I think it isn’t so much the acceleration, as it is the jerk, and the appropriateness of acceleration to 25mph or whatever in certain contexts. On tight streets with parked cars it isn’t correct to rocket to 25mph in all situations.
Based on Elon’s comments, we might expect less caution in this one. I haven’t really seen it yet except for less smoothness in one scenario - but very little surface street driving so far.
I am not laughing at the OP. I just think it is amusing that FSD can be so jerky and then people claim it is just fine and this is just personal preference (in other threads). This is actually a problem, and something that should be fixed! Fortunately, since we are always driving, the easy (and correct) solution is just to disengage immediately as soon as any incorrect behavior is felt. It does not make sense for us to be speeding and disobeying the basic rule (a traffic violation!). Note: It is not FSD doing any of this - it is us (since we are driving).
Also the OP is new to Beta and doesn't have any idea how bad jerk has been in ALL previous versions. While still a ways to go 69 has reduced jerk soooo much that it almost feels smooth by comparison. Also in the different Beta iterations we have been through the "this one is too slow vs too fast" acceleration changes and debate has remanded. Beta will NEVER offer acceleration that is 100% satisfying to everyone under all conditions. For me I prefer faster over slower acceleration. After all there is "no such thing as a slow Tesla" [paraphrase of Musk].
Yes. Rate of change of acceleration. Very important. Jerk (and minimization of it) is very important for comfort and also just for communicating to the driver - note it prominently features in Tesla release notes.
Seems like a very strange term for delta acceleration. Where did this term originate?
I think it was first coined by Steve Martin
I've watched videos with Douma where he mentions that FSD has a "jerk limit", which is some threshold that the software is not supposed to exceed. Not sure if that's true, or if the software is trying to stay under it but occasionally does exceed it and it's something that should be reported.
Don't forget about snap, crackle, and pop, the further derivatives after jerk. I've got an idea where those came from
I’ve actually found it to be less aggressive than 10.12. 10.12 was uncomfortable to ride in because of the way it tossed you around. 10.69 is far more natural in it’s turns and accelerations.
