89-300ce harsh 1-2 gear shift.

[89-300ce]

When I manually provoke the car to start out in first gear the resulting shift to second gear is quite harsh, regardless of throttle opening or rpm. Also when I force the car to shift to first gear the shift is harsh/abrupt even at low rpm. Otherwise the car shifts flawlessly. Is this an adjustment or just the nature of the beast?

Thanks
Jorg