2018 Model 3, Dual Motor, Long Range, FSD, HW3, 99K miles
TL/DR – turns at intersections needs work, Y intersections are a challenge, radar turned off, no more phantom braking at known locations.
Received the update yesterday evening. Took a quick spin of a couple miles, tail end of rush hour slight rain, back roads and main road, no highways.
The good
The spots where I normally get phantom braking and/or FCW on my morning commute it did not brake.
The location where there is a stop sign on left side of road for the side street that comes in at a very acute angle it did not pick it up and attempt to break.
A rather tricky intersection where there is a sign that says stop here, about 75 yards from the intersection and before the railroad tracks. The car continued down the hill towards the green light and disregarded the blinking yellow lights proceeding the traffic light and the stop here sign and line. It’s a really bad intersections with lots of accidents because of the intersection layout. It’s more of an X than a cross with a railroad track also intersecting the bottom legs of the X and the tracks are at a diagonal. The stop here sign is to allow tractor trailers the ability to make the turn from the left leg of the bottom of the X onto the right leg and to also keep you off the tracks prior to the traffic light. People struggle with this intersection everyday. Usually they run the red light or make a right turn to clear the road for the turning trucks even though they wanted to go straight. Only applies to those coming up the bottom right leg of the X. Anyhow I turned it off prior to hitting the railroad track, plus the intersection is rather bumpy from all the trucks. Prior to the beta the car would attempt to brake for the stop here sign, fail because coming down a hill, attempt again prior to railroad track then proceed to intersection and stop at the red light. I’ll have to wait to see what it does under a yellow, and red. Maybe I’ll make another run today.
At main intersection there is a left turn lane, it nailed it, very nice, but there was only one car already in the lane. Not sure how it would of handled it if there were two or three which would have taken up the distance of the lane.
High beams turn on and off as traffic approached, didn’t notice anything bad about it, but it was a short ride on back roads. Haven’t tried it on a highway yet to see if the disco lights of them constantly turning on and off has been fixed. Would be nice if it is fixed and usable.
The bad
Turns at intersection need work. It completes them, but more like someone who has never driven a car before. Wheel jerks around a bit, goes real slow, speeds up, slows down, turns some more, etc. Don’t attempt this with a cars around and behind you, they will not appreciate it. Yes you have to try it out and then you’ll see it’s not a good idea with cars around.
There is a Y intersection, the Y is actually upside down with the main road 45mph going from the top to the bottom left leg. As you go to pull out from the bottom right leg, the cameras can not see down the left, its cornfields on all sides and the road is tree lined on the main road side. Car started to pull out directly into an oncoming car from the left, which it obviously could not see. I wish the cameras in the windshield and pillars could pivot. Not sure how they will ever solve this type scenario. As a driver we have to lean forward and turn our heads to see down the road in these situations.
Apparently the radar has been turned off and it is vision only. Again only difference I notice was no more phantom braking at the two rises it didn’t like and also the intersection it would not like one day and not be bothered the next and only on the northbound side. Hopefully it stays fixed.
Looking forward to using it some more and getting trained on it just like we did with AP/NOA learning it’s foibles. Good luck to the rest of you testers and please be safe out there, it’s a new learning curve!
For those still waiting, as others have stated there’s nothing exceptionally different here. I don’t think you’ll be letting it take you around town without intervening, you’ll be using it just like AP. Maybe as I use it more the turns at intersections will improve, but right now, I’ll be manually taking those. I did pass a few deer on side of road but failed to look at screen to see if it picked them up. That would really be a nice piece of mind if it does see them and there is code in the system to deal with them if they venture into the road. The deer are moving this time of year, they are out every evening, not fun running the gauntlet. As for the UI, not something I really pay attention to, there are red and yellow lines but not sure what it shows while I’m driving, too busy supervising the car and waiting for the unexpected moment! Maybe after I have it for a while and get comfortable with it will I bother to gander at it.
