@MelaniainLA I drive the 405 from Santa Clarita to Culver City and back every day. I have watched changes in AP2 with almost every update, some good, some bad. In fact, no update has ever been completely on the good side. The HOV lane behavior has become my benchmark for AP2 progress. After reading pages of glowing reviews of AP2 improvements for the last week, I was hoping for a fantastic improvement, and no backsliding. I finally got 2018.10.4 last night, and tried it today on my route, both in the HOV lane, and in regular traffic.
Well, unfortunately, the pattern continues for me - some good, some bad. AP2 definitely seems much "silkier" in regular lanes, and seems to maintain a relatively centered position, which is what I always hope for. Lane changes are excellent, too - although I thought they were fine before. 2018.6.1 had the biggest regression in AP2 HOV lane behavior, IMO, and made it almost unusable unless I was in regular traffic lanes, and in that regard 2018.10.1 is much better.In fact, at one of the most consistent spots for AP2 to disengage for me - the northbound 405 HOV lane as it goes under the 101 - AP2 remained successfully engaged, much to my surprise. But it still tried to hug the left side of the lane, dangerously close to the median, and frequently tugs left and disengages. It seems to try and pin me between the median and the asphalt expansion line, instead of the lane marker, whenever they run parallel (which is for most of the HOV lane in both directions) It had more false braking events than I've experienced in a long time (almost forgot about them), which is still a very dangerous issue when being closely followed by traffic at higher speeds. And when driving at <10mph, AP2 ping-ponged in an exaggerated fashion all over the lane, almost like a CHP traffic diversion. This is something I never experienced on any previous update. That was very frustrating as AP2 is usually my best friend in very slow traffic (every day on my commute), allowing my legs a little respite from the cramps of stop and go driving.
I'm hopeful this is the beginning of new set of algorithms / neural net design by a new team coding for AP2, and if so, bravo for the good start. But if this was just another attempt at forward progress, I have to say I'm disappointed that we still cannot get minor AP2 progress without some significant AP2 digression every time.
As for other changes - Trunk / Frunk remote control works fine (although I see no need for it - I'd rather be able to operate the windows remotely like my Volt does). TACC seems to work as well as before, maybe a little smother when accelerating, but still waiting too long and braking too hard when it comes time to slow down / stop from higher speeds. The autowipers never came on in either setting during pouring rain on my commute home tonight, until after I exited the freeway and turned the manual wipers back to the auto setting. They seemed to work better before. The only consistent issue with the autowiper function was it activates when I get almost all the way into my garage, and continues until I get out and the car shuts down. I guess it has something to do with light reflection off the wall / shelves / something, but it is definitely not water-related.
So, some good, some not so good, and I go back to waiting for the next update, hoping it will be "the one".
