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Yeah, these things are geared really low which is what is appearing to be the issue between 1st and 2nd. First, you are not getting much mph out of first because of the steep gear. When you take your foot off the clutch to go to second, most likely your rpms are up there and the drop and re-engagement is causing the jerky feeling. Its also why others with automatics are driving up you bumper unless you get on it off the start. This is typical of cars back in the muscle car days where they would match up a steep first gear in the trans, lets say a 2.63 with a steep rear end gear like a 3.91 or 4.10. Top end in first would be like a truck granny gear and only get you around 15mph before it was really winding up the engine. This was mainly of racing where you would get out of the hole fast, run the rpms up high and quickly bang second gear. Using second gear to start off is a common practice in a scenario like that. The key is to not ride the clutch to do so or you are going to wear it out a lot faster than you should.
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