Stradale is fixed rate dampers. Gearbox is different to MC shift, I have the Strad and had a MC Shift before that. You can hold the down paddle and it'll sequentially shift down for you. Changes at less than 60 milliseconds. I think it's the same gearbox as one of the last 599 models, not sure which one.
It is a different drive to the MC shift for sure. Much firmer but you know where you are on the road. That was the issue I had with Skyhook, it altered the damping when I did not want it to!
Tyres are Corsas and they do go through them fast. But they are very sticky. Ceramics are cool but you have to be travelling like a **** to get any real world difference from steel brakes.
Stu