Sooz, shift points depend much on the type of driving you're aiming for:
Relaxed-gas saving: 2500RPM
Normal City Driving: 3500RPM
Spirited: 5000RPM
Racing: 1st and 2nd up to redline, and after that 6250RPM
the car has lots of torque so most of the time you can get away on 3rd all the time in the city if you're feeling a bit lazy to be shifting (but you have DSG so what the hell?), except when coming off a complete stop.
To understand better how turbo-ed cars work, the best you can do is get a boost gauge.
It will tell you what your turbo is doing, when is kicking in, how easy or hard are you going on the engine and such.
Anything between vacuum and 5psi will be normal driving, but on hard acceleration it can go up to 15psi on a stock car, but don't worry, the car is designed to sustain that and even more :smile:
Best advice I can give you is to keep it over 2000RPM and under 5000RPM in the city.
Each gear will give you increments of 1500RPM (aprox) on the first gears and about 1000RPM on the final gears if that helps.
Now for safety advice for shifting.
DO NOT upshift or downshift on a curve if you´re going mild or hard as it will unset the balance of the car even if it's a DSG, always do on stright till you learn the limits of the suspension and grip and know how to handle lift-off oversteering.
If you don't feel confortable using the shift paddles on the steering wheel use the shift stick as it feels more natural.
No matter if you're cruising or doing some spirited driving, be gentle with the GO pedal, do not hammer it, specially in the middle or exiting a curve.
Same goes with the brake, and always try to brake in a stright line and before entering the curve.
