yeah its faster than a normal gearbox, but when do those 4 seconds around the top gear track ever matter at all on the street? unless your timing yourself between stop lights it really means nothing. even when your driving fast. its just less time between each gear, when your actually accelerating its the same. so if you get through that corner on a mountain pass .2 seconds quicker because you can shift quicker who cares?
i agree that its actually a really good system, and it actually gives the driver a good amount of control over other systems like the tiptronic, where you try to shift down, and 2 seconds later the downshift happens. the DSG actually does what you tell it to do when you want and i really like that. but still it takes away so much of the experience you get from a manual, heel toe-ing down 3 gears before going into a corner is so much more fun and involving than tapping a paddle 3 times. plus i always felt like there was a little lag in the system, just a tiny bit. but enough to get annoying, you dont get the instant response that you get with a manual just after downshifting and getting back to power.
its what i hate about the GTR too, its a street car basically built for fast nurburgring times, and i think they really sacrificed alot to get their times, and it takes away from the car. everything is computer controlled, you make a mistake and get the tail out, the car fixes it for you, you basically point the wheel and the car goes there, it takes no skill to drive it. shit id take a cayman over a GTR because i could care less about how fast a cars nurburgring times are when its my street car, and id rather have control over my car, and great feel, cause thats what makes a car fun. its what alot of the magazines and car reviewers are saying after everyone got over the gtr's speed. now it seems like everyones sick of the car driving for them.
as for the new r32 vs the old, i still liked the old better than the new, and ive driven both multiple times. the old had great feel and felt like a little go-kart. the new one just felt heavy and numb. though it could get around corners quickly, it just didnt have the raw sports car feel of the old one. but then again, if im buying a AWD car im most likely not looking for a raw sports car. though the new one does sound amazing!
