Video #92 - Tesla - FSD Beta 11.3.1 - First Drive In Minnesota!
Early this morning both of my Model 3s received the Tesla OS 2022.45.10 update which included FSD Beta v11.3.1. This video contains footage from my first drive from NE Minneapolis to Shakopee, MN which equates to about 28 miles along with plenty of highway driving. As a reference, please feel free to compare this drive against one I did of the same route last year with FSD Beta 10.10.2:
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Behavior Messages Now Easier To Read & More Detailed
00:30 - Persistent Issue - Excessive Hesitation At 2-way Stop At NE 35th Ave & NE Taylor St
00:51 - Issue - Planner Has Trouble Routing Around Oncoming School Bus
01:13 - Confident UPR Turn Onto Johnson St NE
03:05 - Disengagement - Avoiding Potholes
03:20 - Issue - Erroneous FCW For VRU Exiting Parked Vehicle
04:14 - Disengagement - Avoiding Potholes
04:46 - Issue - Unnecessary Signaling At Fork On Johnson St NE
05:24 - Disengagement - FSD Does Not Yet Handle Two Lanes When Approaching Active Ramp Meters
05:38 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Disengagement Voice Notes In Action!
07:19 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Increased Confidence w/ Auto Lane Changes On Highway
08:17 - Another Example Of Increased Confidence w/ Auto Lane Changes On Highway
09:08 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Increased Spacial Awareness w/ Adjacent Semi Truck
09:58 - Another Example Of Increased Spacial Awareness w/ Adjacent Semi Truck
10:09 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Smoother Rate Of Deceleration When Approaching Turns On Highway
10:32 - Another Example Of Increased Spacial Awareness w/ Adjacent Semi Truck
11:38 - New Issue - Increased Sensitivity w/ Vehicle Cut-Ins On Highway
12:19 - Another Example Of Increased Sensitivity w/ Vehicle Cut-Ins On Highway
12:41 - Another Example Of Increased Sensitivity w/ Vehicle Cut-Ins On Highway
13:29 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - New FSD Beta Profile Toggle Function When Pressing Right Scroll Wheel
13:51 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - Ego Car More Quickly Reacts To Speed Limit Changes (Auto or Manual)
14:04 - Another Example Of Increased Spacial Awareness w/ Adjacent Semi Truck
14:42 - Enhancement w/ v11.x - More Human-like Handling Of Lane Changes Before Highway Transition
15:43 - Another Example Of Increased Spacial Awareness w/ Adjacent Semi Truck
16:54 - Another Example Of Increased Sensitivity w/ Vehicle Cut-Ins On Highway
18:03 - Another Example Of Human-like Handling Of Lane Changes Before Highway Transition
20:08 - New Issue - FSD Likes To Camp In Passing Lane
25:58 - Another Example Of Human-like Handling Of Lane Changes Before Highway Transition
27:51 - Persistent Issue - FSD Selects Wrong Lane After Left Turn Onto Mystic Lake Dr
29:14 - Persistent Issue - Tighter Line Selection Needed When Making Left Turn w/ Two Turn Lanes
29:56 - Issue - Lane Selection Confusion
30:13 - Persistent Issue - Excessive Slowing When Making UPL Turn w/ No Oncoming Traffic
My initial thoughts of v11.3.1 so far:
Pros:
- Smoother Car Control - Car controls are noticeably SMOOTHER including brake, throttle, and steering inputs!
- Semi Awareness & Detection - Moving within lane to give space to adjacent Semis works every single time!
- Visualizations - FSD visualizations on the highway are awesome, nearly 0 lag even on MCU2
- Intent Messages - Behavior messages (like stopping for stop sign) are now in bold / bigger font and placed at the top of the display. This should definitely help with understanding why the car is doing what’s it’s doing going forward.
- Speed Transitions - When it comes to exiting or transitioning between highways, the ego car will wait until it’s 0.5 miles away from the exit before it makes its final lane change. This is noticeably later than Nav on AP which would make the final lane change 1-1.5 miles always (much more human like)
- Speed limit changes - The ego car reacts to speed limit changes (automatic or manual) much more quickly without sacrificing comfort
- Lane changes - Lane changes, especially automatic ones, now result in only a 1-2 second pause, compared to the previous 5-second pause.
Cons:
- Cut-in Behavior (Highway) - Car unnecessarily slows for cut-ins on highway to maintain 2-car following distance. Guessing this is for safety reasons as this is an early single stack build so not entirely surprising. The brake inputs are slow and the car only reduces its speed by 1-2mph when this happens.
- Right to Left Turn Behavior - Appears to still be present when making left turns on wide roads but need to test further (more to come on this)
- Excessive Hesitation At Empty Intersections - This behavior is still unfortunately present in v11.3.1
Nice work Tesla Autopilot team, your hard work is very apparent with this build!