Be safe!
TL/DR – turns at intersections needs work, Y intersections are a challenge, radar turned off, no more phantom braking at known locations.
Received the update yesterday evening. Took a quick spin of a couple miles, tail end of rush hour slight rain, back roads and main road, no highways.
The good
The spots where I normally get phantom braking and/or FCW on my morning commute it did not brake.
The location where there is a stop sign on left side of road for the side street that comes in at a very acute angle it did not pick it up and attempt to break.
A rather tricky intersection where there is a sign that says stop here, about 75 yards from the intersection and before the railroad tracks. The car continued down the hill towards the green light and disregarded the blinking yellow lights proceeding the traffic light and the stop here sign and line. It’s a really bad intersections with lots of accidents because of the intersection layout. It’s more of an X than a cross with a railroad track also intersecting the bottom legs of the X and the tracks are at a diagonal. The stop here sign is to allow tractor trailers the ability to make the turn from the left leg of the bottom of the X onto the right leg and to also keep you off the tracks prior to the traffic light. People struggle with this intersection everyday. Usually they run the red light or make a right turn to clear the road for the turning trucks even though they wanted to go straight. Only applies to those coming up the bottom right leg of the X. Anyhow I turned it off prior to hitting the railroad track, plus the intersection is rather bumpy from all the trucks. Prior to the beta the car would attempt to brake for the stop here sign, fail because coming down a hill, attempt again prior to railroad track then proceed to intersection and stop at the red light. I’ll have to wait to see what it does under a yellow, and red. Maybe I’ll make another run today.
At main intersection there is a left turn lane, it nailed it, very nice, but there was only one car already in the lane. Not sure how it would of handled it if there were two or three which would have taken up the distance of the lane.
High beams turn on and off as traffic approached, didn’t notice anything bad about it, but it was a short ride on back roads. Haven’t tried it on a highway yet to see if the disco lights of them constantly turning on and off has been fixed. Would be nice if it is fixed and usable.
The bad
Turns at intersection need work. It completes them, but more like someone who has never driven a car before. Wheel jerks around a bit, goes real slow, speeds up, slows down, turns some more, etc. Don’t attempt this with a cars around and behind you, they will not appreciate it. Yes you have to try it out and then you’ll see it’s not a good idea with cars around.
There is a Y intersection, the Y is actually upside down with the main road 45mph going from the top to the bottom left leg. As you go to pull out from the bottom right leg, the cameras can not see down the left, its cornfields on all sides and the road is tree lined on the main road side. Car started to pull out directly into an oncoming car from the left, which it obviously could not see. I wish the cameras in the windshield and pillars could pivot. Not sure how they will ever solve this type scenario. As a driver we have to lean forward and turn our heads to see down the road in these situations.
Apparently the radar has been turned off and it is vision only. Again only difference I notice was no more phantom braking at the two rises it didn’t like and also the intersection it would not like one day and not be bothered the next and only on the northbound side. Hopefully it stays fixed.
Looking forward to using it some more and getting trained on it just like we did with AP/NOA learning it’s foibles. Good luck to the rest of you testers and please be safe out there, it’s a new learning curve!
For those still waiting, as others have stated there’s nothing exceptionally different here. I don’t think you’ll be letting it take you around town without intervening, you’ll be using it just like AP. Maybe as I use it more the turns at intersections will improve, but right now, I’ll be manually taking those. I did pass a few deer on side of road but failed to look at screen to see if it picked them up. That would really be a nice piece of mind if it does see them and there is code in the system to deal with them if they venture into the road. The deer are moving this time of year, they are out every evening, not fun running the gauntlet. As for the UI, not something I really pay attention to, there are red and yellow lines but not sure what it shows while I’m driving, too busy supervising the car and waiting for the unexpected moment! Maybe after I have it for a while and get comfortable with it will I bother to gander at it.
Be safe!
