The custom cars should backfire when you shift if you have the S2 or higher turbo, and old muscle cars should make a small popping sound!
That's not a Backfire, its an Afterfire. Backfire is before the combustion chamber and Afterfire is after the combustion chamber.
for troubleshooting, engine mechanics more strictly define an ignition of fuel within the engine exhaust system as an "afterfire", while a "backfire" is this same process taking place in the induction system.
Once again, from the same article you listed. engine mechanics more strictly define an ignition of fuel within the engine exhaust system as an "afterfire", while a "backfire" is this same process taking place in the induction system.