DDE, and EGS, adapt to the driving style. It is possible that when always "stomping" signal is sent from the gas pedal sensor they are always on a highest aggressive settings. BUT, this will lead to even more downshifting and even more lag at crawling speeds.
In this situations using partial throttle has better results for me than stomping on it.
The best way to take off quickly from standstill is to do some boost braking. I use to hit the brake and raise the RPM to 1000-1200 and then it takes off like quicker than one might think.