Corvette: Another (dumb) shifting question

Is shifting into a gear basically clutch in, gas off? I don't want to
'speed shift' (or maybe I do) or any of those other fancy things I
read about as I searched Google. But it seems you loose a lot of
momentum between 1st and 2nd when you let the gas pedal all the way
up. 2nd to 3rd is not as bad. 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 are hardly
noticable.

Also, downshifting. Book says you can skip a gear. So I have been
doing that. But sometimes you come on a light change quick and don't
have time to go back through the gears. I put it in nuetral and hit
the brakes.

Happily, the 1 to 4 thing stopped f**king with me. So I've learned
something over the past few months.

You have to excuse me. I really don't know the 'correct' way to shift.

cPGevas

Coming up to a light I often shift from 4th directly to second. Slows the
car quick and sounds great with the side pipes

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