so on your statement that this is a manual transmission that is computer controller not an automatic.... ummmmm so its an automatic.
but anyway all smartass comments aside. the problem is that it does not have a fluid coupling. these wet clutch packs are made to be either engaged or not engaged. no slipping, unlike a true manual trans that the dry clutch and pressure plate are expected to slip for engagement. its a tricky game they are playing with being disengaged sitting at idle and then coming off idle and engaging the clutches just at the right point so as not to stall the engine but to catch the rising rpm and power output at just the right spot. why mudders with big tires are having so many issues is that it takes more effort to get into that rpm range where full engagement takes place. so the engine struggles with getting up and the clutch is chattering and slipping as it hasn't reached that full engagement point. the IGR will take off some of the strain, but in the end this trans needs a fluid coupling for takeoff so that as the engine starts to make power the clutches can keep full engagement as the converter slips.
i had a big red 700 and beat the dog piss out of it. back bumpers and hit it wide open snatching on stuck full size trucks. stuck in peanut butter gumbo mud, tires barely turning and pedal mashed out to the floor. but it was a honda and never frikken ever let me down. if i could get into it i could get out of it. only stuck a handful of times. most it would do is get hot from that torque converter putting in work. if they had put that in the 1000 we wouldnt be having this conversation and the pioneer 1000 would have a much better reputation.
Agree with the first half, I was dumbing it down too much.
Fluid coupling has its downsides too. I personally don't like auto transmissions or CVTs. You lose that connection, there is a skill to driving a manual. "To me" the point of the DCT to to dumb it down enough a larger portion of the population can benefit from a clutch even if they can't use it manually(third pedal).
I did not like the torque converter on my 700 because sometimes all it would do is "slip" it didn't have the power to lock it up, you couldn't blip the throttle to get it to give that slight extra bit of momentary torque and spin the tires just enough to climb an obstacle (gearing was a bit too high should have been a 4-5 speed,(again beating dead horse)) the torque converter ironically didn't convert the torque into motion as instantaneously because of the nature of the fluid connection as a locked clutch would.
I pulled over 300 - whole 40' pine trees with my 700, I could not put tension on the chain and pull them, I had to have enough room to get the wheels moving and then spinning or it would bog down and stop in its tracks. Too much and it'd jar the hell out of me and sometimes just sit and spin, too little and I had to try again. But in the middle it worked like a charm.
To each there own, different vehicles have different motors, tires, intended uses, and that's another reason there's not one transmission to transmit power for all vehicles.
I also hate driving a 1 ton manual in traffic, wouldn't want a true manual or automatic on track day(DCT with paddles is where it's at)
Transmission tech has come a LONG way in production vehicles in the last 15-20 years.