Originally Posted by mainly

but kickdown (full kickdown) only happens when you put you foot 100 % to the floor, and why the hell would i do that in mid corner?

Originally Posted by Carrera GT

Given PDK is very good -- but still flawed -- in every other Porsche, I think PDK-S in the GT3 is the stand-on-your-seat ovation performance from Porsche, along with the fact it's handling 475hp+ at 9000 rpm upshifts, which it times to perfection, somehow nailing 9000 rpm for almost literally one power stroke before fully engaging the next higher gear ... it's maybe not the maestro performance of driver skills that is a perfectly balanced series of heel-toe downshifts while threshold braking with all four tires chirping and growling at the brink of lock-up and steering through the apex leaving nothing to spare, but there's more than one way a sports car can let the heel of your sole, heal your soul. : )

Originally Posted by sgroer

That's the part I struggle with... why not make the effort for the kickdown obvious and let the driver decide. I can avoid 100% throttle in a corner and hammer it upon exit. Perhaps this will all be clearer once I actually get my machine on the track.