As a auto driver.
I always use shift. I only let go to let the car shift gears.
I am used to do that on the sound of the engine.
Some of my fav key combinations are:
Shift, spacebar, arrow down
=full throttle, handbrake and normal brake
The car now is like a rock - kind like how a ai car acts.
Another key combination
Push a car to the wall - press handbrake real fast once. Makes the car flip more easily
When taking the last corner i use the handbrake a lot.
Shift and handbrake
To get the car to drift and to correct speed when a i drift to far.
The only way to make real short and fast corners is the same.
Shift to get a burst of speed and then handbrake and turn.
What combinations do u guys use? And for what effect?