Didn't mean to start yet another torque dip complainer thread (but I should have know) I was personally just comparing it to my S2000, 2.5k-3.8k is so much more torquey in the BRZ and being in there so much during the break in the car feels decently fast so I forgot about the torque dip until I hit 1k miles and I was like oh...
If you stay under 4k (I had rev beeper set to 3800) it feels like the car is going to be way faster once you can finally rev it out, but it's not.