Hey guys, so I had the reflag on Monday morning. The tech couldn't work out heat needed doing so I ended up just using their system and flashing it myself
and not having to pay is always a bonus
What need to be done is the the new steering characteristics for adaption has to be uploaded from VW main system.
Once plugged into the diagnostics it worked out the can level and updated the steering to gti setting, much smoother on centre now weights up nicely at speed, the new settings on variant 3 rack have slightly kore damping at higher speeds and less catchup up in the steering rack, definitely a good upgrade, not necessarily one I would do unless have to but it would defiantly be advised to get the variant 3 rack over 2 if you where ever in the situation 2.
I have some steering plot graphs that I will try upload later between mk5 and mk6 settings showing the steering catchup improvement, il have to have a look thru the data to see if there is any improvement to the damping but subjectively it does feel a lot better, the slightly elastic feel il closer to the limit is now barely noticeable unless you are trying to to do a subjective assessment!
Overall good result and if be happy to help anyone regarding any questions.
I would say its not a necessity to get the steering reflashed if you haven't and have done a rack change but it is defiantly worth while if you like an improved steering feel, better feedback and noticeably improved high speed steering input response.