I'd have thought he has some software on there or that your car isn't running as sweet as it could be. I think it takes a very keen driver to be able to make changes as quickly as DSG, coupled with the slight weight advantage he probably shouldn't have been pulling away.
I agree.. The only way a vRS should pull on a DSG GTI (that's tucked up behind it) is if it is modded in some way (ie most probably mapped). A mapped vRS isn't going to "Drive off" from a DSG GTI, even if it is mapped. They are a good 100kgs heavier for a start...
My guess is that is would gradually pull away, which is pretty much what has happened
a Stage 1 car is quicker than standard yeah, but won't jump into another time zone once the right pedal is pushed.. Especially on a short blast down a slip road..
You need a Stage 2+ KO4 for that..
How fast do you think a standard GTI is? It has 207lbft versus a decent mapped car with 260+ lb/ft. The vRS will pull away a fair bit quicker than you think. DSG only helps up to 60mph due to how quick the gear changes come. Once going it isn't that much of an advantage (I'm talking standard cars here not mapped or anything else)
Their is a difference of 68kg between a vRS and GTI DSG. In favour of the golf.
However the Octavia has a better Drag Coefficient hence the Golf gets to 62mph quicker (6.9 secs vs 7.2) but the vRS has a better top speed (149mph vs 145mph)
You need to remember reaction times aswell. If you have a fairly quick car you can get the jump on a lot of cars quite easily.
Another way to look at it is this. It would be the same as a rolling start as both cars were prob doing around 30mph before booting it on the slip. The Octavia will pull away slightly (despite the DSG) as it's on the power earlier and once getting to 60mph + cuts a better line through the air. The Golf would then have had to deal with all the turbulent air at the back of the Octavia and having the drag coefficient of a house brick this wouldn't have done it any favours.I've no doubt if the Golf had been in front then the situation would have been reversed.
When I was stage 1 only I could pull away quite easily from my mates Focus ST (which is quicker in a straight line than a standard GTI DSG) so I think if the Octavia in this instance was mapped. Then it was a crap map, the driver was crap or he just wasn't trying that hard.