I'm having the same "problems".
Currently I have a M2C on order with a manual. In my mind I want to experience a manual on the track. But do I really?
I test drove a car with a manual recently, not an M car but a "sportier car" that had a manual, I was not impressed. It felt so slow to shift.
My current car is a Golf R MK7.5 with the DSG and I really like that box. Except for the stupid kick down that drives me crazy on the track since it is active even in manual mode...
Can you turn off the kick down on the M2C?
Anyway, do I really want the manual? I don't really know anymore. I think in my head I imagine it is is going to give me some "magical experience" but in reality it might not. Haha, yeah real problems I have