Torque is the answer your looking for. the TDI's have bags of it especially when a remap is in the equation
you gotta stir the box sometimes to compete stealth or get a remap
....I'm not wishing to offend anybody but remapping your brain rather than the car's ECU brain and hence using your shifts to always be in the optimum gear, is a far safer and more enjoyable way to drive. Also, relying on torque in low gears is both lazy and not great for your car in the longer term.