Autopilot Rainbow

[JaxY]

I suddenly got a rainbow color driving display on autopilot in my 2023 Y. Can anyone tell me what this is and how it happened, I can't seem to repeat it?

John

 

[jjrandorin]

Here is another thread on this, here at TMC. Its called "Rainbow Road" and its an Easter egg / hidden feature:

Screen is doing something very odd [Rainbow road easter egg]

I have no idea why, but in autopilot all of a sudden the pictured road that the car is on, turned into a rainbow sort of thing. After a few minutes it turned back to normal. This has happened twice now. Below is a link to it. The 20 second video was too large for this site to download. Attached...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

Here is another thread on this, here at TMC. Its called "Rainbow Road" and its an Easter egg / hidden feature:

Screen is doing something very odd [Rainbow road easter egg]

I have no idea why, but in autopilot all of a sudden the pictured road that the car is on, turned into a rainbow sort of thing. After a few minutes it turned back to normal. This has happened twice now. Below is a link to it. The 20 second video was too large for this site to download. Attached...

teslamotorsclub.com

Hidden easter egg but not really because it’s on the toy box menu.

 

[woof]

To activate it: press the drive stalk down four times in a row.

 

[fholbert]

To activate it: press the drive stalk down four times in a row.

And what happens?

 

[woof]

And what happens?

You and your passengers are instantly transported back to a time when Tesla had whimsy, and life was all unicorns and ... rainbow roads.

 

[fholbert]

You and your passengers are instantly transported back to a time when Tesla had whimsy, and life was all unicorns and ... rainbow roads.

That sure beats getting my full sized SUV back!

 

[fysmd]

.. can anybody explain why the cowbell audio, I get rainbow road but why make annoying music too?

 

[jjrandorin]

.. can anybody explain why the cowbell audio, I get rainbow road but why make annoying music too?

Because Someone in Tesla thought it was "fun" and because it is not in any way, shape or form a mandatory feature so can be avoided by people who dont like it (like me).

 

[SidetrackedSue]

Because Someone in Tesla thought it was "fun" and because it is not in any way, shape or form a mandatory feature so can be avoided by people who dont like it (like me).

Unless you trigger it by accident. Then you just have to wait it out. There is no way to stop it or turn it off. Which feels mandatory to me.

If the only way to trigger it was in the toybox, I'd agree it was whimsical. Since it is also an Easter Egg, it becomes a distraction until you figure out WTF just happened, how I made it happen, and then remember to not make the same mistake again.

 

[Fourdoor]

.. can anybody explain why the cowbell audio, I get rainbow road but why make annoying music too?

You now have a "rainbow all the time" option that does not play the music, and activates the rainbow whenever AP is in use. I find the rainbow a better visual indicator that AP is active than two blue lines to the sides of the car image on the display, so I have the "rainbow all the time" option selected.

Keith

 

[EVer Hopeful]

But is it really a rainbow?

What's the pink bit? A rainbow should run from red to violet ... maybe it's a double rainbow

. . . or am I taking this too seriously?

 

[Silicon Desert]

Unless you trigger it by accident. Then you just have to wait it out. There is no way to stop it or turn it off. Which feels mandatory to me.

To turn off the Rainbow Road, press the Autopilot stalk again or tap the "X" on the touchscreen.