A method for operating a device for generating an additional reset force on a gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to an initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, the reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof,
- providing an actuator, which applies an additional reset force that acts in a reset direction of the gas pedal, and
- determining a shifting point of a manually shifted transmission,
- applying the reset force in the form of a rectangular force pulse in order to suggest a gear change of the manually shifted transmission to a driver of the vehicle, and
- wherein an adaptive learning algorithm is provided, which determines the response of the vehicle driver to the application of the reset force.