Downshifting /shifting into corners. Nessesary or not

[JB Wood]

Originally Posted by S14DB

This is the street we are talking about here...

i assumed these people that are telling him to downshift when they "hit a corner" were talking about cornering. either way he clearly stated he is a n00b and knowledge is power.

[Future240]

Originally Posted by JB Wood

i assumed these people that are telling him to downshift when they "hit a corner" were talking about cornering. either way he clearly stated he is a n00b and knowledge is power.

I thought OP was simply misplacing his words and was talking about rounding a sharp curve while driving and going into a lower gear vs having the engine do the lower rpm high gear shudder. I know nothing about race cornering.