ultimately drive dressed like the Boss .

Eh, pretty sure this is some sort of press event, probably celebrating the release of the car. There's no way any 'racing' would take place dressed like that, he's probably just giving the car a nice test drive like only Senna can.

[ItsAll19]

Originally posted by CTR69:

Learn from the BOSS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g

You only need slight anckle movement, to blip the throttle with the right side of your foot, while keeping the left side on the brake pedal.

very cool stuff - makes me want a G27

[エース極端]

Originally posted by CTR69:

Learn from the BOSS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g

You only need slight anckle movement, to blip the throttle with the right side of your foot, while keeping the left side on the brake pedal.

Or you could do it ala Initial D style, which is what I am doing since I am not wearing shoes and my feet are on the smaller side; starts at 50 seconds and end 54 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tntdrg5N1M&t=50s

Now speaking of Senna, I noticed he was tapping on the accelerator after downshifting and through the corners. Is that the real way to control the car over the corner? Doesn't that upset the balance of the car?

[kmanitou81]

I think Senna was just trying to feel where the grip was, just to see when he could start accelerating for good. A bit later, he's also controlling the slide with the throttle, trying to tell the car where to go.

[Major Issue]

I'm not technician in this stuff but it's also keeping turbo on to be ready at end of a corners, what I heard somewhere.

[-=UBeR=-rqper]

Originally posted by Emptyjar:

Originally posted by -=UBeR=-rqper:

What I do notice is that the Boss doesn't wear a stupid space suit to drive a road car on track.

It would be nice if there was to be implemented some kind XP system that would allow veterans to ultimately drive dressed like the Boss .

Eh, pretty sure this is some sort of press event, probably celebrating the release of the car. There's no way any 'racing' would take place dressed like that, he's probably just giving the car a nice test drive like only Senna can.

Yes pretty certain that.. but last time I checked I was playing a game / sim.

For replay press value I'd like to see my mortal head instead of a helmet.

Also looking down on my mortal hands would remind me of braking now and then.

Back to the trottle blip: has anyone confirmed reall value out of this in a sim , like Assetto Corsa?

I have tried to make this move on a friends Fanatec Clubsport V2 pedals but it seems a lot of hassle, those pedals are very slippery.

How many years of practice before you nail it?

[エース極端]

Originally posted by -=UBeR=-rqper:

Originally posted by Emptyjar:

Eh, pretty sure this is some sort of press event, probably celebrating the release of the car. There's no way any 'racing' would take place dressed like that, he's probably just giving the car a nice test drive like only Senna can.

Yes pretty certain that.. but last time I checked I was playing a game / sim.

For replay press value I'd like to see my mortal head instead of a helmet.

Also looking down on my mortal hands would remind me of braking now and then.

Back to the trottle blip: has anyone confirmed reall value out of this in a sim , like Assetto Corsa?

I have tried to make this move on a friends Fanatec Clubsport V2 pedals but it seems a lot of hassle, those pedals are very slippery.

How many years of practice before you nail it?

Nope, it just takes a while to learn it. You just need a little of practice with timing and the motion and after a while, you hands and feets just move on its own when you want to downshift (aka: muscle memory)

[Bigbazz]

I think it is part of Sennas driving style, he would often tap the throttle searching for the point where he could get back on it, It's not your typical way of driving but given how fast he was it obviously worked for him. It could also be that he's trying to change the balance of the car on purpose.


Back to heel-toe. It took me a few months to learn, when I started I couldn't do it at all, would often massively over brake and over think it all. But it comes with time and eventually you don't even think about it.

Simply put, in a racing car if you don't do it you're probably going to lock the rear tyres up and cause the car to snap out and maybe spin. It's less important in a road car due to the syncromesh gearbox, and especially less important since you're generally not driving a road car at racing speeds.

Now you could just put autoclutch/autoblip on and forget about it, in Rfactor there is no need to learn to do it at all, infact in most of the game simulators there is no real benefit because you generally don't lose time by simply using the autoclutch feature. If I remember right then it is slightly faster in iRacing to not use autoclutch/blip, same thing goes for Assetto Corsa. The fastest way is to learn the technique.


Start learning it now, try doing a few laps with it every time you play and it will be easy and natural within a few months, maybe weeks.