Quote Originally Posted by bcm View Post
Whilst there is no doubt that the DSG version of the R is quicker off the mark, I'd be very interested in seeing a back to back around a track between a manual and a DSG. I doubt there would be much in it. My understanding (happy to be corrected) is that you can't effectively left foot brake in a DSG equipped car so you can't use that as a technique to keep the motor on boost whilst braking. Does the manual behave the same way?
Yes, I'd like to see this too. I'm not sure if there has been any valid tests of two equally equipped Golf R's (apart from the manual and DSG) tested side by side on the one day.
However, you can left foot brake if you want. The left foot braking "issue" is around the fact that Volkswagens have a "brake override" which overrides the accelerator in the case where the foot is on the brake. This is present in both the DSG and manual cars though. However, it has been tested that the brake override doesn't affect your ability to left foot brake in the context of track driving (and several other tasks that require it... there was a link somewhere on these forums, but I don't have the time to look sorry)