The Clubsport PDK was just the standard Cayman PDK with 7th gear locked out. So the 2nd gear deficiency on the street car is still present in the race car.

For the race car, the 2nd gear issue is most apparent on slow corner exits, it would hesitate while waiting for the revs to build to get going on the old one. The feedback on the new 718 version is that it's 'better', but still bogs a bit. Dropping to 1st and run it out before shifting to 2nd cures it. So corners are either taken at really high rev on 1st or shift down to 1st on exit then back to 2nd again in order to exit cleanly. In the old car the racers would take those corners in 1st, maybe bang it up agains the limiter for a bit before going to 2nd, that also contribute to the gearbox's troubles. 

Pretty much every race track on Earth outside of the Ring will hav at least one corner like this. 

 


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