I'm having trouble getting the car into 2nd gear quickly without getting a lot of reistance in the gate. I can move it to the gate and wait for it to catch and then its quiet but it takes a little too long and then my rpms fall below where they should be in 2nd gear for the speed I'm traveling which makes for a less smooth shift than if you catch them on the way down. I can sort of force it in faster but it doesn't sound so great or like the car wants it. I wouldn't exactly say grinding but just rather a very noisy shift with too much resistance. Maybe it could be a little grinding but I'm not sure. Basically, I can't move it to second in one continous motion. I feel like i have to granny shift it a little bit. I never had this problem in a car before but i also never had such a high performance car. Does it maybe have to do with higher gear ratios or something and that the synchros take longer to spin up in a higher performance car than with a lower HP one or does this just mean i have bad synchros? I say this because I was driving a 100hp renault in germany not to long after i got my car and noticed that i can definitely shift faster in the renault than in may car without a problem. 3rd gear in my car does it a somewhat but not as bad as second. Basically it gets less of a problem as you go up in gears. When i downshift to first if im still rolling a little bit i can actually lightly hear and wait for the synchro spin up. I would expect this somewhat while downshifting into first but i never had to wait for second gear to catch before in any other car. Any ideas what the deal is.

Well 2nd gear is always the one that cops the most abuse. How many miles/kilometeres on your car? I experience the same thing sometimes, and thinking of changing gearbox oil which might help a bit.