Steve, I`m gonna slap yopu upside the head ! 
Just feed the GTD haters (well, Kev anyway) more ammunition why dont ya?
I just finished a week in a GTD with 6k on it and though I didnt like the DSG, it did feel quicker than mine, and I`m putting that down to the engine loosening up.
Hi Dan, please slap away mate hahaha, I will defend the car to the max becuse its a fantastic piece of kit, as ive said before the mk5 diesel does sound like a tractor, and feels like one too! But not on the new GTD , also the dsg box is not in tune with the response of the paddles?? Hope ive made sense there? The ed30 was so responsive with DSG. The jury is out on DSG & diesel ?? Not sure about it?

I am not going down that road of DSG re-map, no chance!! ps there is no soot on my exaust and i have not cleaned it since i bought it, well not the pipes anyway. The pipes on my Ed30 wrere always filthy black , so the engine is much cleaner IMO.