Does anyone have these issues out west using FSDb? In general, my experience with FSDb has been very good with regard to PB. TACC and AP currently use very old code (by today's standards) and haven't seemed to have gotten much attention in the last year or so. I expect that eventually, these software products will be replaced by FSDb-derived software, though who knows when that might be. But, given that FSDb is beginning to be baked into the production software builds, it might happen this year.
If FSDb provides better PB performance on western roads in summer, a reasonable strategy for those making infrequent trips could be to subscribe to FSDb for a month when taking a trip. I'm doing just that for an upcoming trip, both for the convenience of FSDb as well as the hope of having fewer PB events.