Reps to EJ25RUN and Glides for seeing where I was coming from. The purpose of the thread wasn't to determine if a manual transmission would make the car perform better, but if it changed your opinion of the car.

I have known from the start that the GTR gearbox can shift faster and match revs better than I ever can, but I wouldn't enjoy driving it nearly as much as something with comparable specs and a driver operated clutch.