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Went to town this AM.
Came back on the interstate.
At 75mph, DSG in manual mode, 6th gear.
Pressed the gas all way down and pushed the button.
Car shifted to 3rd and RPM's climbed.
So an overtake or emergency button.
I was suprised at 3rd gear. I thought maybe down to 4th.
Not sure about lower speeds but shifting to 3rd in most situations make sense as 3rd pulls hard and is a safe gear in most situations.
It shifts down based on RPM/speed. Usually the DSG factory map is set for fuel economy so it will keep you in high gear most of the times to keep RPM low. That's why sometimes the car gets to 6th gear when you are only doing 40 mph. This is why most people are moaning about the DSG on forums and they get a "DSG tune". When you press the kick down switch on the throttle pedal the car shifts down to the gear that will bring the engine to around 5000 rpm at the speed you are currently running. I even had the car shift into 2nd/5500 rpm then the DSG redlined at 6500 and shifted to 3rd. Obviously the exhaust was popping on both downshift to second and then upshift to 3rd.