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You'll find that when you are stirring wort and yeast, the mixture is more viscous than plain water so the vortex won't be as aggressive. That's when your higher speeds will come in handy. Best way to find out how it's going to work is to give it a real-world test with a starter.

Like saramc advised, don't stop the ferment until the SP is all the way done. You'll want to get as much ABV as you can from your batch. As far as what FG to back-sweeten to, that is a matter of individual taste. I've made a few batches and am at about 1.024 on FG after back-sweetening.

If you are adding 14 pounds of malt extract to a 5 gallon batch, that's your problem of too high OG. 14 pounds is way too much for a 5 gallon batch. 6 or 7 pounds would be more like the norm for 5 gallons...

No a single-step 2 liter starter won't be enough for your lager. Your 2-step plan in your OP is solid. Assuming a 5.25 gallon batch, use a 2-step starter with 1.5 liters in each step. Grow the first-step, cool and decant. Add the slurry to the second 1.5 liter step, grow again, cool and...

I tried to locate a "find" or "search" function as well only to find out it doesn't exist in the new version of Beersmith 2. My search lead me to a short discussion on the Beersmith forum where Brad Smith indicates that it may be included in a "minor Beersmith update" to occur perhaps early...