[bcrdukes]

I don't really have an opinion other than what my local PCA guys have shared and on forums.

1. Factory is the most street'able and reliable
2. Numeric is more notchy and "improves" performance from an experience/racing perspective, but no word on the street on reliability. They introduce a lot more NVH and can get loud, but that's all I've really heard. Update: Those who have these cables almost always recommend them.

Edit: CAE also makes a racing shifter and their own cables, but it's pretty ballin' and better for racing applications, which is not my use case. Reviews on them is that they are A+ / the Bees Knees, but limited to a handful of reviews on say Rennlist.