Is learning to drive Manual hard?

For you user
>Steps to git gud at stick

Step 0(Empty space)
>Find an empty parking lot or somewhere with lots of space for you to fuck around
>Even better if it has a flat section and a slight hill somewhere
>Find spectators so they can laugh as you fail to do the next steps

Step1 (Learn bite point)
>let out clutch slowly till car starts to creep forward
>Get car moving on flat surface without using throttle
>Do this without stalling out

Step 2 (Throttle control)
>Now that you know where clutch grabs
>Same as step one but use throttle this time
>Slowly add throttle as you are letting clutch out (how much throttle depends car to car)
>Repeat until you can go from stopped to moving without being jerky as fuck

Step 3 (Hill Starts)
>Learn to do step 2 while on an incline without rolling backwards
>This is pretty much the same as step 2 but you will roll backwards if you are not fast enough
>add throttle while getting to bite point quickly

(Bitchmode Hillstarts)
>Usehandbrake to prevent rolling backwards
>Same as step 3

Step 4 (Downshifting)
>Learn what the RPM difference between gears
>Learn to blip throttle for desired RPM
>Match RPM with gear you want
>Go down 1 gear (5th-4th/4th-3rd)
>I'm almost a racecar driver mode down 2 gears on one blip
>Practice till you can do this not jerky as fuck

Step 5(Pracetice Practice Practice)
>Go drive
>Go drive more
>Keep doing all these things till you can do them without thinking about it

Step 6 (I'm fucking Dagumi now)
>Now that you can drive and are not jerky as fuck
>Heel Toe Dopwnshift
>Same as step 4
>Left half of ball of foot on brake
>While pushing brake either roll side of foot to blip throttle or twist and use heel to blip throttle (depends on car and pedal distance/setup) do whatever works for you there isnt a right way to do it
>Get the gear you want
>you now down a gear/slowed down and ready to go WOT out of the turn.
>foot off brake and onto throttle

I just got a standard yesterday and I've been spending time just driving around my neighborhood, slowly getting more adventurous, going to busier spots.
My question is, most of the time I see that I will have to stop up ahead, I just go straight to neutral and use the pedal brake to come to a stop from my current speed.
Is this fine? how often should I be downshifting?

I felt more comfortable learning stick after driving automatic.

I knew the rules of the road very well, and had experienced driving on them for years.

So, stepping into a manual was just that easy, I had all the focus on driving manual, and not on driving.

Fucking ameritards and something that takes cognitive capacity.

You don't get cars, you don't get music and you don't get food.

they don't get darwin and democracy either, why try and reason with these inbreds.

Omg. Foot on the brake and one on the clutch, shift to 1st gear and SLOWLY let go of the clutch until you feel it grab. Then SLOWLY let your foot off the brake and see if it stays (you will get a feeling of this in time, it will take less than one second). Then you give it a bit of throttle and release the clutch also SLOWLY.

Do NOT use your fucking hand brake like some fucking retard american who's been "blessed" with too many chromosomes

True story. Us Brits got Darwin on our money whilst they've got "IN GOD WE TRUST" and mandatory flag saluting like the good like goyim they are.

I fell for it again please forgive mate

Anyone who uses handbrake to get moving on hills is a pleb i just keep my foot on the brake and when it's time to move i quickly step on the accelerator while letting out the clutch it's not hard

Git gud

Or this indeed. You roll down 30cm max.

but you've got to both know how to DRIVE, and know your car. None of which known to ameritards

Don't have a license yet but I have lots of experience with manuals.

For some reason here in Greece, everyone drives a manual and If you drive an auto, you are looked down upon from other drivers.

I learned to drive from my dad (he owns a Peugeot 306 maxi or whatever).

Also, has anyone tried riding a bike in this thread? Rode my dads Kawasaki Pegasus the other day. Unfortunately I am too unfamiliar with bikes so I couldn't handle it. Any tips for riding a bike?