Drive modes make such an insane difference, my mind is blown.
I've been taking it easy on my new '24 DSG that I picked up in Jan as I'm still in break the in peroid (post first oil change but still only about 750 miles on the clock). Tonight on while running some errands I decided to put it in race mode for the first time and give it a little while taking the back roads on the long way home.
Got damn.
I had an '18 GTI Autobahn before this with the DSG as well, but the drive modes didn't do nearly as much. On the GTI it felt like it was mostly suspension, while the R legit feels like a different car. I cannot wait to get 1000 on the clock to I can really lean into it.