Comparison of different tunes for Golf R

[DNA Tuning]

I'm sure that DNA Tuning was talking about; that customer should see the power increase and it should be reasonably smooth without any hickups.

Thanks that's exactly what I mean.

Rexman; it also depends what you mean by "generic" tune. I don't think any of the tuners on here sell "generic" tunes; each tune has been developed specifically for each car and has been tested prior to being released to the general public.

[Gti Dave]

I'll jump in here and answer that for you, i was there for the entire process while the tunes were being tested. The car (jimjaroos) was run with the APR tune to gain the data shown. The car was then taken to an APR dealer to have the tune removed and taken back to BPS to be dyno'd to get the VW base run.

Right after the base run was completed the ECU was removed and James commenced to apply the BPS tune, then the car was dyno'd right after that to produce the BPS result you see on the graphs. It was all above board, completely fair and legit.. he wasn't employing any 'manipulation' or tactics as earlier suggested.. unless he was very sneaky about it!

I don't think this is about trying to tarnish the name of APR, i think it's more to demonstrate it isn't necessarily the 'best' and there are most certainly alternatives available to gain a fantastic tune on the R. I drove the APR tune and i personally think it was designed to give you that surge when the boost came on which makes it feel quite fast.

I drove the BPS tune last night and as a comparison you don't feel a rush like the APR, the delivery is very linear and seems to progress very smoothly across the entire range! Was really quite impressive, but coming from an R34 GTR background i am also quite a fan of the 'surge' feeling that you get from boost coming on hard

Each tuning company customises their tunes differently whether it be for driveability (DNA), low end torque (APR) or midrange etc etc etc...I don't know much about other tuners and how they do it but each to their own and it really comes down to what the consumer really desires. Fortunately, I'm lucky to have the experience of both world in very different cars. One being a modded Polo Gti with APR V2 tune which spins the wheels like crazy and gives you the rush but not always the best thing to live with but great for a fang. Whereas the Skoda Octavia vRS with the DNA tune is smooth, linear, driveable and fast paced without the major rush you get in the Polo Gti.

Reason why I didn't stick with APR this time round was due to customer service issues, high prices and wanting a go with a different tuning company such as DNA which made the Skoda very liveable and satisfying to drive without the wife knowing its been tuned (unless you push the pedal a wee bit harder...LOL).